As founder and managing director of Leeham Company, Scott Hamilton has spent more than three decades in the commercial aviation industry. He was named Best Aerospace Journalist of the Year in 2009 in the Regional Airline Category and served on the Board of Directors for Pacific Northwest Aerospace Alliance (PNAA) from 2010 to 2013. Before creating Leeham Company more than 20 years ago, Hamilton co-founded Linkraven Ltd. in 1989. Linkraven published the internationally distributed Commercial Aviation Report and Commercial Aviation Value Report; and organized conferences in Asia, Europe and the Americas under the Commercial Aviation Events banner. During the 10 years Hamilton and his partner owned and operated Linkraven, they produced 60 conferences, including the first aviation conference in Eastern Europe, the first in Moscow, and the first in China. Hamilton is a globally recognized expert in aerospace issues, focused on the major airframe and engine OEMs.
