A look at new Oman Air board of directors

Muscat: Oman Air recently held its Ordinary General Assembly, which was presided over by Eng. Saeed Al Mawali, chairman of the board of directors.

During the meeting, some of the company's board members were replaced with new members who have extensive global experience in the aviation sector, the company in a statement.

OMAN AIR'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Eng. Saeed Bin Hamoud Al Mawali

chairman of the Board of Directors

Christoph Mueller

• Chairman of Swissport

• Non-Executive Director of WestJet

• 30+ years' experience with airlines and a turnaround and change management leader in aviation, logistics, and maintenance

• Former CEO of Malaysia Airlines (2015-2016)

• Former CEO of Aer Lingus (2009-2015) • Former Chief Digital and Innovation Officer of Emirates Group (2016-2019)

Stephen Kavanagh

• Board Director and former CEO of Aer Lingus (2015-2019)

• Served in several commercial, operations, and strategy leadership roles following his accession to the Aer Lingus C-Suite in 2006

• Former member of the IPO team that brought Aer Lingus to market in 2006, and managed the sale of the airline to IAG

• Recorded a 27% return on invested capital in 2018

Antonio De Menezes

•Board Member of Nieuport Aviation and 20+ years' experience with airlines

•Former CEO of SATA Airline and PrivatAir (2007-2017)

•Former Executive Director for Air Mobility at NEOM

Current Board Member of Nieuport Aviation, Toronto City Airport, Eliance Aviation, AAP Aviation, and Ascendi Former Board Member for TAP Air Portugal and Euro Atlantic Airways

Ahmed Tufail Al Rahman

• Advisor to Oman's Ministry of Finance

• Group CFO of Nama Holding

• Former Partner at KPMG

• 28+ years' experience in financial and management consultancy across Oman and the US

• Board Member of several companies in the utilities and oil marketing industry

• Group Chief Financial Officer for the leading group of utility companies in Oman • Advisor to the Debt Management Department of the Ministry of Finance

Abdul Rahman bin Harith Al Busaidi

Former CEO and COO of Oman Air Senior Corporate Executive with 35+ years' experience in the aviation industry

Former Group Executive Officer of Jet Airways (2005-2014)

Former Chief Executive Officer of Oman Air (2000-2005)

Haitham bin Muhammad al Ghassani

• Representative of Oman's Ministry of Heritage and Tourism

• 16+ years' experience in the tourism sector

• Director General of Tourism Promotion and Awareness for the Sultanate of Oman Vice Chairman of the main committee supervising the organization of the Second World Tourism Organization and UNESCO Conference of Tourism and Culture

The company's Board of Directors also held a meeting on August 19 to approve the new organizational structure of the company and the implementation steps of the transformation program.

Al Mawali emphasized the need for collaborative efforts in the coming period to enhance the company's capabilities in line with the government's directives that focus on maximizing investment returns and achieving financial sustainability for Oman Air.

The General Assembly of Oman Airports Company also dissolved its previous board of directors and a new board of directors was appointed under the leadership of Al Mawali, the Minister of Transport, Communications and Information Technology.

The first meeting of its new board of directors reviewed the strategy for the next 5 years and its financial performance for the first half of the current year.