Gabriel Stroe, the company’s Chief Financial Officer, will take over as interim CEO, and Florin Susanu, the company’s Flight Operations Manager, will take over the position of interim deputy CEO, the sources also told MEDIAFAX.
Tarom’s Executive Board convened Monday evening, but Heinzmann did not attend the meeting, citing health reasons. This was the second meeting of Tarom’s Executive Board over the last four days.
Tarom administrators decided last Friday, March 18, to suspend Heinzmann from his position as CEO, effective March 22, citing faulty management, Transport Minister Dan Costescu said at that time.
The Control Body of the Transport Ministry presented the conclusions of checkups conducted at Tarom, which revealed the company failed to observe the Labor Code and to implement all actions in the management plan, which subsequently resulted in canceled flights and $1 million losses for the airline.
Heinzmann began his term at Tarom on November 19, 2012, after signing a four-year contract.