Kenya Airways appoints new CEO

Kenya Airways, one of Africa’s leading airlines has once again changed its Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Mbuvi Ngunze with the appointment of Mr Sebastian Mikosz as the airline’s new CEO.

The airline in a statement said the new GMD/CEO will assume the role with effect from June 1st 2017.

Kenya Airways had last year November announced that Mbuvi Ngunze would step down in the first quarter of 2017 after over five years with the airline, the last two at the helm.

Ngunze was asked to stay until a successor was identified and also to drive the complex capital optimization programme “that we are undertaking.”

The board had last December engaged the services of an international search firm, Spencer Stuart to assist it in identifying a successor to Ngunze.

According to the statement, Sebastian Mikosz has over 20 years of professional experience in executive management both in the private and public sector. He also held various nonexecutive roles as Supervisory Board member. He has been CEO as eSky.pl. the leading Central Online Travel Agent, President and Chief Executive Officer of LoT Polish Airlines, one of the oldest airlines in the world, a position he held twice.

He has also held the position of Director in Deloitte Business Consulting, Warsaw office and vice president of the Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency (PAIiIZ) a government agency responsible for attracting foreign investors to Poland.