PAX International AIX March/April 2016

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PEOPLE NEWS

Two new executives at Alpha LSG

Paul Gurnell

Richard Wood

Alpha LSG announced in January that Richard Wood has joined the company as Managing Director at Alpha LSG’s LondonHeathrow business, while Paul Gurnell has become U.K. Sales and Marketing Director. Wood was most recently Site Director at Dairy Crest’s largest U.K. operation, where he held full profit and loss responsibility for a £300 million (US$427 million) turnover business and delivered a comprehensive and highly successful turnaround plan. Wood will be responsible for all activities within Alpha LSG’s LondonHeathrow business and will focus on delivering the next phase of its business strategy. Gurnell who has worked for Unilever, GlaxoSmithKline and most recently Amazon, will be responsible for the development and execution of the company’s U.K. business as well as its sales and marketing strategy. Also based at London-Heathrow, he will be working closely with the senior leadership team to ensure the sales strategy is aligned with operational delivery for commercial viability. He was previously Head of Vendor Management for one of Amazon’s key business accounts. During his time as Director of Consulting at Kantar Retail, his responsibilities included working with external clients to identify business opportunities through the use of intelligently applied sales data and trend analysis.

Tan joins Recaro in Asia Irene Tan has been appointed General Manager Asia Pacific (APAC) for Recaro Aircraft Seating. “By taking this step, the company is reinforcing its regional competence in order to be even more customer-oriented and with dedicated focus on the customers’ needs in this region,” said a release from the German seatmaker. Tan, will manage the Recaro Aircraft Seating business and operations in the APAC region, and oversee the site in Qingdao, China. Recaro’s APAC Sales Organization headed by René Lux, Vice President of Sales, will be integrated into the new Recaro Hub for the APAC region in Hong Kong and will be reporting directly to Irene Tan. Before joining Recaro Aircraft Seating, Tan was the Regional Director of Marketing and Product Strategy at Panasonic Avionics Corporation. Before that, she had also worked with Singapore Airlines, Dragonair (now Cathay Dragon) and Cathay Pacific Airways. Irene Tan

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Nijhawan heads Kaelis business in Australasia, Middle East and Africa Inflight products, services and solutions supplier Kaelis has announced the opening of a branch office in the United Arab Emirates and has named Dilip Nijhawan, CEO for Australasia, Middle East and Africa. Nijhawan will be based out the company’s new UAE office. He has more than 35 years of experience in the on-board services, catering and hotel industries, most recently as CEO of Emirates Flight Catering. Over his career, he has also held senior management positions at Emirates, Oman Air, SriLankan Catering and Oberoi Hotels and Resorts. “As Kaelis’ CEO for Australasia Middle East and Africa, Dilip’s responsibilities span a large footprint, which will fortify the Kaelis brand in its quest of its global positioning in the OBS industry,” said a release from the company.

Dilip Nijhawan

WESSCO announces new executive appointments WESSCO International today announced that Nick Bregman has been promoted as Chief Operating Officer and Nabil Kazi has been appointed as Chief Marketing Officer with the leading provider of airline comfort and amenity programs. Bregman joined the WESSCO family 12 years ago, after earning a Bachelor of Science degree at University of Oregon. In his new role as COO, he will continue forming strategic alliances and leveraging his relationships with trendsetters in the entertainment, skincare and fashion worlds to enhance the passenger experience at every level. “WESSCO will continue to lead the way in establishing creative and innovative partnerships for our travel clients. I look forward to working closely with our talented team and the airlines of the world, developing inflight concepts that reflect the changing lifestyles of global business professionals and brand-conscious millennial travelers,” commented Bregman. Kazi joins WESSCO after more than 20 years in the entertainment industry, having served both The Walt Disney Company and 20th Century Fox as a marketing strategy and partnership senior executive. Both Bregman and Kazi will be based out of WESSCO’s head offices in Los Angeles.

Nabil Kazi

Nick Bregman


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