Air New Zealand has announced the appointment of Christopher Luxon as the company’s new Chief Executive Officer, replacing Rob Fyfe who departs at the end of December.

 

Mr Luxon is currently Group General Manager International Airline at Air NZ, a position he has held since mid last year. 

 

Chairman John Palmer welcomed the decision to shift Mr Luxon to the role, saying he brings a wealth of international business experience, having held a number of management and executive positions at Unilever.

 

 

"Christopher has world class strategic, commercial, leadership and stakeholder management capabilities proven across multiple markets. These have been highly evident to the Air New Zealand Board in the year that he has been with the company and we have seen him affect positive commercial outcomes in our toughest operating division," Mr Palmer said.

 

Christopher Luxon joined Air New Zealand in May 2011 from Unilever where he was President and CEO of Unilever Canada since December 2008. In this role he was responsible for leading Unilever's US$1.4 billion business & 1,500 employees in Canada. Christopher led Unilever Canada on a major change programme that resulted in record growth, improved profitability and enhanced customer service.