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Cathay Pacific Appoints New Country Manager For NZ
Media Information
September 30, 2011
Cathay
Pacific Appoints New Country Manager For New
Zealand
Ken Chiu has been appointed Country Manager
for Cathay Pacific Airways in New Zealand, succeeding David
Figgins who retires today after 37 years working for Cathay
Pacific, most of which time was spent in the role of Country
Manager.
Ken Chiu’s most recent role was as Southern
China regional manager for the Cathay Pacific group. During
his two year stint there he was responsible for overseeing
Dragonair flights to Fuzhou, Sanya in Hainan Island and
Guilin, as well as Cathay Pacific’s freighter service to
Xiamen.
Hong Kong born Ken did his undergraduate
degree in the United States at the University of Oregon,
Eugene. On returning to Hong Kong from the US he worked
briefly as an IT consultant before undertaking full time
study again to gain his MBA at the Hong Kong University of
Science and Technology.
In 2004 Ken joined Cathay
Pacific as a management trainee working firstly in the
eBusiness department after which he spent a year in the
Philippines working as assistant to the country manager in
Manila. On his return to Hong Kong he was appointed
assistant to the General Manager in In-flight Services
before moving to a planning role at Cathay Pacific’s Cargo
Head Office. During his time there he helped to establish
the successful freighter service to Miami/Houston, while
also working in a planning role on new freighter services to
Jakarta, Saigon, Hanoi and Dhaka.
Ken says he is
honoured to be the first expatriate manager for Cathay
Pacific in New Zealand.
“I am aware that I have big
shoes to fill as David Figgins has been such a well known
identity in the travel and aviation industries in New
Zealand. I also realise that my role is going to be
challenging as New Zealand is a very mature market while
China has been experiencing rapid growth, particularly
during the past two years.
“However, I am delighted
to be working with a very senior and experienced team and I
am excited to have the opportunity to live and work in New
Zealand in my first role as Country Manager for Cathay
Pacific
Airways.”
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