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Promotions and Update on Leadership Team
Promotions and Update on Leadership Team.
About this update from Wizz Air Holdings Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 6486M Wizz Air Holdings PLC 21 January 2016 \n\nWIZZ AIR ANNOUNCES PROMOTIONS AND UPDATE TO LEADERSHIP TEAM\n \nGeneva, 21 January 2016: Wizz Air Holding plc ('Wizz Air'), the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, announced today an expansion to its Leadership Team and a temporary leave of absence. \nJohn Stephenson, Executive Vice President of Wizz Air, has been taken ill and hospitalized. He will be out of the office for an unspecified period of time. No further information will be released concerning his condition out of respect for the privacy of John and his family. CEO József Váradi stated, \"We are all concerned for John's well-being and wish him the best for a full and speedy recovery.\"\nIn the interim, Chief Operations Officer Diederik Pen and Chief Commercial Officer György Abrán will report directly to the CEO. \nThe company also announced today the nomination of two new officers to join its Leadership Team, effective 01 February 2016. \nDavid Morgan, currently Chief Pilot at Wizz Air, has been appointed Chief Flight Operations Officer, reporting to the Chief Operations Officer. Johan Eidhagen, currently Head of Brand and Marketing, has been appointed as Chief Marketing Officer, reporting to the Executive Vice President. \nAs Chief Flight Operations Officer, David's primary responsibility will be to provide leadership to the key operational departments within elements of Flight Operations including Flight and Cabin Operations, Operations Planning and the Operations Control Center. \nDavid, 51, joined Wizz Air in 2008 based in Katowice, Poland and became Fleet Captain in 2010. A year later he was promoted to his current position as Chief Pilot. Prior to Wizz Air, David began his aviation career in the armed forces of the United Kingdom and Australia. His career has taken him around the world including five years as a management pilot at the iconic Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia and five years for BAE Systems in Saudi Arabia. He is a native of Cardiff, Wales, and is a graduate of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.\nJohan joined Wizz Air as Head of Brand and Marketing in January 2015. His primary responsibility will be to exploit existing and emerging marketing and sales tools to help drive revenue generation across the network. His group is also responsible fo...