Etihad chief people and performance officer Ray
Gammell will serve as interim CEO for Etihad Airways Group in advance of
president and CEO James Hogan's departure. Gammell has assumed "full
management responsibilities," and Hogan
is slated to leave July 1, according to Etihad. SVP and group treasurer
Ricky Thirion also is assuming CFO duties, as current CFO James Rigney leaves
alongside Hogan. Etihad's board is "in the advanced stages of
recruitment" for a permanent CEO and expects to make an announcement
within the next few weeks, according to Etihad chairman Mohamed Mubarak Fadhel
Al Mazrouei.