Staff Appointments w/e 24 December 2009
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GERARD EE HOCK KIM has been announced as the new Chairman of Tiger Airways. Ee is an experienced independent director and has a background with auditing firms such as PriceWaterhouseCoopers and Ernst & Young where he was an audit partner.
JULIE REID has been appointed General Manager of Corporate Sales & Client Management for Hogg Robinson Group (HRG). Ms Reid joined HRG in the UK in 1999, working in Client Management. She subsequently moved to Hong Kong and Australia.
STUART DICKIE has been appointed Chief Financial Officer for Mandarin Oriental International Limited, effective April 2010. Dickie has been with Mandarin Oriental for nine years, having joined as Director of Corporate Finance in 2000.
SHEIKH AHMED HIMYAR AL NABHANI has been named as Oman Air’s new Chief Officer of Support Services. This appointment is part of the airline’s ‘Omanisation’ programme Sheikh Nabhani has worked with Oman Air for the past 15 years.
NIWATCHAREE WUNGSOONTORN has been named as General Manager of the Amari Rincome Chiang Mai. Ms Niwatcharee joined Amari in 2000 as Director of Sales & Marketing for the Amari Atrium Bangkok. She was later promoted to Resident Manager.
KUMAR DE SILVA has been announced as Etihad Airways’ new Country Manager for Sri Lanka and the Maldives. During his five-year association with Etihad, De Silva has set up three new outstation operations in Colombo, Tehran and Kathmandu.
WANVISA CHANTRASMI has been appointed Director of Sales & Marketing at Khiri Voyages, Khiri Travel Group’s Thai outbound travel division. Sandy, as she is better known has experience in hotels and travel technology in Thailand and Australia.
CAROLYN CORVI has been elected to the Board of Directors of Continental Airlines.
Ms Corvi joins following more than 30 years at Boeing, most recently as Vice President and General Manager of Airplane Programmes in the Commercial division.
JON ASHENDEN has been appointed General Manager of the SALA Phuket Resort & Spa. An Australian national, Ashenden joins from Anantara Resorts & Spas, where he was Resort Director at the Anantara Phuket Resort & Spa.
WILLEM PENTERMANN has been appointed Regional Director - Indochina for Absolute Hotel Services Co Ltd. Pentermann, a 23 year hospitality veteran, was previously Director of Development for Palmerston Hotels & Resorts in Japan.
JAN WOOD has been appointed Vice President of Marketing for UBM Aviation, a provider of aviation data products and publications for the aviation industry. Ms Wood joins UBM after 11 years with Teradata, an enterprise business intelligence company.
STEPHEN BAGGETT has been appointed Director of Cargo Sales, The Americas, for UBM Aviation. Baggett joins UBM Aviation from APL Logistics and brings 20 years of experience in business development, account management and sales and marketing.
TAN SRI BASHIR AHMAD ABDUL MAJID has been named as the Acting President of ACI Asia-Pacific Announces New President of Airports Council International (ACI) Asia-Pacific. Tan Sri Bashir is Managing Director of Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd.
HEIDI KUNKEL has been promoted to the position of Director North East Asia Zone (Japan and Korea) with Club Med. Ms Kunkel, to be based in Tokyo, has been involved in Sales & Marketing management with Club Med since 2003.
ARRON GOH has been appointed as Food & Beverage Manager of The Waterhouse design hotel in Shanghai. Goh previously owned and managed a consultancy that specialised in new restaurant openings and event management.
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