Addis Abeba — The Former CEO of Ethiopian Airways and business veteran Girma Wake has been appointed chairman of the board of the Ethiopian Airways Group. Girma was with the Airways for 37 years, seven of them as CEO, earlier than he was changed by Tewolde in 2011.
He has now been “appointed not too long ago as a brand new Chairman of the Board of Administration of Ethiopian Airways Group by the Ethiopian Public Enterprises Holding & Administration Company,” the Airways mentioned in the identical assertion saying the “early retirement” of outgoing CEO Tewolde Gebremariam.
Girma Wake changed former Speaker of the Home of Peoples’ Representatives, Abadula Gemeda, as Board Chairman. Abadula was chairing the Board after he changed former ANDM senior Addis Legesse in December 2014.
In June 2019, Girma joined Ethio Lease, the the primary foreign-owned licensed leasing firm engaged in monetary providers in Ethiopia. He left RwandAir as Board Chairman to affix Ethio Lease as one of many founders.
Ethiopian Airways praised Girma Wake as “a extremely skilled, profitable and well-regarded enterprise chief and a widely known determine within the aviation business who beforehand led Ethiopian Airways for 7 years as a CEO and laid the inspiration for the quick and worthwhile progress of the airline. The mixture of his expertise, work-culture and drive makes him able to chairing the board and take the airline to the subsequent stage.”
