Brisbane, Australia - Virgin Australia announced the appointment of Christopher Luxon, James Hogan and Goh Choon Phong, as non-executive directors to the board of Virgin Australia.
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Mr. Luxon is Chief Executive Officer of Air New Zealand.
Prior to joining Air New Zealand, Mr. Luxon was President and CEO of Unilever Canada, where he was responsible for leading Unilever's Canadian business.
Mr. Luxon has a Master of Commerce in Business Administration from the University of Canterbury.
Mr. Hogan is the President and Chief Executive of Etihad Airways and brings more than 30 years of travel industry expertise to the Board.
He started his career at Ansett Airlines and subsequently held senior positions with bmi, Hertz, Forte Hotels and Gulf Air, where he served as chief executive for four years.
Mr. Hogan is a fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society and a former non-executive director, and member of the Board’s Audit Committee, of Gallaher Plc and the UBS Industrialisation Advisory Board.
He currently serves as vice chairman on the Executive Committee of the World Travel and Tourism Council(WTTC) and is a member and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Board of Governors.
He serves as vice chairman of equity partners, airberlin plc and Jet Airways Board.
Mr. Goh is a Director and Chief Executive Officer of Singapore Airlines.
Prior to his appointment as Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Goh held senior management positions in various divisions in Singapore Airlines, ranging from marketing to information technology, finance and cargo.
Mr. Goh also served as President of Singapore Airlines Cargo Pte Ltd from 2006 to 2010.
He is also a director of SIA Engineering Company Limited, Mount Alvernia Hospital and is a member of the Board of Governors of the International Air Transport Association.
Mr. Goh has a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science as well as three Bachelor of Science degrees in Computer Science & Engineering, Management Science and Cognitive Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
James Rigney (Alternate Director for James Hogan), was appointed to the position of Chief Financial Officer at Etihad Airways in 2006.
He also sits on the Boards of Air Berlin, Air Serbia and Jet Airways and serves on the Finance Committee of the International Transport Association (IATA).
Mr. Rigney joined Etihad from Gulf Air, where he held the position of Head of Corporate Strategy.
He has previously held senior positions at the Ansett Group and began his career at KPMG.
He is a chartered accountant and holds a Bachelor of Business and Masters Degree in Business Administration from RMIT University in Melbourne.
Marvin Tan (Alternate Director for Goh Choon Phong), is the Senior Vice President Cabin Crew of Singapore Airlines.
Mr. Tan joined Singapore Airlines in 1996 and has held various appointments both in Singapore and overseas, most recently on secondment to SilkAir, Singapore Airlines’ regional subsidiary, as the airline’s Chief Executive.
Mr. Tan currently also serves on the Board of Scoot Pte Ltd. ■