{"id":853,"date":"2020-04-28T03:24:09","date_gmt":"2020-04-28T03:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelcommunication.net\/?p=25382"},"modified":"2020-05-26T05:37:09","modified_gmt":"2020-05-26T05:37:09","slug":"iata-gets-new-senior-vp-for-member-and-external-relations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelindex.org\/media\/global-travel-news\/iata-gets-new-senior-vp-for-member-and-external-relations\/","title":{"rendered":"IATA Gets New Senior VP for Member and External Relations"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Geneva, Switzerland, April 27, 2020 \/TRAVELINDEX\/ The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that Sebastian Mikosz will join IATA as the Association\u2019s Senior Vice President for Member and External Relations, effective 1 June 2020.<\/p>\n

Most recently, Mikosz was Group Managing Director and CEO of Kenya Airways (2017-2019), during which time he served on the IATA Board of Governors. Prior to that he was the CEO of LOT Polish Airlines (2009-2011 and 2013-2015) and the CEO of Poland\u2019s largest online travel agency, the eSKY Group (2015-2017).<\/p>\n

At IATA, Mikosz will lead the organization\u2019s global advocacy activities and aero-political policy development, along with managing the association\u2019s strategic relationships. This includes IATA\u2019s 290 member airlines as well as governments, international organizations and stakeholders in both the private and public sectors. Mikosz will report to the Director General and CEO and join the Association\u2019s Strategic Leadership Team. He replaces Paul Steele, who retired from IATA in October 2019. Brian Pearce, IATA\u2019s Chief Economist has been handling the duties of this post on an ad interim basis since then.<\/p>\n

\u201cSebastian brings with him a wealth of experience in the public and private sectors that will be critical in advancing the global aviation industry\u2019s advocacy agenda. At this time of unprecedented crisis, the airline industry needs a strong voice. We must restore the confidence of governments and travelers so that aviation can re-start, lead an economic recovery, and connect the world. Sebastian\u2019s experience in launching and turning-around companies will be invaluable in helping IATA meet the expectations of our members, governments and stakeholders,\u201d said Alexandre de Juniac, IATA\u2019s Director General and CEO.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t wait to get started at IATA. Aviation is in crisis and all industry and government stakeholders have high expectations for IATA to play a critical role in driving the recovery. From my experience as an airline CEO and as a member of the IATA Board of Governors, I know how important IATA is to the global connectivity that we usually take for granted. Today\u2019s challenges could not be greater. And, in joining IATA, I am determined to contribute to the efficient restoration of the links between people, nations and economies that only aviation can provide,\u201d said Mikosz.<\/p>\n

A Polish national, Mikosz is a graduate of the Institute of Political Studies in France with a Master\u2019s degree in Economics and Finance. In addition to his airline experience, Mikosz\u2019s career includes the positions of Vice President at the Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency, Senior Advisor at Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 G\u00e9n\u00e9rale Corporate Investment Bank, Managing Director of the French Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Poland and founder of the online brokerage house Fast Trade. Mikosz speaks Polish, English, French and Russian.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Geneva, Switzerland, April 27, 2020 \/TRAVELINDEX\/ The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that Sebastian Mikosz will join IATA as the Association\u2019s Senior Vice President for Member and External Relations, effective 1 June 2020. Most recently, Mikosz was Group Managing Director and CEO of Kenya Airways (2017-2019), during which time he served on the IATA …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":4900,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-global-travel-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelindex.org\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelindex.org\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelindex.org\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelindex.org\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=853"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelindex.org\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/853\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelindex.org\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelindex.org\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelindex.org\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelindex.org\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}