Qantas unveils more management changes

More management changes have been announced at Australia's Qantas Airways ahead of next month's change in CEO.

The Oneworld alliance carrier says in a stock exchange filing that Grant Fenn has been appointed to the newly created role of executive general manager strategy and investments.

Fenn was previously executive general manager freight enterprises. The strategy team will now report to Fenn and this will include fleet and long-term network planning "as well as leadership of all group strategy initiatives including mergers and acquisitions".

Qantas also says David Hall has been appointed to the newly created position of group general manager corporate services and his responsibilities will include overseeing IT functions. Hall joined Qantas in 2005 as the chief financial officer of low-cost subsidiary Jetstar.

Executive general manager people Kevin Brown will meanwhile be leaving the airline in the first quarter of 2009. Qantas says a global search for a new head of HR functions has already begun.

The changes follow others that have been announced in recent months and they come weeks before long-serving CEO Geoff Dixon retires. Dixon will be replaced by Jetstar CEO Alan Joyce.

Source: Air Transport Intelligence news