Green Africa, Nigeria’s Lagos-based value airline, has announced Kiran Koteshwar as the new Group Chief Financial Officer effective from September 2020.
According to prnewswire.com, Kiran Koteshwar has 22 years of experience in aviation with vast knowledge in building and scaling a value airline in a challenging market.
He was most recently the Chief Financial Officer at SpiceJet – India’s second largest value airline with over 100 aircraft and a publicly listed company.
Prior to SpiceJet, he played a key role in launching GoAir where he held several commercial and financial leadership positions.
Babawande Afolabi, Founder & Chief Executive Officer and Neil Mills, President & Chief Operating Officer of Green Africa said “We are beyond thrilled to welcome Kiran to the Founding gTeam.
Green Africa is now at a critical inflection point and we are delighted that Kiran is joining forces with us as we launch Green Africa in the next few months and scale diligently over the coming years.
He brings onboard an extensive leadership experience that will be invaluable to building Green Africa into a major industry success story.”
Kiran Koteshwar also said “Despite the challenging backdrop that the industry is currently going through, the timing couldn’t be better to launch and scale a world-class value airline in Nigeria – Africa’s largest market. I’m inspired by the Green Africa story and excited by its scope. I look forward to joining hands with Babawande and Neil to lead the team to deliver on this unique journey.”
Source: prnewswire.com
