Heinzmann, a Belgian citizen with over 25 years experience in the aviation industry, was previously the CEO of Luxemburg’s state airline Luxair. He will take over at Tarom as chief executive officer and accountable manager on November 19, under a four-year contract.
The airline’s board also appointed Michael Moriaty as deputy general manager and chief financial officer. Moriaty is a brityish citizen and has 33 years of experience in aviation in the UK, U.S., Japan, Thailand, Bangladesh, Scandinavia, Netherlands and Columbia. He is to take over the new position on November 12, for one year.
The board has had to select a new CEO for Tarom after their first choice, Heinrich Vystoupil, former Austrian Airlines chief for Romania and Moldova, turned down the position last week.
Tarom is controlled by the Transport Ministry, which selected in July the consortium PwC/D&B David and Baias/George Butunoiu to recruit private general managers and managing board members for the companies under its authority with turnovers higher than EUR7.3 million.
Under standing agreements with the IMF and the EC, Romania’s Government has pledged to appoint private management at 48 state-owned companies.