Eviation Interim CEO Explains Timing of Leadership Change

Eviation interim CEO Gregory Davis says the company’s leadership change was approved in December and its electric airplane, Alice, is a few weeks away from its first flight.

Thom Patterson

Wednesday, February 16, 2022 at 01:31 PM ET

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Alice, which has been undergoing taxi tests north of Seattle, is expected to make its first flight in a few weeks. [Courtesy Eviation]

Key Takeaways:

Eviation co-founder and CEO Omer Bar-Yohay has stepped down, a move planned by the board since December, though he expressed surprise at the immediate timing, citing a dispute with a main shareholder.
Gregory Davis is serving as interim CEO while Eviation conducts a global search for a permanent CEO with aerospace manufacturing and customer experience.
The leadership transition occurs as Eviation's all-electric Alice airplane is "weeks away" from its highly anticipated first flight.
Bar-Yohay will remain on Eviation's board of directors following his departure as CEO.

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A day after company co-founder Omer Bar-Yohay stepped down as Eviation’s CEO, his temporary replacement said the timing of the leadership change was consistent with company plans.

With the first flight of its unique electric airplane test article just weeks away, Eviation interim CEO Gregory Davis told FLYING Tuesday that Bar-Yohay’s exit as CEO had been decided by the company’s board of directors last December. However, board members are months away from hiring Bar-Yohay’s replacement.