Nahimah Ajikanle Nurudeen
5 November 2009
Lagos — Arik Air Airline has announced the secondment of two executives from Arik International SA with the appointment of Mr. John Roijen and Mr. Kevin Dudley as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Chief Operating Officer (COO) respectively.
The airline in statement made available to press in Lagos disclosed that Arik International SA provides logistical business support and management consultancy services to Arik Air Ltd (Nigeria). This, according to the statement, followed the announcement on 19 October of the secondment of Mr Jason Holt to Arik Air Limited (Nigeria) as the airline's new Managing Director.
It said the Chairman of Arik Air, Sir Joseph Arumemi-Ikhide said during the announcement in Lagos noted, "Mr Roijen and Mr Dudley are both senior-level airline professionals and each is highly experienced in his respective field. They possess considerable international industry expertise, reinforced by strong Nigerian market knowledge and experience."
Also, the airlines Managing Director, Mr. Jason Holt said: "Mr. Roijen and Mr. Dudley both bring a wealth of industry knowledge gained from working in airlines and professional organizations based across a wide number of international markets. Each also brings an in-depth, practical and current knowledge of the Nigerian aviation market, gained from the leadership roles they performed successfully at Virgin Nigeria Airways.
"As Arik Air, Nigeria's leading commercial airline, celebrates its third anniversary of operations and prepares to integrate new aircraft into the fleet and expand further its network, I too am delighted to welcome both John and Kevin to our team. I look forward to their contribution in helping implement the airline's expansion strategy."
The new CFO, Roijen holds an MBA (Finance & Marketing) and is a qualified Chartered Accountant with more than 20 years professional experience.
He has held senior finance function responsibilities in markets spanning Africa, Europe and the US.
His previous roles have included Accountant at Ernst & Young (Netherlands), Interim Finance Director at Steel Pipe Industries (South Africa), Finance & General Manager at Technology Group (Botswana), Finance Director at Avon Rubber Plc (UK) and Vice President-Finance at Osborn (US).
Until March 2009, Mr. Roijen was Chief Financial Officer at Virgin Nigeria Airways, based in Lagos.
Dudley, the COO holds an MBA and a licensed Aircraft Engineer with more than 30 years airline industry experience. His previous employers have included British Airways, Virgin Atlantic Airways and Virgin Nigeria Airways. Previously, he performed head office and out station roles including Overseas Line Maintenance Manager at Virgin Atlantic Airways, General Manager Commercial Planning at Virgin Atlantic Airways and Engineering Director at Virgin Nigeria Airways.
Until June 2009, Mr. Dudley was Chief Operating Officer at Virgin Nigeria Airways, based in Lagos.
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