Executive Team

With over 75 yrs of experience in the helicopter industry, our management team is well versed in working closely with our customers to insure service and expectations are met on time and on budget. Experienced, safety conscious crews are our priority, great care has been taken to ensure selection of the right individuals with the experience level required.

Robert
Gallagher
[President]
[CEO] [Director of Operations]

Rob has been actively flying since 1991 and is the owner, President & CEO of Coldstream Helicopters. He is an Airline Transport Pilot flying both Fixed Wing and Helicopters. He has over 12,000+ hours of helicopter flying time and brings a wealth of experience from Transport Canada Check Pilot, Production longline, Logging, Mountain flying, Heli-skiing, Fire suppression, and Search & Rescue. His business background and his ability to plan, prioritize and achieve targets with strong fiscal oversight has given Coldstream a strong and focused team to meet business needs and optimize performance. Rob also holds and eMBA as well as Executive Management Diploma and is a graduate of the OUC Aviation Program.

Lynda
Flynn
[Executive Vice president & CFO]

Prior to joining the Coldstream Group of Companies, Lynda was Chief Financial Officer (2001) and later President (2007 - 2010) of Alpine Helicopters, an operator of approximately 40 Bell helicopters, and its subsidiary company, Alpine Aerotech, a helicopter parts manufacturing and MRO facility. At Alpine, Lynda led a team of 200+ pilots, aircraft maintenance engineers, and operations, administrative and support staff. She was a member of the Executive Management team charged with providing leadership to Canadian Mountain Holidays, a subsidiary of Alpine, the world’s oldest and largest helicopter skiing operator.