Qantas announces Vanessa Hudson as new CEO

The current Chief Financial Officer will take over from Alan Joyce in November

Vanessa Hudson is taking over as boss of Australia’s national carrier later this year.

Hudson joined Qantas in 1994 and has since climbed her way to the top.

She’s worked across commercial, customer and finance roles across the Group in Australia and overseas.

She comes to the role after a four year stint as Chief Financial Officer.

In this role, she saw the airline weather the storm that was the pandemic.

As for Joyce he plans to see out the next six months before his retirement.

He says a number of candidates were considered for the role both internally and externally.

He’s been in the role for 15 years where he has overseen the creation of Jetstar and innovations like Project Sunrise.

But Qantas has also been in the headlines for the wrong reasons too.

Of course, the airline had to lay off thousands of staff during the height of the pandemic.

There’s also been disputes with unions and of course the rising cost of air travel.

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