And Finally

Bruce Dickinson lands marketing job

By | Published on Friday 17 September 2010

Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson has been named the new Marketing Director of Gatwick-based charter airline, Astraeus. I would reveal the punchline here, but that’s what’s really happened. Dickinson has previously worked as a pilot for the company, now he’s working in marketing.

A statement on the company’s website reads: “With the rapid growth in the business we have increased our commercial team, Bruce Dickinson as our Marketing Director, Claire Ronson has now moved to Sales & Marketing to support our sales team. Finally our product and planning is now covered by Seb Pelissier. Seb joins us from a catering and customer service background working with us previously as a supplier”.

The fact that a bigger deal is made of the news that Seb is moving from catering to customer services suggests that this is not a publicity stunt.

Astraeus’s Chief Commercial Officer, Shaun Monnery told The Guardian: “Bruce is a great communicator, [and] he knows the aviation industry inside out. In a demanding industry he is a man who can cope with pressure, whether as a 757 captain or in front of 50,000 Iron Maiden fans, or senior airline and aviation managers”.

Iron Maiden’s latest album, ‘The Final Frontier’, went to number one in 21 countries, including the UK.



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