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bmi regional has strengthened its Board of Directors with the appointment of new Chief Financial Officer (CFO)(ENP Newswire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) ENP Newswire - 31 October 2014 Release date- 30102014 - bmi regional has announced the appointment of Paul Roberts as Chief Financial Officer to its Board. Paul was previously CFO at Skywest Airlines, the Australian regional airline, based in Perth, Western Australia, where he played a fundamental role in growing the airline until its eventual acquisition by Virgin Australia. Skywest operates flights across Australia as well as to Asia, in addition to flying on behalf of Virgin Australia. The airline has a mixed fleet of Airbus, ATR and Fokker aircraft for both scheduled and charter business. Prior to joining Skywest in 2010, he spent 17 years in senior financial roles in both the UK and Australian aviation and tourism sectors. Paul started his career working in public practice and gained extensive audit and tax experience, before moving into a commercial role in 1993 with CityFlyer Express in the UK. Paul became Finance Director in 2000 after CityFlyer was bought by British Airways, and throughout this time, was a senior member of the Executive Management team that grew CityFlyer to be one of the largest regional airlines in the UK and one of British Airway's most profitable and successful subsidiaries. Paul is also a Fellow of the Association of the Chartered Certified Accountants. Cathal O'Connell, Chief Executive of bmi regional, said: 'Paul has considerable experience of successfully leading airline finance functions and driving improvements in financial performance of regional carriers internationally. Given the growth plans for bmi regional, Paul is a great addition to the bmi regional team - we're really pleased to have him on board.' (c) 2014 Electronic News Publishing - |