Tyrone Jones joined the Sprintex senior management team in 2014, from a background of mechanical engineering followed by 16 years as an aircraft engineer with GE Aviation. He was promoted to chief executive in July 2017.
Prior to joining Sprintex, Mr Jones was the business leader with GE Aviation On Wing Support in the Middle East and Africa, with responsibility for deploying teams to repair aircraft engines across the globe. While in Qatar, Mr Jones was also instrumental in setting up and establishing a quality repair facility under FAR145 lean and introduced Six Sigma and process improvement with the view to 100% customer satisfaction by improving efficiency and quality. This had followed on from supporting the setup of facilities in Xiamen, China and Budapest, Hungary during his time with GE.
