Wizz Air reduces gender gap by appointing 2 high-ranking women
Wizz Air is no longer the FTSE firm with the fewest women in senior roles after recruiting 2 in the space of a week. The carrier unveiled Sonia Jerez Burdeus, a former finance director at Vueling, as its new CFO, starting 1 June. The appointment was made a week after Wizz Air appointed Susan Hooper, a former managing director of British Gas Services, as a non-executive director. Wizz Air came out worst in a list of UK-based companies produced by the former trade minister lord Davies, who led a govt-backed review of the gender balance at the top of British companies. It was one of 15 companies in the FTSE 250 with no women on its board. Although Wizz Air’s finance director does not sit on the company’s board, its new non-executive director will. That will move the company off the bottom of Davies league table. <br/>
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Wizz Air reduces gender gap by appointing 2 high-ranking women
Wizz Air is no longer the FTSE firm with the fewest women in senior roles after recruiting 2 in the space of a week. The carrier unveiled Sonia Jerez Burdeus, a former finance director at Vueling, as its new CFO, starting 1 June. The appointment was made a week after Wizz Air appointed Susan Hooper, a former managing director of British Gas Services, as a non-executive director. Wizz Air came out worst in a list of UK-based companies produced by the former trade minister lord Davies, who led a govt-backed review of the gender balance at the top of British companies. It was one of 15 companies in the FTSE 250 with no women on its board. Although Wizz Air’s finance director does not sit on the company’s board, its new non-executive director will. That will move the company off the bottom of Davies league table. <br/>
