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Saadia Zahidi udnævnt til generaldirektør for IATA
IATAs bestyrelse har udnævnt Saadia Zahidi til ny generaldirektør. Hun er økonom med en uddannelse fra Harvard og er i øjeblikket administrerende direktør i World Economic Forum.
Offentliggjort
Den Montreal-baserede International Air Transport Association, IATA, havde 367 medlemsflyselskaber i 122 lande ved årets begyndelse. Næsten ni ud af ti flyvninger på verdensplan opereres af IATAs medlemsflyselskaber.
Siden oprettelsen i 1945 har IATA haft otte mandlige generaldirektører, herunder Sveriges Knut Hammarskjöld. Saadia Zahidi bliver den første kvinde til at lede den globale brancheorganisation for luftfart, når Irlands Willie Walsh træder tilbage.
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Saadia Zahidi, som har både pakistansk og schweizisk statsborgerskab, blev uddannet i Europa og USA og har haft ledende stillinger i World Economic Forum i de seneste 20 år. Hun har siddet i FN-generalsekretærens højniveaupanel for kvinders økonomiske styrkelse (HLP-WEE) og i bestyrelsen for Den Europæiske Rumorganisation. Hun er også forfatter til Fifty Million Rising, en bog, der undersøger muslimske kvinders voksende deltagelse på arbejdsmarkedet.
Willie Walsh, der er kendt for sin bramfri tilgang, træder tilbage om en uge. Saadia Zahidi tiltræder stillingen den 1. november, og indtil da fungerer IATAs finansdirektør Sandrine Le Borgne som midlertidig generaldirektør.
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