Here are the key executive changes for October 2019;
- Boeing announced its board of directors separated the roles of chairman and CEO on 11-Oct-2019. Dennis A Muilenburg continues as CEO, president and a director. The board elected independent lead director David L Calhoun to serve as non-executive chairman.
- Transavia appointed Marcel de Nooijer as CEO, commencing 01-Jan-2020.
- Transavia announced chief commercial officer (CCO) Erik-Jan Gelink plans to step down, effective 01-Jan-2020.
- SunExpress appointed Armin Bovensiepen as director of strategy and transformation, effective 14-Oct-2019.
- TAROM appointed Costin Barbu as interim CEO on 21-Oct-2019, replacing Valentin Gvinda following his resignation.
- Emirates announced the following appointments across its commercial operations team in the Middle East, Far East, Europe and Emirates Skywards, effective 01-Nov-2019:
- Khalid Al Haddad appointed VP president Skywards members & operations;
- Mohammed Alnahari Alhashmi appointed VP Saudi Arabia;
- Abdalla Al Zamani appointed country manager Indonesia;
- Rashid Al Ardha appointed country manager Singapore;
- Mohammad Al Attar appointed manager Malaysia;
- Mohammad Sarhan appointed manager Vietnam;
- Haitham Al Battawy appointed manager Thailand, Myanmar & Cambodia;
- Talal Al Gergawi appointed manager Cambodia;
- Mohammed Al Qassim appointed manager Cyprus;
- Khalid Hassan appointed manager Sharjah and the Northern Emirates;
- Asma Al Rahma appointed Emirates Skywards programme manager.
- Flybe confirmed the appointment of Connect Airways CEO Mark Anderson to the board of of the European Regions Airlines Association (ERA).
- Luxaviation Group announced François Pauly, president of Compagnie Financière La Luxembourgeoise, has joined the groups' board as a director.
- Comair (South Africa) announced the resignation of financial director Kirsten Emily King, effective 28-Feb-2020.
- Air Greenland reported the resignation of Maliina Abelsen as chief commercial officer, effective 15-Nov-2019.
- PLAY appointed Arnar Már Magnusson as CEO, effective 05-Nov-2019.
- Precision Air appointed Patrick Mwanri as group MD and CEO, effective 01-Nov-2019.
- Air Italy appointed Shiju Thomas as chief information officer on 08-Nov-2019.
- Laudamotion CFO Andreas Fritthum reported he was appointed as MD, effective Nov-2019.