Key Executives

The company's two major shareholders have collectively almost half a century's experience in advertising sales, editorial production and product sales/marketing within the global aviation business-to-business publishing market. Our products are based on qualitative research that looks at the market drivers starting with assessments of industry and sector growth rates, company market shares and relative measures of growth - which is then combined with data from interviews with aircraft operators, manufacturers, infrastructure providers and other aviation stakeholders.

PMi Media works through a global network of associates based in North America, the Middle East and Asia to provide a local basis of research input into its products.


Philip Butterworth-Hayes

Philip Butterworth-Hayes has over 20 years experience as an aerospace consultant and writer. A former editor of Jane's Aircraft Component Manufacturers and Interavia Aerospace Review and director of strategy and communications at the Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation (CANSO) he has been the lead consultant in a large number of studies for clients as diverse as the United States Air Force and Imperial College London.

His work for Jane's Information Group has encompassed the production of market analysis products for the ATM industry, the aviation environmental sector and the civil aircraft market. He writes on airline issues for The Wall Street Journal and since 1992 has been the European Correspondent for Aerospace America, the journal of the American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). He has been an aviation consultant to BBC Television and has written a number of aerospace documentary programes for the BBC and Discovery Television.

He has also edited yearbooks for clients such as Airbus, Eurocontrol and the UVS International.

Philip Butterworth-Hayes is a Honours graduate of the University of Hull, UK, and began his career as a lecturer at higher education institutes in the Middle East before returning to the UK to write on road transport issues for a number of specialist publications. In 1987 he was appointed Managing Editor, Jane's Transport Press/Jane's Air Transport Press and managed the following titles: Jane's Urban Transport Systems, Jane's World Railways, Jane's High Speed Marine Craft and Air Cushioned Vehicles, Jane's Airport Equipment, Jane's Merchant Ships, Jane's Airports and Handling Agents.


Patricia Perlini

Patricia Perlini is an aerospace communications consultant who has represented major U.S. and international companies for more than twenty years. She served as North American advertising sales director for two publishing companies-including Jane's Information Group-and has led corporate communication programs for five aerospace companies. With her diverse experience in advertising sales and management, marketing, media relations and strategic planning, Patricia brings a unique perspective to her clients' communication needs.