{"id":574851,"date":"2026-08-20T13:02:27","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T13:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/574851\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T13:02:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T13:02:27","slug":"air-new-zealands-new-board-appointments-include-air-india-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/574851\/","title":{"rendered":"Air New Zealand\u2019s New Board Appointments Include Air India CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Air New Zealand has named Air India CEO Campbell Wilson as a director, one of a handful of notable changes proposed for the airline\u2019s board.<\/p>\n

Wilson and former Air New Zealand CFO Rob McDonald have been appointed to the board, subject to their election at the carrier\u2019s annual shareholders meeting on Sept. 24. Director Larry De Shon, a former United Airlines executive, will retire from the board at the meeting.<\/p>\n

Wilson announced in April that he will leave Air India<\/a> later this year but offered to stay on until his successor was appointed. The Air India board on Aug. 5 named Tewolde Gebremariam as the next CEO<\/a>, although it said the exact timeline of the leadership transition will be announced in due course.<\/p>\n

Before joining Air India in 2022, Wilson was CEO of Scoot and held senior leadership roles at Singapore Airlines.<\/p>\n

He has been a member of the International Air Transport Association board of directors and a board executive committee member of both the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines and the Star Alliance.<\/p>\n

McDonald retired as Air New Zealand\u2019s CFO in 2017 after more than 24 years with the airline. He is currently chairman of Vero Insurance New Zealand and is set to step down as chairman of Contact Energy on Sept. 16.<\/p>\n

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