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Feb 14, 2006 (newstodate): British Airways World Cargo has once again reshuffled its top management.
At the highest echelons are now Gareth Kirkwood, managing director, Baba Devani, vice president sales and international customer service, Chris Bosworth, general manager commercial development, Ed Searancke, general manager customer delivery, Mark Gardiner, general manager London operations, and Les Howell, manager T5, Premium and programme office.
Other members of the leadership team include Sean Doyle, head of finance, and Jenni Edwards, manager people and organisation delivery, while Keith Packer, until now Sen VP Commercial, leaves BAWC to take up a position as British Airways general manager UK&I Corporate Sales.
Additional senior management appointments are Tony Nothman, manager international customer service, formerly VP UK, Europe & Africa, Andy Warwick, manager Ascentis, formerly manager global sales & marketing, and Michelle Lawrence, manager delivery planning.
-It is necessary for British Airways as a whole to cut costs. At BA World Cargo we are working hard to become the most profitable and highest regarded combination air carrier in the world. To be successful, we need to focus on establishing the most effective management structure. The changes we have made will reduce the complexity of our organisation, improve our time to market and speed up decision making, all of which will drive costs out of our business, says Gareth Kirkwood, BA World Cargo managing director.
-Whilst these are difficult times for everyone in our organisation, the pressures on us and our industry mean that we cannot shy away from taking difficult decisions in areas we can control.
The British Airways management re-structure involves a 50 per cent reduction in senior managers and a proposed 30 per cent reduction in middle managers by March 2008.
Full proposals and a timetable for achieving the planned target of a 30 percent reduction in middle managers will be announced by March 31, 2006, the company says in a release.
At the highest echelons are now Gareth Kirkwood, managing director, Baba Devani, vice president sales and international customer service, Chris Bosworth, general manager commercial development, Ed Searancke, general manager customer delivery, Mark Gardiner, general manager London operations, and Les Howell, manager T5, Premium and programme office.
Other members of the leadership team include Sean Doyle, head of finance, and Jenni Edwards, manager people and organisation delivery, while Keith Packer, until now Sen VP Commercial, leaves BAWC to take up a position as British Airways general manager UK&I Corporate Sales.
Additional senior management appointments are Tony Nothman, manager international customer service, formerly VP UK, Europe & Africa, Andy Warwick, manager Ascentis, formerly manager global sales & marketing, and Michelle Lawrence, manager delivery planning.
-It is necessary for British Airways as a whole to cut costs. At BA World Cargo we are working hard to become the most profitable and highest regarded combination air carrier in the world. To be successful, we need to focus on establishing the most effective management structure. The changes we have made will reduce the complexity of our organisation, improve our time to market and speed up decision making, all of which will drive costs out of our business, says Gareth Kirkwood, BA World Cargo managing director.
-Whilst these are difficult times for everyone in our organisation, the pressures on us and our industry mean that we cannot shy away from taking difficult decisions in areas we can control.
The British Airways management re-structure involves a 50 per cent reduction in senior managers and a proposed 30 per cent reduction in middle managers by March 2008.
Full proposals and a timetable for achieving the planned target of a 30 percent reduction in middle managers will be announced by March 31, 2006, the company says in a release.