Jambojet chief executive Allan Kilavuka has been appointed as acting chief executive of Kenya Airways from January 1.
“Allan will also continue his role as Chief Executive Officer of Jambojet during the interim period of recruitment,” said the statement signed by Company Secretary Catherine Musakali.
“The Board wishes to emphasise that the recruitment process for a substantive Chief Executive Officer with the necessary experience and knowledge was initiated upon the announcement of Sebastian Mikosz’s decision to leave the airline at the end of 2019.
The process is still actively ongoing and the Board will inform all our stakeholders once a suitable candidate has been identified.”
Kilavuka has over 22 years of working experience, He is currently the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer at Jambojet. He started his career at Deloitte and then General Electric Company where he held various senior leadership positions in their Sub Saharan Africa businesses before joining Jambojet.
He has extensive experience in strategy, business development, business process improvement, financial leadership and strategy, people leadership, offshoring, controllership & compliance, business startups, process design, and Financial Planning & Analysis. He has operated throughout Africa and has vast experience in doing business in Africa.
Kenya Airways (KQ) Managing Director and Chief Executive Sebastian Mikosz said he will be leaving the airline by end of the year on personal grounds effective Dec. 31.
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Mikosz was appointed in June 2017 taking over from Mbuvi Ngunze who had been at the airline’s helm for two years and five years.
Kenya Airways (KQ) reported a Ksh 7.6 billion pretax loss in its 2018 financial year performance from Ksh 6.4Bn in FY17 due to a surge in operating costs.
