Simon Newitt is the Global Head of Sales and Support at BETA Technologies, where he leads all aircraft business development, sales and customer support worldwide. In this role, he works with operators and partners to deploy BETA’s electric aircraft and support the commercial rollout of next-generation aviation. Simon brings more than two decades of experience in commercial aviation sales, customer support, leasing and fleet strategy, which includes senior roles at Embraer where he helped scale the globally successful E-Jet program. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the London School of Economics and a master’s degree in air transport management from Cranfield University.