Executive Management
Ton van Deursen - Founder, CEO JetSupport Group
Since the foundation of JetSupport, CEO Ton van Deursen has focused on building the infrastructure required to maintain the steady growth of the organization and ensured the high quality of provided services. Ton van Deursen started his career with KLM on various functions within Engineering & Maintenance and acted as Managing Director of Celsius Aviocomp NL B.V. before joining JetSupport. As from November 2001 he is in charge as Managing Director and Accountable Manager of JetSupport. Ton is also member of the Advisory Board of the JetSupport Group b.v.
Andres Kjerulf - Technical Director JetSupport
Andres Kjerulf started his career working in the airline charter market as technician. During his career he has hold positions in maintenance, planning, engineering, quality, CAA authority inspector, maintenance management and company management. Andres brings extensive experience to JetSupport from all sides of the industry and as well from different part of the world, he has held Form 4 approval letters from four different CAA’s. Andres is not new to JetSupport, he work with the company in its early stage, became a customer for many years before joining the company as the Maintenance Manager in December 2009. He's active member of JetSupport management team.
Mark Overeijnder - Quality Director JetSupport
With over 25 years of experience in aviation Mark joined JetSupport in 2008 as Production Manager, while later becoming JetSupport Quality manager. Before Mark joined JetSupport he gained his aviation experience as B2 Certifying technician at Martinair and in the function of Line Maintenance manager and sub sequent as Avionics Engineer at Nayak Aircraft Services. He is an expert in the evolving aviation regulations and present day Mark is responsible for sustaining JetSupport quality levels in compliance with both FAA and EASA regulations. Furthermore, he advocates the LEAN Six Sigma methodology within the JetSupport group to strive for continuing value stream optimization. Mark is active member of JetSupport b.v. management team.
Advisory Board
Mr. Anne-Cor Groeneveld
With 14000 flighthours on 40 different types of aircraft, and since the founding in 2000 as Chairman of the Dutch Aviation Group, Mr. Anne Cor Groeneveld is a true aviation veteran. Next to his extensive career as Captain and VP External Affairs at Transavia Airlines, Mr. Groeneveld is the Founder, and acted 28 years as Chairman, of the Dutch Dakota Association in order to restore, maintain and operate historical aircraft in the Netherlands. By his proceedings in the national and international aerospace industry, he established a strong network and close relation with aviation professionals and executives. In 2003 he was honored ‘Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau’ and in 2009 he was honored the ‘Honorary Cross in the House Order of Orange’. Mr. Groeneveld is shareholder of the JetSupport Group and involved since its foundation as an active member of the Advisory Board.
Drs. Frans A. van Bakelen, LL.M.
Mr. Van Bakelen has been an Assistant Professor in Business Law at the University of Groningen (The Netherlands), specialised in Transport Law, i.e. Aviation and Shipping Law. A double Graduate in Law from the University of Groningen his experience includes two degrees, one in Dutch Law and another in International Law: cum laude. He chaired he Drafting Committee on the Netherlands Institute of Transport Law (NITRAL) Amsterdam, financed by the Industry, of which scientific Institute he is the founder and now Director since 1991. He is regularly consulted on the legal aspects of EU Aviation and Shipping Regulations, Traffic rights, Slots, Airway Bills, Bills of Lading, Charterparties, International Sales Contracts, General Terms and Conditions, A/C Leasing and Warsaw/Montreal Convention Claims. As a legal expert he has been involved in the Business Development of Airports and Rental Agreements for Air Carriers, Forwarding Agents, Brokers, GSA and the like. He has written many articles on Aviation and Shipping Law, most notably he voluminous book, Compendium Jurisprudentie Luchtrecht (1988), a coproduction. He has been lecturing at the Montreal based McGill University (Canada) since 1987: Institute of Air and Space Law.