George Spyrou

George Spyrou

George Andrew Rankin Spyrou (born 14 April 1949 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a Scottish businessman. Spyrou is the president of Airship Management Services (AMS) and has affiliations with other airship companies.

Spyrou attended private schools in England and Connecticut before he entered Harvard University. He obtained his law degrees from Christ's College, Cambridge, and specialized in international and maritime law. He was admitted to the English Bar (Inner Temple) in 1980. He worked for law firms in New York City then as a corporate counsel in Monaco. Spyrou began work for Airship Industries Ltd. (AIL) in 1982, and he moved to the United States to head international operations for AIL's commercial clients in 1987.

AIL went into receivership in September 1990 under heavy financial pressure, and its assets were eventually obtained by Northrup Grumman. Spyrou founded AMS three months later, with the financial support of Sojitz, Fujifilm, and TCom.

AMS is headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut, and has a FAA repair station and technical facility in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. The company specializes in airship advertising campaigns, and has run successful campaigns for several corporate and government clients. [Lowry, N. (June 2004). “Benign eye in the sky”. "Lloyd’s List Magazine", p. 29-33.] [Fisher, L. (1987). "50 Years After Hindenburg, Blimp Rides Are Back". "The New York Times".] [Scott, P."A Blimp Based System for Military Surveillance". "Scientific American", February 2004, p. 24.]

Spyrou is a member of Inner Temple, the Airship Association (UK), the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and is active in Harvard and Christ's College affairs.

References

External links

* [http://www.airshipman.com/index.html Airship Management Services, Inc]
* [http://skycruisergroup.com/ Skycruiser Corporation]
* [http://www.airship-association.org/ Airship Association]


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