Qantas names chief financial officer as next CEO

Australian airline Qantas Group said Tuesday chief financial officer Vanessa Hudson will become its next chief executive and managing director, replacing Alan Joyce in November. Hudson has been with the airline for 28 years. She is the first female CEO of the organization.

Joyce told reporters in Sydney that he was appointed Qantas CEO in 2008 and agreed in 2020 to remain at the helm through the COVID-19 pandemic. Qantas in February returned to profit, posting an underlying pre-tax half-year result of 978 million for the six months through December.