Kenya Airways appoints new chief operating officer

July 05, 2016: Kenya Airways has appointed Jan de Vegt as the airline’s chief operating officer from August 1, 2016.

He replaces Yves Guibert who will leave the business at the end of July 2016. Jan joins the airline from Cobalt Ground Solutions in the UK where he is currently the managing director.

He has been at the senior managerial level for the last 22 years.

Jan has held positions in cargo operations at the Air France-KLM Group including being regional director operations Benelux, UK and Ireland, regional director South East Asia and Australia, vice president Asia for Air France, KLM Cargo and Martinair Cargo.