The general assemblies of Oman Air and Oman Airports Company dissolved the current boards of directors, and agreed to elect new boards of directors. The new board held its first meeting and made strategic decisions regarding financial sustainability and governance of the two companies.
The meeting was chaired by Engineer Saeed bin Hamoud Al-Ma’awali, Minister of Transport, Communications and Information Technology, Oman. He approved the new organizational structure of Oman Air and the new committees of the Board of Directors, and appointed a vice-chairman of the company’s board of directors.
In a separate statement Oman Air said: “During the meeting, some of the company’s Board Members were replaced. The newly appointed Board Members have extensive global experience in the aviation sector, collectively exceeding 85 years.”
The new board constitutes, ex-chief executive of Aer Linhus, Stephen Kavanagh, chairman of Swissport and non-executive director of WestJet, Christopher Mueller, ex-chief executive of STA and privatAir, Antoio De Menezes, Ahmed Tufail Al Rahman, advisor to Oman ministry of finance and chief financial officer of Nama Holdings, ex-KPMG and Abdul Rahman bin Harith Al Busaidi, ex-chief executive, Jet Airways and Haitham bin Muhammad Al Ghassani, representative of Oman ministry of heritage and tourism.
The new board of directors reviewed the strategy of the Oman Airports company for the next five years. The board also discussed the financial accounts for the first half of the current year.