Aviation
industry veteran, Wrenelle Stander,
has been appointed executive in charge of Comair’s airlines division, the
company’s ceo, Erik Venter announced
on Wednesday, September 26.
From the
beginning of November, Stander will lead Comair’s two airline brands,
kulula.com and British Airways, which Comair operates regionally as part of a
licence agreement.
Under
Comair’s new structure, the group also has executives heading its other
business units:hospitality and tourism,
aviation training, and Nacelle IT solutions.
Stander has
25 years’ experience in the aviation and energy industries, 15 of them at
executive leadership level. Her previous posts include that of md of the Air
Traffic and Navigation Services (ATNS), one of three women worldwide to head an
air navigation services company. She was also deputy ceo of the South African
Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) and director general at the Department of
Transport.
More
recently Stander has held senior roles at Sasol, amongst others serving as md of
Sasol Gas, where she ensured the completion of the Mozambique pipeline expansion
project and spearheaded the process to transition natural gas customers to a
new pricing dispensation. In her current role of senior vp of Corporate
Affairs, she was instrumental in a multi-year process of engaging on air
quality with multiple stakeholders, including government, the Minister of
Environmental Affairs, the Environment Portfolio Committee, NGOs, communities
and the media.
She also
has extensive board experience at Comair, having previously served as an
independent, non-executive director from 2008 to 2016. Currently she serves as
a director of the Sishen Iron Ore Company Pty Ltd, as well as on the board of
Christel House, an education NGO.
