Airport Planning Leader Selected as Robert Bowen Retires

Norfolk, VA (March 10, 2022) – The Board of Directors of the Norfolk Airport Authority voted unanimously to appoint Mark Perryman as Executive Director and CEO effective May 1, 2022. Perryman succeeds Robert Bowen, who has served as Executive Director since 2016. Bowen’s retirement culminates a 34-year career with the Norfolk Airport Authority and a 45-year career in aviation.

Perryman will retire at the end of March as Chief Executive Officer of Landrum & Brown (L&B), an international airport consulting and design firm with offices on six continents. A 31-year veteran of L&B, Perryman brings a global understanding of airport issues and solutions with a focus on airport planning, design, operations, and business development. His skills have benefitted some 200 airports around the world, including Master Planning at Norfolk International Airport.

“For me, this is an opportunity of a lifetime. I am excited to become part of the Norfolk community and work with a great team of airport professionals to continue to grow and develop Norfolk International Airport to meet the traveling needs of the public we serve,” says Perryman.

“Mark Perryman is a proven transformational leader and consensus builder,” says Airport Authority Chairman Malcolm Branch. “Thanks to the steady leadership of Robert Bowen and his team, especially during a period of unprecedented challenges in the aviation industry, Mark inherits a well-run, fiscally stable organization which has just completed its first ever Strategic Plan for the future. I am excited about the future of passenger service in the Hampton Roads and northeast North Carolina communities.”