The Blue Swan Daily will keep you informed of these movements each month, with a full wrap of the key changes in the EMEA market, while also looking forward to key appointments announced for the following month. Here are the key executive changes for Feb-2018:
- TUI Group confirmed the appointment of Oliver Lackmann as TUIfly chief operating officer, effective 01-Mar-2018.
- Thomas Cook AirlinesScandinavia appointed Cimber A/S MD Kent Hansen as director flight operations, effective 01-Mar-2018. Mr Hansen replaces Per Schrøder in the position.
- Swedavia appointed Peder Grunditz as director at Stockholm Arlanda Airport, succeeding Kjell-Åke Westin from 01-Mar-2018.
- Aergo Leasing announced chief commercial officer Gerry Power plans to resign, effective 28-Feb-2018
- Smiths Group replaced Smith Detection president Richard Ingram with Roland Carter, effective end Feb-2018 (TBC).
- Frequentis announced (23-Feb-2018) the following changes to its executive:
- CEO and owner Hannes Bardach: Move to supervisory board in mid Apr-2018;
- Norbert Haslacher, current executive board member for sales and marketing, to become CEO;
- Hermann Mattanovich and Sylvia Bardach remain in their current responsibility as CTO and CFO respectively.
- TUI Group appointed Andrew Flintham as MD of TUI UK & Ireland, effective 01-Mar-2018.
- TAAG commercial director William Boulter resigned due to health reasons.
- Airgest SpA appointed Paolo Angius as board chairman. Airgest SpA is the management company for Trapani Birgi Airport.
- SAS head of media relations Fredrik Henriksson plans to resign, effective Apr-2018
- Groupe ADP announced (22-Feb-2018) the following appointments:
- Henri-Michel Comet: Appointed deputy CEO and executive committee member;
- Patrick Collard: To be appointed Madagascar Airports director;
- Régis Lacote: Appointed Paris Orly Airport director and executive committee member;
- Gilles Lévêque: Appointed executive committee member;
- Christophe Laurent: Appointed Paris Charles de Gaulle deputy director;
- Philippe Laborie: Appointed aircraft operations director.
- Gonen Usishkin assumed the role of President & CEO at El Al on 15-Feb-2018.
- Airbus COO & President of Commercial Fabrice Bergier departs. As previously reported, Guillaume Fuary replaces Mr Bergier.
- Gulf Air appointed Suhail Abdulhameed Abdulaziz Ismail as chief operating officer, effective Feb-2018.
- Bucharest Airports National Company(CNAB) appointed Dan Baciu as GM for a four month mandate.
- Trapani Birgi Airport management company Airgest SpA introduced its new board of directors, including the appointment of Paolo Angius as Airgest SpA Chairman & president.
- Petrozavodsk Besovets Airport appointed Aleksey Nikolaev to the position of director general.
- Bristol Airport appointed Dave Lees as CEO, effective 01-Aug-2018. Bristol Airport chairman Janis Kong, appointed as interim CEO in Oct-2017 following the departure of Robert Sinclair, will continue in that role until Aug-2018.
- Dubrovnik Airport appointed Frano Luetic as its new CEO
- Kassel Calden Airport advisory board appointed Burkhard Siebert as chairman, effective immediately.
- Aosta Corrado Gex Airport operator Aeroporto Valle d'Aosta SpA appointed Giovanni Pellizzeri as president and Germano Paoli as VP.
- Brussels Airlines announced (05-Feb-2018) the following changes to its executive:
- CEO: Christina Foerster, effective 01-Apr-2018. Ms Foerster previously served as Brussels Airlines CCO;
- COO: Thibault Demoulin, effective 01-Apr-2018. Mr Demoulin previously served as Brussels Airlines SVP flight operations and deputy accountable manager.
- Namibia Airports Company board of directors announced Albertus Aochamub was appointed as acting CEO on secondment for approximately 12 months or until a new CEO is found, following the resignation of Lot Haifidi. The company will begin advertising for a new CEO in 4Q2018.
- VTB Leasing appointed Dmitry Ivanter to the position of director general, effective Jan-2018.
- Oman Air appointed Suleiman Al Ghannami as CFO, effective 01-Feb-2018.
- Aerotask announced Marian Pistik has sold his majority stake in the company and has decided to step down as CEO.