The package pairs a $237,000 base salary with an option to buy 1.5 million shares at just under six cents apiece.

June 29, 2026

Premier Air Charter Holdings Inc. has brought in a finance chief with a capital-markets résumé, naming Matt Aune as chief financial officer, effective June 22, 2026. The Carlsbad, California-based aviation company’s board made the appointment the same day, with Aune to serve as principal financial officer.

An enterprise-software pedigree

Aune, 51, arrives from the enterprise software world. He spent nearly twelve years as CFO of Phunware, Inc., from August 2011 through June 2023, a stretch in which the company earned a spot on the Inc. 5000 ranking of fast-growing private firms for five consecutive years and completed a Nasdaq listing in December 2018 under his oversight. His earlier career included senior financial planning and analysis roles at Sony Computer Entertainment America and Midway Games. He holds an economics degree from the University of California, San Diego, and an MBA from San Diego State University.

Cash and equity terms

The arrangement pairs a modest cash component with a large share-count equity grant. Under an offer letter dated June 9, 2026, Aune will earn a base salary of $237,000, along with standard health, retirement and paid-time-off benefits, on at-will terms.

The equity piece is the more striking element. Under Premier Air Charter’s 2025 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan, Aune received a nonstatutory option covering 1,500,000 common shares at an exercise price of $0.059 each. The principal terms:

• A five-year term from the grant date
• Vesting in four equal annual installments of 25 percent, starting on the first anniversary of the grant and continuing on each of the three following anniversaries
• A permitted cashless, or net, exercise

The appointment was disclosed over the signature of chief executive Sandra J. Bonar.