Wizz Air appoints Joel Goldberg as chief digital officer

31st Aug 2018 14:08

(Sharecast News) - Low-cost airline Wizz Air has appointed Joel Goldberg - currently senior director of technology for Nike Europe - to the newly-created position of chief digital officer.Goldberg, who will take on the role on 1 October, will report to Stephen Jones, executive vice president and deputy chief executive officer and be responsible for the group's e-commerce, data analytics and automation, IT innovation and IT infrastructure and services functions.The company also said on Friday that Marion Geoffroy, currently head of legal, will be promoted to chief corporate officer, from 1 September, reporting to the group's CEO. He will be responsible for the legal, human resources and facilities functions.Chief executive Jozsef Varadi said: "Joel Goldberg's appointment as chief digital oOfficer will ensure that Wizz Air's digital development not only keeps up with, but also anticipates the future needs of our customers as well as improving efficiency across the business as we continue our mission to become the undisputed cost-leader among European airlines."Also importantly, we remain highly driven by the market opportunities for the Wizz brand and customer proposition in the United Kingdom and as a result we continue to invest by building our network and operations as well as enhancing our leadership and organizational capacity in the country. Owain is an experienced and long-standing Wizz Air executive who will lead the next stage of development of Wizz Air UK."