Experience that connects

Aircraft are constantly evolving. New materials, new requirements, and international projects are shaping the aviation industry. Yet one thing remains indispensable: people who build and share knowledge and bring teams together.

When Anna joined Mankiewicz 18 years ago, her journey began with a coating system. Today, she connects people, departments, and locations around the world. Her story shows that technical solutions are not created in the laboratory alone. They emerge where experience, curiosity, and collaboration come together.

Technology Requires Collaboration

The requirements for aviation coatings are constantly evolving. New materials are changing the properties of aircraft and presenting coating technology with new challenges. Alongside metals, composite materials are increasingly being used today, and further materials may follow in the future.

For Mankiewicz, this means continuously bringing together customer requirements, research, and technical expertise in new ways. Successful solutions rarely result from specialist knowledge alone. Close collaboration between development, sales, and the people who work with the products every day is essential. This is precisely where Anna’s work comes in.

Bringing People Together

Over the years, Anna’s role has evolved. Today, she helps international teams share knowledge, combine different perspectives, and develop solutions together.

“The most important thing is to keep people together and motivate them.”

For Anna, leadership does not begin with giving instructions, but with listening. Understanding what people need, building trust, and creating space for different ideas are just as much a part of her daily work as technical expertise. With a smile, she adds:

“Sometimes I even think that being a mother can be helpful when leading teams.”

This personal reflection captures an attitude that also shapes the way she works with colleagues and customers: taking people seriously and working together to find the best solution.

Experience That Builds Trust

After almost two decades, Anna is familiar not only with the evolution of aviation coatings. She has witnessed how technologies, materials, and customer requirements have changed—and how important it is to build and share knowledge over many years.

This continuity makes it possible not only to respond to change, but to actively shape it. Experience is never an end in itself. It helps people understand new challenges more quickly, bring different perspectives together, and build lasting partnerships.

Curiosity Keeps Us Moving Forward

Despite her many years of experience, no two working days are the same for Anna.

“You never know exactly what to expect. Every day at the company is different.”

This curiosity continues to define Anna’s journey at Mankiewicz. Her story shows that progress does not come from new technologies alone. Above all, it emerges when people are willing to learn from one another, take responsibility, and develop solutions together.

Because ultimately, it is not coatings alone that keep aircraft performing reliably. It is the people behind them—sharing their knowledge, building relationships, and creating trust.