Cirrus Aircraft Regime Change: Wouters Out, Klapmeier In

Bethany Whitfield

Tuesday, September 20, 2011 at 08:06 PM ET

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Dale Klapmeier

Key Takeaways:

Cirrus Aircraft has appointed co-founder Dale Klapmeier as its new CEO, replacing Brent Wouters.
This planned leadership change follows Cirrus's recent merger with Chinese firm CAIGA.
Klapmeier, a co-founder from over 25 years ago, reaffirms the company's commitment to making flying accessible and will showcase the Vision Jet at the AOPA Summit.

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Cirrus Aircraft has made a change to its top leadership, replacing CEO Brent Wouters with the company’s co-founder, Dale Klapmeier.

Klapmeier takes the reins just a few months after Cirrus completed its merger with the Chinese firm CAIGA. According to the company, the change in leadership was planned. Wouters, who held the position since 2009 and served as COO and CFO before that, is no longer with the company.