Appointment of New Chief Financial Officer

RNS Number : 7530Q

Wizz Air Holdings PLC

02 March 2016

 

WIZZ AIR ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT

OF NEW CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Geneva, 2 March - Wizz Air Holdings Plc, the largest low cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, today announces it has appointed Sonia Jerez Burdeus as the Group's Chief Financial Officer and member of the company's Leadership Team. Her appointment will take effect 1 June 2016.

A graduate in Physics and Engineering from the University of Barcelona and the University of Chicago with a Master of Business Administration, Ms. Jerez joins Wizz Air from Vueling Airlines S.A., a member of the International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A., where she has been the Chief Financial Officer and a Vueling board member since 2011. Ms. Jerez was also a member of the founding management team of Clickair S.A. and was its Chief Financial Officer from 2006 to 2008 when Clickair S.A. merged with Vueling.

-Ends-

ABOUT WIZZ AIR

Wizz Air is the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, operates a fleet of 66 Airbus A320 and Airbus A321 aircraft, and offers more than 400 routes from 24 bases, connecting 119 destinations across 38 countries.  At Wizz Air, a team of approximately 2,600 aviation professionals delivers superior service and very low ticket prices making Wizz Air the preferred choice of 19.2 million passengers in 2015. Wizz Air is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker WIZZ and is included in the FTSE 250 and FTSE All-Share Indices.

Wizz Air was recently named 2016 Value Airline of the Year by the editors of Air Transport World, one of the world's leading airline industry magazines. 

For more information:
Investors:	Iain Wetherall, Wizz Air:	[phone]
Media:	Doug Oliver, Wizz Air:	[phone]
	Edward Bridges / Jonathan Neilan, FTI Consulting LLP:	[phone]

Follow us on Twitter: @wizzair

Notes for Editors:

·      All flights operated on Airbus A320 aircraft, with 180 seats and A321 aircraft with 230 seats

·      New Airbus A321 deliveries started in November 2015

·     For free pictures of aircraft, crews and logo library please visit http://wizzair.com/en-GB/press

 

END

 

 

BOAEAPDAEANKEEF