People on the Move
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Virgin Atlantic Airways Craig Kreeger To: Ceo From: Senior vice president, American Airlines
After a 27-year career spanning
commercial, financial and strategic roles at American Airlines, Craig Kreeger takes on the role of chief executive at Virgin Atlantic. He joins as Virgin Atlantic finalise their agreement for a new joint venture with Delta Air Lines. He is a graduate of the University of California in San Diego, with an MBA from UCLA. Craig joined AA in 1985 as an analyst and spent six years in London as senior vice president, international, responsible for AA operations and sales in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the Pacific, also working on AA joint ventures.
Scott Davies To: General manager UK sales From: Commercial director, Amadeus UK
Scott will be responsible
for the airline’s UK sales and revenue performance. He said: “I look forward to building on Virgin Atlantic’s already strong trade, corporate and industry body relationships.” Scott has a wealth of commercial experience in the travel industry. He spent over a decade in key sales roles at British Airways, culminating in the position of Head of TMC Sales where he had ownership of the airline’s sales strategy and business development through business travel agents.
Servair
Michel Emeyriat To: Chairman and managing director From: Deputy managing Director, Air France
Michel takes over from Patrick Alexandre. He trained as a civil engineer at the École des Mines before graduating from the Higher School of Economic and Business Science. Michel joined Air France in 1990 as ground operations management controller. Four years on, he was appointed economic and
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En Route International John Bancroft To: New product development From: LSG Sky Chefs John started working in the airline industry in 1995 and
experience has seen him work on both sides of the galley curtain. Serving complimentary hot meals on Airtours International as crew, later led to selecting the menus for Virgin Atlantic and then designing customer specific solutions with the LSG Sky Chefs Group. Today John is coordinating some of our best manufacturers, talented chefs and great innovations in food and packaging design.
Nicole Strachan To: New product development From: Food development, JD Wetherspoon
Further strengthening En
Route’s commitment to food innovation, Nicole has a Cordon Bleu Diploma and has worked in the food industry for over 20 years with brands such as Upper Crust, Millie’s
social director of ground operations Paris. He enjoyed a series of management positions. He said: “My first concern will be to ensure that we focus on the satisfaction of our customers and on sharing with them our values of performance and innovation.”
Alexis Frantz To: Head of Strategy From: Air France
38-year old Alexis, an Ecole polytechnique (France)
graduate, started his career at Louis Vuitton in 1998 in Paris then in Tokyo. He
subsequently earned his MBA from the Kellogg School of Management in Chicago. Before joining Air France in 2006, he was responsible for the French and UK markets of Loewe, a subsidiary of the LVMH Group. At Air France’s ground operations, he filled various positions in customer services before taking over communication and organisation. He is a member of the Servair Executive Committee.
Cookies and Pret a Manger. Nicole has dived head first into some really exciting and creative projects at En Route.
Maria Rosenquist To: Marketing communications executive From: Marketing
communications manager, The
Oracle Shopping Centre, Reading Maria will be working to develop the marketing strategy to ensure communication is effective across all channels. Maria brings to the team eight years of retail marketing experience and has a Professional Diploma from the Chartered Institute of Marketing.
ARINC
Mike DiGeorge To: Managing director, Asia Pacific Region From: Senior director for e-enabled programmes, ARINC
Hong Kong.
In his new position DiGeorge will focus on growing ARINC’s business and solution infrastructure in the region, enhancing customer service and support through multiple business lines including aviation communications, networking, airport operations and security. DiGeorge brings more than 25 years’ experience in aviation, aerospace and defence industries to the role.
IFP
Robert Haxton To: Managing director From: Chief financial officer, IFP
Robert hopes to lead the
company into further growth and strengthen its portfolio of inflight entertainment content and technical and creative solutions. Robert joined IFP in June 2012, after serving as vp and finance director at Sony Pictures Entertainment since 2005. He had previously held a number of senior level financial positions for companies in the publishing, media, advertising and entertainment sectors.
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