Boardroom shakeup at beleaguered Hong Kong Airlines

Tuesday, 13 May, 2019 0

The boardroom upheaval at Hong Kong Airlines has continued at beleaguered at Hong Kong Airlines with a new CEO and finance chief appointed.

A director of Hong Kong Airlines Holdings, Sun Jianfeng, has been named as chief executive, while Li Neng was appointed chief finance officer.

Sun previously served as a pilot and executive vice president at the airline and was also president of Hainan Airlines.

Meanwhile HK Airlines president Wang Liya is stepping down from his role into an advisory position as chief liaison contact with the Civil Aviation Department.

The HNA-backed airline has seen major disruption in the boardroom with a number of high profile departures.

CFO Jacky Lui Jiaqi, co-chairman Zhang Kui, and vice chairman Tang King-Shing all left within the space of a few weeks last year and the business has been progressively downsizing with routes, fleet size and workforce shrinking.



 

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