Christopher Scott McElvaine

Christopher (Scott) McElvaine was named Vice President, Customer Programs of Pratt & Whitney Canada in February 2021. His responsibilities include Customer Service Engineering for all product lines and for front-line support, including CFirst and Field Operations organizations. His particular focus will be ensuring successful entry-in-service of their new products and leading transformations with a view to the future.

Scott graduated from the Executive Program and Emerging Leaders Program at the University of Virginia’s Darden Graduate School of Business Administration. He also holds a diploma in Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from the Canadian Forces School of Aerospace Technology & Engineering, and a B.Eng. in Engineering Management from the Royal Military College of Canada. He is a member of the Professional Engineers of Ontario.

Scott began his career at P&WC in 1996 as a Senior Engineer following an eight-year career with the Department of National Defence. He subsequently worked as a manager in Marketing, Customer Training, Customer Programs (Turbofans), and Commercial Services before being appointed in 2009 as Senior Director, PW800 Marketing & Customer Service, and being responsible for successfully launching the game-changing PurePower® PW800 engine for the large, long-range business jet segment.

He was subsequently named Vice President, PW800 Programs in 2017 to provide innovative leadership and focused organization dedicated to the PW800.