Taco Stouten joins VÆRIDION as Vice-President Commercial
VÆRIDION, a Munich based company that is accelerating the green transformation of aviation with an electric regional 9-seater aircraft that will be certified and delivered before 2030, announced today that Taco Stouten, currently Vice President Sales and Marketing at Spairliners, will join VÆRIDION as VP Commercial on September 9th, 2024.
As a member of the management team, Taco will be responsible for the commercial strategy at VÆRIDION. He will also be responsible for building up our Customer Early Access Programme in parallel to preliminary design phase, leading to the first binding sale of the Microliner. Additionally, Taco will serve as Managing Director of the newly created Dutch subsidiary Vaeridion B.V. in Delft.
Taco has a 15-year track record in Aircraft Development, Manufacturing, Financing, Marketing and Sales and holds a Master of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering as well as an executive MBA. Before joining Spairliners Taco held several positions at Airbus for over 11 years.
„I’m thrilled to join VÆRIDION and fully committed to advance sustainable aviation. At VÆRIDION, we will make a significant impact on #Destination2050 with our innovative propulsion technology and clean-sheet aircraft design. I’m grateful to Ivor and the VÆRIDION team for their trust — together, we’re shaping a brighter, greener future.“ said Taco Stouten.
“Now that we enter into preliminary design and subsequent commercialization, we need to intensify our exchange with customers and operators. Having crossed paths with Taco during the last 22 years in Delft, Toulouse and Stade, I could not think of a better fit than Taco to lead our commercial activities, building on his experience in Regional Aviation, Aircraft Financing, Marketing & Sales and the industrialization and manufacturing of Aircraft.” said Ivor van Dartel, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer VÆRIDION.
