Air India’s new CEO Wilson resigns from SIA Group
Bombay (Maharashtra):
Campbell Wilson, who has been chosen by Tata Sons to lead Air India, has resigned from his current position at Singapore Airlines (SIA).
“This afternoon I informed the management team and your union leaders of my resignation from Scoot and the SIA Group,” Wilson said in a statement sent to Scoot employees on May 13.
“It’s very hard to leave Scoot, which in two chapters I’ve had the honor and pleasure of nurturing – along with a wonderful, wonderful group of people, past and present – from a mere spreadsheet to, among many other things, the “World’s best long-haul, low-cost airline,” Wilson said.
Tata Sons announced on May 12 the appointment of Campbell Wilson as chief executive officer (CEO) and managing director (MD) of Air India.
Wilson, 50, has 26 years of airline industry experience with both full-service and low-cost airlines. He is the founder and CEO of low-cost airline Scoot, a subsidiary of Singapore Airlines (SIA).
Referring to his appointment to Air India, Wilson said: “It is a fantastic opportunity to take a historic airline, now owned by the Tata Group, to new heights, and I am grateful to take on that exciting challenge with the full blessings of the SIA management team.”
Wilson began his career as a management trainee with SIA in New Zealand in 1996. He then worked for SIA in Canada, Hong Kong and Japan before returning to Singapore in 2011 as the founding CEO of Scoot, which he led until 2016.
Wilson went on to serve as SIA’s Senior Vice President of Sales & Marketing, where he oversaw Pricing, Distribution, eCommerce, Merchandising, Brand & Marketing, Global Sales and the airline’s overseas offices, before returning in April for a second term as CEO from Scoot. 2020.
