Addis Abeba — In a statement it released late this afternoon, Ethiopian Airlines said the Board of Management of Ethiopian Airlines Group will announce “Group CEO and successor to Ato Tewolde GebreMariam shortly.”
The statement came after news of the resignation of multiple award winning Group CEO, which the Airline said was “early retirement.”
Tewolde, who has been “Under medical treatment in the USA for the last six months,” according the statement, said earlier today that he has “already retired due to ill-health & the resignation I submitted to the government was accepted.”
The Airline said that “under his leadership, the airline group has grown by four fold in all measurements, building more than USD 700 million worth of vital infrastructure like Africa’s biggest hotel, Cargo terminal, MRO hangars and shops, Aviation Academy and Full Flight Simulators.”
Tewolde’s replacement will be overseen by Board Chairman Girma Wake, a veteran in the industry who had led Ethiopian…
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