Swissport names former EasyJet executive as new chief

Restructuring ground handler Swissport International has appointed Warwick Brady, currently head of the recently rebranded Stobart Group, as its new CE, enabling Christoph Mueller to take up the chairman role with the Swiss firm. Former Aer Lingus and Malaysia Airlines chief Mueller was installed as chairman of Swissport when investors completed a financial restructuring of the company in December, but has also been serving as interim CE since January. He will step down from the acting CE role when Brady joins in the spring. Brady is CE of Esken, the UK aviation and infrastructure specialist which recently rebranded from Stobart Group. He previously served for eight years as EasyJet COO. ”With his industry experience and a proven track record in organisational transformation, digitalisation and operational turnarounds, Warwick is the ideal chief executive to steer Swissport safely, and drive it with real ambition, as the world and the aviation sector emerge from the Covid-19 pandemic,” says David Siegel, Swissport’s interim chairman.<br/>