Air India Group announced a slew of senior management changes due to the merger of Air India and Vistara, which is scheduled to be effective from November 12.
Vinod Kannan, Chief Executive Officer of Vistara who was also holding the role of Chief Integration Officer for the full-service airlines’ merger, will continue in the latter role post-merger, according to a press release.
Deepak Rajawat, currently the Chief Commercial Officer of Vistara, will take up the Chief Financial Officer role at the newly-enlarged Air India Express, and will report to CEO Aloke Singh. Along with this, he will also support Group CFO Sanjay Sharma in strategic initiatives and projects.
Consequently, Air India Express’ current CFO Vikas Agarwal will move to a new role in Air India, the statement added.
Full-service carriers — Air India and Vistara, a joint venture between Tatas and Singapore Airlines — are set to be merged on November 11.
Among the other changes, Hamish Maxwell, SVP Flight Operations of Vistara, has assumed an advisory role to Air India Express CEO Aloke Singh.
Pushpinder Singh, Chief Operations Officer of Air India Express, will return to flying, and his successor will be announced in due course.
Deepa Chadha and Vinod Bhatt, SVP HR & Corporate Affairs and Chief Information Officer of Vistara, respectively, will take on senior roles at other Tata group companies.
“Vistara CFO Mr Niyant Maru, who had graciously continued beyond his superannuation date to see through completion of the merger, will retire at the end of his current term,” the release added.
“Over the past two years the four Tata airlines have worked hard to prepare for and execute one of the most complex mergers in aviation history, consolidating from four airlines to two in the context of dramatic growth and wholesale transformation. As we now approach the end of that process, we are delighted to formalise a Group leadership comprising colleagues from all four antecedent airlines to drive the next phase of our journey,” said Air India’s CEO & MD Campbell Wilson.
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