Adani Group rejigs airport biz leadershi

Days after taking over the management control of the Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL) from the GVK Group, the Adani Group on Sunday said that it has made several changes in key leadership positions at its airport holding company, Adani Airport Holdings Ltd (AAHL), and MIAL, to consolidate and push through the transition of the country’s second largest airport into its folds.

The company will also relocate the head office of AAHL to Ahmedabad from Mumbai, it added.

Adani Group said that RK Jain, the chief executive officer (CEO) of MIAL will take over as CEO of Adani Airports, replacwing incumbent Ben Zandi, who will take over as CEO (non-aero) at AAHL.

“He (RK Jain) will be fully involved to shape (a) scheme for airport slum rehabilitation to take it to (the) implementation stage. He will also be involved in the airport regulatory issues,” Adani Group said, adding that CEO of MIAL and chief airport officers at Ahmedabad, Lucknow, Mangaluru, Guwahati, Trivandrum and Jaipur will report to Jain.

Jain will report to Malay Mahadevia, the CEO of AAHL.

Meanwhile, Prakash Tulsiani, who’s president operations at AAHL, will take over CEO of MIAL from RK Jain, while BVJK Sharma, director of Adani Ports and SEZ, will take over as the

CEO of Navi Mumbai Inte tional Airport Limited (NMI

Prabhat Mahapatra, who rently heads operations at M will assume the newly cre role of head operations at Ce of Excellence. Manoj Katar chief operating officer of D port, will take over as the he operations at the MIAL.

“We believe this decision foster collaborative working agile decision making, whi of paramount importance at stage of our journey,” A Group added in the stateme