Campbell is a New Zealand businessman. He is a businessman with over 26 years of experience in the aviation industry and the former CEO of budget carrier Scoot for Singapore Airlines. Currently, he is the CEO and Managing Director of Air India.
Wiki/Biography
Campbell Wilson was born in 1971 (age 50 years; as in 2021) in Christchurch, New Zealand. It was bought in the same city. In 1990, he went to the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand for a Master of Commerce (Honours) in Business Administration stream and completed it in 1994. For his higher education, he went to Harvard Business School in Boston, Massachusetts. And completed Global Strategic Management course from here in 2016.
Family and ethnicity
Campbell Wilson comes from a Christian family.
livelihood
In 1996, Campbell Wilson started his career as a management trainee by joining Singapore Airlines (SIA) in Auckland, New Zealand. In 2006, he was appointed vice-president of Airlines for Canada. He held this position for two years after which he was promoted to General Manager of Hong Kong. In 2010 he was appointed to lead Singapore Airlines’ operations in Japan. In 2011 he took up the position of CEO at Scoot, the low-cost carrier of Singapore Airlines Group.
Captain Rohan Hari Chandra (head of flight operations), Campbell Wilson (CEO of Scoot) and Ng Ju Lee (head of cabin services) were working for Scoot in 2012.
After a few months, Campbell Scooters came along with the budget carrier and left in June 2016. Subsequently, he served as SIA’s Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing, where he handled pricing, distribution, merchandising, ecommerce, global sales, branding. , and marketing in SIA’s overseas office. In April 2020, he returned to the CEO position of the airline. In May 2022, he again resigned from Scoot and was appointed as the CEO of Air India by the board of directors. Earlier, the board of Tata Sons had appointed former Turkish Airlines chairperson Ilker Ayci as the new CEO of Air India, but he turned down the offer a few weeks later, after which the opportunity was given to Campbell Wilson.
Campbell months before resigning from Scoot in February 2022
Campbell was appointed as the MD and CEO of Air India on 12 May 2022. Mr N Chandrasekaran, Chairman, Tata Sons spoke about the decision and said,
I am delighted to welcome Campbell to Air India. He is an industry veteran, having worked across multiple functions in major global markets. Additionally, Air India will benefit from his additional experience in building an airline brand in Asia. I look forward to working with them to build a world-class airline.
Campbell responded to this and talked about his new tenure at Tata, saying,
It is an honor to be chosen to lead the prestigious Air India and be a part of the highly respected Tata Group. Air India is on the cusp of an exciting journey to become one of the world’s best airlines, offering world-class products and services with a distinctive customer experience that reflects Indian warmth and hospitality. I am excited to join Air India and Tata colleagues in the mission to realize that ambition.”
net worth
Campbell Wilson has an estimated net worth of $17 million.
Facts/General Knowledge
- Wilson was born in New Zealand but became a permanent resident of Singapore after joining Singapore Airlines.
- He is an avid traveler and has a special interest in aviation.
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