Markus Bucher

CEO

“We are not ones to rest on our laurels, preferring instead to use past success to motivate us to reach new and even higher levels of performance, bringing intelligence and commitment to bear on the task of meeting, or preferably exceeding, our customers' expectations.”

Markus Bucher, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), has been in charge of Pilatus Aircraft Ltd since 2013. He has worked for the company for over 30 years and is currently responsible for more than 2,000 employees worldwide. In his previous post as Chief Operating Officer (COO) with effect from 2011 he was responsible for production, assembly, maintenance, logistics and IT. Markus Bucher was appointed to the management in 2008 with responsibility for aircraft assembly and maintenance operations. A trained agricultural machinery mechanics and graduate in business administration, he joined Pilatus in 1986 and has held various key positions within the company, notably as head of customer service in the Business Unit Government Aviation.

Markus Bucher is a Swiss citizen and lives in canton Lucerne.