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WestJet names new CEO
Calgary-based airline WestJet has announced the appointment of Gregg Saretsky as president and chief executive officer (CEO), effective on 1 April. Saretsky will replace ...
16-Mar-2010

Arik Air restructures
Nigerian carrier Arik Air has restructured its management team. After the resignation of Michael McTighe, the airline's former managing director, in October 2009, a ...
15-Mar-2010

DHT names acting CEO
New York Stock Exchange-traded tanker operator DHT Holdings has named board member Randee Day as acting chief executive officer (CEO) of DHT Holdings and ...
12-Mar-2010

Tidewater promotes two
Offshore specialist Tidewater announced that Jeffrey M Platt has been promoted from executive vice-president to chief operations officer. Platt joined Tidewater in 1996 as ...
10-Mar-2010

HKAC names Shinnick as CEO
Lessor Hong Kong Aviation Co (HKAC) has announced that Mathis Shinnick has been appointed chief executive officer (CEO). Shinnick will be based in Hong ...
09-Mar-2010

Brookfield appoints development boss
Brookfield Asset Management has announced that Jeff Kendrew has joined the firm as chief development officer of the firm's global infrastructure platform. Prior to ...
09-Mar-2010

Halcrow hires CTA chief
William R Mooney, retired chief operating officer of Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), has been named senior manager of the US rail practice for consulting ...
09-Mar-2010

Shenzhen Air names president
Fan Cheng, who assumed the role of vice-president at privately held Shenzhen Airlines last year, has been promoted to president at the carrier. The ...
08-Mar-2010

Boland moving to Sydney
Tony Boland, head of asset finance for Asia at Westpac Banking Corporation, will relocate in December from Singapore to the bank's head office in ...
08-Mar-2010

OSG promotes Edelson
Overseas Shipholding Group (OSG) has announced the promotion of James I Edelson to senior vice-president. Since 2005 Edelson has been general counsel and secretary ...
08-Mar-2010

Air Namibia seeks chief
Kosmas Egumbo, managing director of Air Namibia, is ending his five-year term as the head of the state-owned airline at the beginning of April. ...
05-Mar-2010

Forget the gurus
While the long-term future of the rail industry globally is certain, it would be foolhardy to base that certainty on the bullishness of the ...
04-Mar-2010

EasyJet boss goes to pub
Andrew Harrison, chief executive officer (CEO) of easyJet, will leave to become CEO of Whitbread, the pubs and restaurants group, despite receiving a GBP1.2 ...
03-Mar-2010

Xojet names a new president
Business jet specialist Xojet has named Benjamin Murray as president. Murray is a former executive vice-president of NetJets, where he led business development, fractional ...
03-Mar-2010

Wade to head Island View
Island View Shipping (IVS), the bulker subsidiary of South Africa's Grindrod Group, has appointed Martyn Wade as its new managing director, effective in July. ...
03-Mar-2010

Skov chooses to leave Torm
Mikael Skov, a 25-year veteran of product tanker specialist Torm, has opted to leave the company on 11 March after the company releases its ...
03-Mar-2010

Qantas CFO steps down
Colin Storrie, chief financial officer (CFO) of Qantas Group, has announced his intention to step down from the post and resign from the board, ...
03-Mar-2010

Citigroup appoints syndicate banker
Citigroup (Hong Kong) has appointed Cecilia Noronha as a director in its loan syndication team. She will report to Ben Ng, managing director and ...
03-Mar-2010

Virgin Blue names CEO
Virgin Blue Holdings, Australia's second-largest airline, has hired John Borghetti as its next chief executive officer (CEO). He will replace Brett Godfrey in the ...
03-Mar-2010

GE Sydney has new director
Adam Papageorgiou has been appointed associate director at GE Capital's leveraged and sponsor finance unit in Sydney following his stint at GE in London. ...
03-Mar-2010

Aw departs from Bank of China
Daniel Aw, head of syndications at Bank of China (Singapore), has left the bank barely three months after joining the financial institution. Aw was ...
03-Mar-2010

SAA appoints a new chief exec
State-owned South African Airways (SAA) has appointed Siza Mzimera as chief executive officer (CEO) to replace Chris Smyth who has been serving as acting ...
25-Feb-2010

No Skycouch for me
According to results of a poll recently published by flight comparison site Skyscanner, 13 per cent of people would be happy to share a ...
18-Feb-2010

Astar promotes in finance sector
Astar Air Cargo has promoted Martin Godly from managing director for operations finance to vice-president for operations finance. Godly joined Astar in 2003 as ...
17-Feb-2010

Bosse advances at Air France
Pierre Bosse has taken over from Franck Terner as deputy chief executive officer of Regional, a unit of Air France. Terner has been appointed ...
16-Feb-2010

Kingfisher names vice-president
Kingfisher Airlines has appointed Amit Agarwal as senior vice-president of corporate development and planning. Most recently, Agarwal was managing director for revenue management, pricing ...
12-Feb-2010

ANZ's Vijendra moves to Sydney
Vijendra Satkurasingam, ANZ's project and structured finance director based in Melbourne, is moving to Sydney. He will continue to report to Melbourne-based head Chris ...
12-Feb-2010

Grupo TMM chief resigns
Mexican intermodal and logistics company Grupo TMM has announced the resignation of Fernando Sanchez Ugarte, who served as president of the company for the ...
11-Feb-2010

United Airlines promotes three
United Airlines has named Rohit Philip to the newly created role of senior vice-president of corporate strategy and business development. With almost 15 years ...
10-Feb-2010

Boeing makes finance changes
Boeing has announced a series of strategic leadership moves within its corporate finance and shared services organisations. Rob Pasterick, corporate controller and vice-president, was ...
10-Feb-2010

ALA Japan names Nakamura as COO
Keiichi Nakamura has joined the new Aviation Lease Advisors Japan (ALA Japan) as chief operating officer (COO) and as an equity partner. Nakamura accumulated ...
10-Feb-2010

Udvar-Hazy leaves ILFC
American International Group (AIG) and International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC) have announced the retirement of Steven F Udvar-Hazy as director and chief executive officer ...
08-Feb-2010

Role of Chinese banks uncertain
There has been widespread speculation concerning the role of Chinese banks in stepping into the breach to fill the funding gap for aircraft finance. ...
04-Feb-2010

Udvar-Hazy out as chairman
Steven Udvar-Hazy has been succeeded as chairman of International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC), a move that analysts said eliminates a potential conflict of interest ...
04-Feb-2010

JAL announces new president
Japan Airlines (JAL) will promote Masaru Onishi to president as the carrier begins a USD10 billion restructuring under bankruptcy protection. Onishi will also function ...
04-Feb-2010



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