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Dicky King announces Betsy's decision for ASA Chair reappointment and Acting CEO?? -   

Via DK's puppet head announcement page...

Airservices Australia Board Chair and Interim CEO appointed

I am pleased to announce the reappointment of John Weber as Chair of the Airservices Australia Board for a further 12 months to 2 June 2025, as well as the appointment of Rob Sharp as the Interim Chief Executive Officer.

Mr Sharp has been newly appointed as the Interim Chief Executive Officer of Airservices Australia for a period of up to 12 months by the Board, while a global search is undertaken to fill the role on a substantive basis. 

Together, Mr Weber and Mr Sharp’s knowledge and experience will provide continuity to the organisation in the coming period and help Airservices Australia navigate future opportunities and growth in aviation.

Airservices Australia is responsible for 11 per cent of the world’s airspace, manages Australia’s skies, aviation rescue firefighting services and helps grow Australia’s aviation industry.

Mr John Weber – Chair of the Airservices Australia Board

Mr Weber has worked extensively for corporations and Australian Government agencies covering the rail, aviation, health and defence sectors.

In recent years, he also conducted major inquiries and reviews for the Australian Government, providing strategic advice to a range of government agencies.

Mr Weber has wide-ranging experience in board operations and his legal background complements those of the current members of the Airservices Australia Board, which will continue to support him in the Chair role.

Mr Rob Sharp – Airservices Australia Interim Chief Executive Officer  

The appointment of Mr Sharp as Interim CEO of Airservices Australia recognises his considerable experience in aviation, business, accountancy and engineering.

He has served for two years as the Secretary of the Transport for New South Wales department and previously as CEO for both Virgin Australia Airlines and Tigerair Australia. He is also a fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society of London.

For more information on the work of Airservices Australia visit www.airservicesaustralia.com. [/size]

More on the former CEO Tiger/Virgin airlines and NSW Coalition Govt TfNSW Mandarin...

Via the Mandarin:

Jettisoned Transport for NSW boss flies into million-dollar Airservices top jobBy Julian BajkowskiThursday July 18, 2024

Interim Airservices Australia CEO Rob Sharp while Tiger Airways chief in 2013. (AAP Image/Dan Peled)

Airservices Australia’s enduring hunt for a permanent chief executive following the prompt departure of Jason Harfield at the end of his contract in June has taken another sharp turn.

Former Transport for NSW secretary Rob Sharp will touch down at the government-owned airport operator as interim CEO, taking over the paddles for the role that at last count paid his departed $1.03 million a year in total remuneration.

“Mr Sharp has been newly appointed as the Interim Chief Executive Officer of Airservices Australia for a period of up to 12 months by the Board, while a global search is undertaken to fill the role on a substantive basis,” said Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government Minister Catherine King.

A veteran aviation leader for two decades before taking on one of the most challenging state government jobs in Australia, Sharp previously captained both Virgin and Tiger Airways and spent 16 years at Qantas running its airport retail and infrastructure arm.

Sharp steps into the role following Pete Curran, who has filled the role of acting CEO since Harfield’s exit and “will take up the role of Deputy CEO from 29 July”, a statement from Airservices said.

Also getting their contract renewed, though only for another year, is Airservices Australia Board chair John Weber, whose role was last listed as paying $192,884 a year in board remuneration.

It’s been a turbulent past year for Australia’s aviation sector, with both Qantas and Virgin chief executives either rotating or soon to depart their positions, and Qantas losing a pivotal industrial case that found it illegally sacked 1,700 ground workers through outsourcing in the midst of COVID. At least they didn’t go broke, unlike budget carrier Bonza, which lasted just over a year before going into liquidation earlier this month.

Airservices has also been hit with industrial action, with the United Firefighters Union of Australia Aviation Branch playing hardball on wages and staffing numbers and the Australian Federal Police also previously prepared to take industrial action at airports.

Air traffic controllers have also been pushing hard for pay rises. A key integration between civilian and military air traffic control platforms, known as OneSKY, remains of the Department of Defence’s Projects of Concern list having doubled in price to $4.1 billion and running 10 years late.

Also coming online soon is the new Western Sydney airport, the creation of which has been somewhat of a personal crusade for Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, whose electorate of Grayndler had its aircraft noise doubled when Kingsford Smith airport opened its third runway in 1994 and was dubbed “the runway we had to have”.

And while Tiger Airways may have permanently departed Australia’s airports after ceasing operations in 2020, its legendary customer service challenges were immortalised by Texan alt country legend Dale Watson in 2011 after he penned and recorded a ballad of woe as one of their passengers.

For clarity, this was before Sharp was recruited to Tiger as CEO to improve its performance in 2013.

Here we go again with 'jobs for mates', with Betsy appointing his former NSW Mandarin into a plum (at least 1 year) million dollar gig - FFS?? -

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