AerFin has appointed Tom Crawford to serve in a newly established role as Chief People Officer (CPO).
As CPO, Crawford will be responsible for developing and implementing the company’s people strategy, ensuring that people, culture and organisational plans are aligned to the organisations core values. Together with his team, AerFin states that Crawford will develop an “innovative people agenda which is designed to underpin AerFin’s commercial ambitions”.
For the last decade, Crawford has been consulting and supporting businesses to help them improve their commercial performance through implementing organisational change and developing effective people strategies, covering a magnitude of sectors, including: assurance, communication, aviation and energy. Outside of work, Crawford has written two novels and lives with his husband and three dogs in the countryside, he is a passionate champion for mental health.
Welcoming Crawford to the business, Simon Goodson, AerFin CEO, said: “Tom’s transformative experience and innovative spirit for creating a culture that enable companies and its people to excel is an excellent fit for AerFin, and a welcomed addition to our leadership team. Tom’s appointment reflects our continued commitment to investing and developing our people, while ensuring we are best positioned to move into the next stage of our strategic growth”.
Crawford said: “AerFin is an ambitious company with a highly-skilled and committed workforce, the company is genuinely committed to engaging with and developing all of those in the organisation and to be given the opportunity to lead these initiatives is a real privilege. I am looking forward to the exciting times ahead and the further long-term success of the business.”