Directorate Change

RNS Number : 1671X

British Airways PLC

01 December 2010

 



The Board of British Airways is pleased to announce the following Board appointments.

Non-Executive Director

Gavin Patterson will be joining the Board from 1 February 2011.

Gavin is Chief Executive BT Retail, a director on the BT Group plc Board and is BT's corporate responsibility sponsor, representing BT on the CBI's Climate Change Board.  He has extensive experience in both marketing and customer experience, having held various positions within BT and Virgin Media (formerly Telewest).  He also spent nine years at Procter and Gamble, rising to become European Marketing Director.

Executive Directors

With effect from the merger effective date the Company's Sales and Marketing Director Andrew Crawley will be appointed as Director, Commercial with particular responsibility for exploiting the revenue opportunities which come from the merger and the joint business agreement.

Frank van der Post will join the Company as Managing Director Brands and Customer Experience around the time that the merger is completed in January.  Frank is currently Chief Operating Officer at Jumeirah Group and was previously employed in various customer-facing roles at Intercontinental Hotels.

 

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