Qantas picks first female CEO to lead the airline
SYDNEY: Australia's flagship carrier, Qantas Airways, on Tuesday named finance chief Vanessa Hudson as its next chief executive officer, making her the first woman to lead the century-old airline.
"I think that the experience that I've had, and also recently, in helping manage through COVID-19, places me in a great position to look forward in terms of all of the investments that are coming with new aircraft, but also continuing to invest in our customers," she said. Though men still account for far more top executive roles in Australian-listed companies, a growing number of high-profile CEO roles are occupied by women, including at the No. 1 investment bank, Macquarie Group, top telco Telstra Corp, oil and gas giant Woodside and financial services firm AMP.
Joyce hired bodyguards in 2011 after receiving death threats over his unprecedented grounding of the airline’s entire fleet during an industrial dispute. Joyce, who is gay, has been a vocal supporter of campaigns for marriage equality, the recognition of Aboriginal people in the nation’s constitution and for women’s progress in the corporate world.
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