More Air NZ changes - CFO Jeff McDowall going, Leanne Geraghty's key role

The Air NZ executive shakeup continues, with veteran Jeff McDowall to join four other top staff leaving the airline and the announcement of the internal appointment of a chief customer and sales officer. McDowall will leave the airline towards the middle of 2021 after the completion of the planned capital raise. Airline and tourism veteran Leanne Geraghty has been appointed to the new role. CFO McDowall has been at the airline for more than 20 years and last year was acting CE for several months. CE Greg Foran said McDowall was playing a critical role in supporting him and the board as the airline rebuilt from the ravages of Covid-19. "But after a career spanning more than two decades with the airline, he feels it will be time to open a new chapter of his career once the capital raise is complete," Foran said. The airline will shortly commence a global search for a successor. Foran paid tribute to McDowall. "Without Jeff's leadership over the past two decades, especially as part of the executive team in recent years, the airline would not have delivered its long run of commercial success or grown its international footprint around the world so successfully."<br/>