Cam Wallace Resigns from Air New Zealand

Cam Wallace, Air New Zealand’s Chief Commercial and Customer Officer, has resigned from the airline.

He will step away from Air New Zealand on 30 September and will provide consultancy support to Chief Executive Officer Greg Foran until the end of 2020.

Cam started with Air New Zealand in 2001 and since then has held a number of senior positions including Group General Manager New Zealand and Pacific Islands and General Manager Australia.

He completed business management programmes at Darden School of Business, Kellogg School of Management - Northwestern University Chicago, and the London Business School. He also studied at INSEAD, France, where he completed the Advanced Management Programme.

At Air New Zealand, he led a diverse portfolio from Commercial, Loyalty, Cargo, Alliances, Retail Marketing, Contact Centres, Tandem Travel, Regional Affairs, Tourism & Cultural Affairs through to Customer Care, Customer Experience & Insights, Brand & Content Marketing and Communications.

 Cam oversaw teams based both in New Zealand and globally, including Australia, North America, Singapore, China, Japan, the United Kingdom and Europe.

"Cam has advised me that given the airline is now effectively a domestic carrier for the foreseeable future that he is resigning to pursue opportunities that meet his global career ambitions," said Greg Foran, Air New Zealand Chief Executive Officer. "I would like to thank Cam for the contribution he has made over the past 19 years, especially throughout the course of 2020 as the airline has grappled with unprecedented challenges thrust upon it by COVID19. His global revenue generation experience and deep customer centricity have been critical to our efforts to ensure our airline has a viable future."

The airline will not be moving immediately to replace Cam’s role and in the interim Greg Foran will take responsibility for leading the Commercial and Customer function.

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