Wizz Air Holdings Plc announced an expansion to its Leadership Team and a temporary leave of absence. John Stephenson, Executive Vice President of Wizz Air, has been taken ill and hospitalized. He will be out of the office for an unspecified period of time. In the interim, Chief Operations Officer Diederik Pen and Chief Commercial Officer György Abrán will report directly to the CEO. The company also announced the nomination of two new officers to join its Leadership Team, effective 01 February 2016.
David Morgan, currently Chief Pilot at Wizz Air, has been appointed Chief Flight Operations Officer, reporting to the Chief Operations Officer. Johan Eidhagen, currently Head of Brand and Marketing, has been appointed as Chief Marketing Officer, reporting to the Executive Vice President. David, 51, joined Wizz Air in 2008 based in Katowice, Poland and became Fleet Captain in 2010. Johan joined Wizz Air as Head of Brand and Marketing in January 2015. Prior to WIZZ, Johan, 41, built an extensive sales and marketing career at Nokia over the past 15 years. After several challenging roles, he became the Managing Director of the Scandinavian region in 2011.