NEW DELHI: Days forward of the Nov 12 Vistara merger into Air India, the brand new high stage designations on the merged airline have been finalised. Vinod Kannan, CEO of Vistara, will proceed maintain the position of chief integration officer for the full-service airways’ merger. He might be a member of the administration committee and report on to Air India CEO Campbell Wilson.
Vistara chief business officer Deepak Rajawat would be the chief monetary officer on the newly-enlarged Air India Specific, reporting to CEO Aloke Singh. He may also assist Group CFO Sanjay Sharma in strategic initiatives and initiatives. Vikas Agarwal, the present CFO of Air India Specific, will transfer to a brand new position in Air India.
Captain Hamish Maxwell, SVP Flight Operations of Vistara, has assumed an advisory position to Air India Specific CEO Aloke Singh, whereas Captain Pushpinder Singh, chief operations officer of Air India Specific, returns to flying.
Deepa Chadha and Vinod Bhatt, SVP HR & company affairs and chief data officer of Vistara respectively, will tackle senior roles at different Tata group corporations, whereas Vistara CFO Niyant Maru, who had continued past his superannuation date to see by means of completion of the merger, will retire on the finish of his present time period.
All different Air India Group CXO roles and reporting strains roles stay unchanged.
Asserting these transitions, Campbell Wilson stated: “Over the previous two years the 4 Tata airways have labored onerous to arrange for and execute one of the crucial complicated mergers in aviation historical past, consolidating from 4 airways to 2 within the context of dramatic progress and wholesale transformation. As we now strategy the top of that course of, we’re delighted to formalise a Group management comprising colleagues from all 4 antecedent airways to drive the subsequent section of our journey. I’d additionally prefer to acknowledge those that, whether or not retiring or taking over different roles inside the Tata group, have contributed so considerably not simply to the consolidation course of however, over a few years, to the DNA of what’s now the brand new Air India.”
