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Appointment of New Chief Financial Officer
Appointment of New Chief Financial Officer.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 7530Q Wizz Air Holdings PLC 02 March 2016 \n\nWIZZ AIR ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT\nOF NEW CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER\n \nGeneva, 2 March - Wizz Air Holdings Plc, the largest low cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, today announces it 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.\n \nA graduate in Physics and Engineering from the University of Barcelona and the University of Chicago with a Master of Business Administration, Ms. 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. Ms. 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.\n \n-Ends-\n \nABOUT WIZZ AIR\nWizz Air is the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, operates a fleet of 66 Airbus A320 and Airbus A321 aircraft, and offers more than 400 routes from 24 bases, connecting 119 destinations across 38 countries. At Wizz Air, a team of approximately 2,600 aviation professionals delivers superior service and very low ticket prices making Wizz Air the preferred choice of 19.2 million passengers in 2015. Wizz Air is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker WIZZ and is included in the FTSE 250 and FTSE All-Share Indices.\n \nWizz Air was recently named 2016 Value Airline of the Year by the editors of Air Transport World, one of the world's leading airline industry magazines. \n \n \n\n\n\n\nFor more information: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInvestors: \n\n\nIain Wetherall, Wizz Air: \n\n\n+41 22 555 9873 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMedia: \n\n\nDoug Oliver, Wizz Air: \n\n\n+36 70 777 9342\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEdward Bridges / Jonathan Neilan, FTI Consulting LLP: \n\n\n+44 20 3727 1017\n\n\n\n\n \n \nFollow us on Twitter: @wizzair\nNotes for Editors:\n· All flights operated on Airbus A320 aircraft, with 180 seats and A321 aircraft with 230 seats\n· New Airbus A321 deliveries started in November 2015\n· &...