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WORLDWIDE – SWITZERLAND – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that Willie Walsh has officially taken on the role of Director General of the organisation. He succeeds Alexandre de Juniac.
Walsh was confirmed as IATA’s 8th Director General by the 76th IATA Annual General Meeting on 24 November 2020. He joins IATA after a 40-year career in the airline industry. Walsh retired from the International Airlines Group (IAG) in September 2020 after serving as its CEO since its inception in 2011. Prior to that he was CEO of British Airways (2005-2011) and CEO of Aer Lingus (2001-2005). He began his career in aviation at Aer Lingus in 1979 as a cadet pilot.
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UK – Gray & Adams has announced the death of its founder, Jim Gray Snr, who died peacefully in his sleep on February 10, aged 86. Jim Gray formed Gray’s Motor Body Works in 1957 after leaving national service, as a car and body repair facility in Fraserburgh, near Aberdeen. In 1960, Jim Gray was joined by Jim Adams and the company became Gray & Adams. Together they steadily grew the business turning it into the industry giant it is today.
ITALY – The d’Amico Group has announced the passing of its CEO of the Dry Cargo business unit, Lucio Bonaso. Bonaso joined the company in 1998 to manage the bulk-carrier fleet development project and responsibility over all the activities of the Dry Cargo segment.
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Volvo
The election committee of
AB Volvo proposes that Martha Finn Brooks be elected as new board member at the annual general meeting on March 31, 2021.
The election committee also proposes the re-election of the Chairman of the Board Carl-Henric Svanberg, as well as Board members Matti Alahuhta, Eckhard Cordes, Eric Elzvik, Kurt Jofs, Martin Lundstedt, Kathryn V. Marinello, Martina Merz, Hanne de Mora and Helena Stjernholm. James W. Griffith will not stand for re-election.
Brooks is an internationally experienced business leader in both corporate line management and more than 30 years of public company board governance. Previous positions include a variety of leadership roles in