Jaakko Schildt to head Finnair’s Operations unit

Finnair has appointed Jaakko Schildt, MBA, BSc Engineering, as the head of its Operations unit and member of the Executive Board. Schildt has held operative airline leadership positions at Thomas Cook Group Airlines in 2014–2016. He became Director of the Group Maintenance Organisation in September 2014 and has taken up the position as Accountable Manager of Thomas Cook Airlines UK in September 2015. Previously, Schildt has worked for example as the head of Finnair Technical Services, as well as in various leadership positions within SAS Group. Schildt will assume his new role at the latest on 16 August 2016. For