Eviation co-founder and CEO Omer Bar-Yohay has left the company just as it prepares for first flight of its Alice electric airplane, the company announced yesterday as part of a “leadership reorganization.” Gregory Davis, who previously held executive positions with Viking Air and Marshall Aerospace, has replaced Bar-Yohay with immediate effect. Davis joined Arlington, Washington-based Eviation in May 2021 as the startup’s president.
In a social media post, Bar-Yohay said he stepped down from the position “after a long-standing disagreement with the company's main shareholder,” referring to Singapore-based investment group Clermont. Eviation insisted that his departure was "part of a planned succession process that reflects the company's transition to the production phase" of the program.
The unexpected move comes a little over a month after Roei Ganzarski stepped down as Eviation’s chairman, as well as CEO of sister company MagniX, which is supplying the electric propulsion system for the nine-passenger Alice. Ganzarski is now CEO of information technology group Alitheon.
“Eviation expects to make the first flight of the Alice in the upcoming weeks, having completed many preliminary milestones, including initial taxi and flight-test preparations,” said Eviation’s new chairman, Dominique Spragg.
