Wizz Air has appointed Sonia Jerez Burdeus as the Group’s Chief Financial Officer and member of the company’s Leadership Team. Her appointment will take effect 1 June 2016.
A graduate in Physics and Engineering from the University of Barcelona and the University of Chicago with a Master of Business Administration, Jerez joins Wizz Air from Vueling Airlines S.A., a member of the International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A., where she has been the Chief Financial Officer and a Vueling board member since 2011. Jerez was also a member of the founding management team of Clickair S.A. and was its Chief Financial Officer from 2006 to 2008 when Clickair S.A. merged with Vueling.