The Air France-KLM group has appointed Femke Kroese as General Manager for South East Asia & Oceania.
Kroese is responsible for Air France and KLM commercial passenger sales and flight operations throughout the South East Asia & Oceania region (Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, Australia, and New Zealand). She is based in Singapore at the South East Asia & Oceania regional office.
Speaking of her new responsibility, Kroese said, "I am delighted to have moved to this fascinating and diverse region with my family. I look forward to start building on the great work our teams have done over the years, meet our customers and work hand in hand with many partners to develop and look for new opportunities and synergies. We aspire to offer existing and new Air France and KLM customers even more choice, better connections and offer an exceptional, seamless, and memorable travel experience, in a more sustainable way."
Prior to her appointment as General Manager South East Asia & Oceania, Kroese was Commercial Director United Kingdom and Ireland Air France KLM.
She joined KLM in 2002 and held several positions in the Air France KLM group within Sales, Pricing Revenue Management and other Commercial roles while being based in the Netherlands, France, Canada and the United Kingdom.
In 2002, she graduated from the University of Plymouth in the United Kingdom and the Amsterdam School of Business in the Netherlands. Under the 'Erasmus program' these business schools ran a double degree exchange program.