{"id":185356,"date":"2025-08-05T11:10:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T10:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aviationbusinessnews.com\/?p=185356"},"modified":"2025-08-05T12:51:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T11:51:00","slug":"bain-capital-installs-new-leadership-team-at-jamco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aviationbusinessnews.com\/cabin\/bain-capital-installs-new-leadership-team-at-jamco\/","title":{"rendered":"Bain Capital installs new leadership team at Jamco"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cabin equipment manufacturer Jamco Corporation has appointed several senior executives, including Executive Chair Kate Schaefer and Chief Executive Officer Masaru Morimoto, with immediate effect.<\/p>\n<p>The appointments mark a new chapter for Jamco following its acquisition by Bain Capital and its delisting from the Tokyo Stock Exchange earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>The new team is led by Executive Chair Kate Schaefer, who is currently a Senior Advisor to Bain Capital and has over three decades of leadership experience in commercial aerospace, most recently as a Senior Vice President at Boeing Global Services along with international senior executive roles at Moog, Heico Aerospace and AAR.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aviationbusinessnews.com\/cabin\/aix-2023-jamco-to-highlight-innovative-business-class-seats-and-cabin-of-the-future\/\">AIX 2023: Jamco to highlight innovative Business class seats and cabin of the future<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chief Executive Masaru Morimoto formerly served as CEO of Showa Aircraft Industrial, a Bain Capital portfolio company and Jamco shareholder. Prior to that, Morimoto was the CEO of Delta Airlines Japan.<\/p>\n<p>Sanjeev Sen will join as Chief Operating Officer and collaborate with functional leaders across HR and IT to strengthen JAMCO\u2019s global capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>Koichi Tsunematsu, who will continue leading Jamco\u2019s transformation as Executive Vice President, said, \u201cOver the past few years, Jamco has implemented management reforms to persevere through the pandemic as well as post-pandemic supply chain disruption facing the aerospace industry globally. With the support of our new partners at Bain Capital, we can move Jamco from defense to offense and become the industry\u2019s leader in the production of high-quality cabin interiors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Masaru Morimoto, CEO of Jamco, stated \u201cUnder President Tsunematsu\u2019s leadership in recent years, Jamco has made significant strides in profitability and operational efficiency to create the foundation for future growth. Together with the new leadership team, Aircraft Interiors Group, Aircraft Maintenance &amp; Manufacturing Group, Corporate Group, as well as group companies such as JAMCO AMERICA and JAMCO Aircraft Interiors united as one, we will continue this transformation journey while pursuing bold new growth opportunities to unlock Jamco\u2019s full potential.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kate Schaefer, Executive Chair of Jamco stated, \u201cWe see great potential to transform Jamco into a platform through future acquisitions in widebody cabin interiors. 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