Wizz Air appoints Briton to Board
Eastern European low-cost carrier Wizz Air has appointed former Acromas Group chief executive Susan Hooper as non-executive director.
Susan Hooper will join the airline’s Board on March 1. She will also serve on Wizz Air’s audit and remuneration committees.
Hooper was most recently managing director of British Gas Services, leading the service and repair, central heating installations, electrical services and Dyno-Rod business units.
At Acromas Group, she was responsible for Saga holidays and hotels, Saga cruises, Spirit of Adventure cruises, Titan Travel and the travel division of the AA.
Previously she held senior roles at Royal Caribbean, Avis Europe, PepsiCo International, McKinsey & Co and Saatchi & Saatchi.
During her time with Pepsi, Hooper spent five years based in Central and Eastern Europe.
She is currently a non-executive director of Affinity Water Ltd. and The Rank Group plc, as well as being an advisory board member of LUISS Business School in Rome.
From 2011 to 2014 she was a non-executive director of Whitbread PLC and has held several other non-executive directorships, including at First Choice.
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