New “captain” at Austrian Airlines
Austrian Airlines: New CEO Thierry Antinori continues restructuring with Andreas Bierwirth and Peter Malanik
The Supervisory Board of Austrian Airlines appointed Thierry Antinori (49) as Chairman of the Airline’s Executive Board at its meeting yesterday. Antinori – up to now Chief Marketing Officer on the Lufthansa German Airlines Board – will take up his post with effect from 1 April 2011. With this appointment the Supervisory Board of Austrian Airlines increased the members of the Airline’s Executive Board to three in future – with the other two Board Members Peter Malanik and Andreas Bierwirth. In addition to consequent continuation of the restructuring measures and rigorous cost management, harnessing growth opportunities as well as further developing the Vienna hub will be the main tasks of the Austrian management. Stefan H. Lauer, CEO Group Airlines and Corporate Human Resources at Lufthansa AG and Chairman of the AUA Supervisory Board, emphasised that Thierry Antinori is the right man to strengthen the team on the Executive Board. “He can draw on years of experience in the airline business and has demonstrated his exceptional expertise in restructuring at Lufthansa,” he states. Quelle: LogEastics |