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Brisbane Airport appoints new CEO
January 19th 2018
Brisbane Airport Corporation (BAC) has appointed Gert-Jan De Graaff, a former BAC senior executive and current President and CEO of JFKIAT LLC, the operators of Terminal 4 at New York’s John F Kennedy International Airport, to lead the company from June 2018. Read More »
De Graaff will replace Julieanne Alroe, who will retire at the end of the financial year. BAC chairman, David Peever, said an extensive international search was conducted to identify the right candidate to lead Brisbane Airport through an historic growth phase.
“Brisbane Airport is Australia’s third busiest airport by passenger numbers and aircraft movements. It will, with the completion of its new parallel runway in 2020, be the best positioned airport in the country for domestic and international growth,” Peever said.
“The opportunity to lead Brisbane Airport at such a critical and exciting time was too good to ignore,” De Graaff said. “The airport’s potential is exceptional, particularly in international markets,” he said. De Graaff held a series of senior roles in Brazil, Stockholm-Arlanda Airport and Amsterdam Schiphol Airport before he moved to JFKIAT terminal four as CEO.
