Former Qantas executive John Borghetti wins top job at Virgin Blue

[777]

Announcement due at 11am. Speculation is that Borghetti will get the gig:

FORMER Qantas executive general manager John Borghetti has emerged as the frontrunner to replace the outgoing chief executive of Virgin Blue, Brett Godfrey.

Borghetti may land top job at Virgin Blue | The Australian

Thoughts?

[odoherty]

The Fin Review is much more certain...

Qantas veteran to be Virgin CEO
Virgin Blue is set to announce the appointment of former long-serving Qantas executive John Borghetti as its new chief executive, pitting him against the man who beat him for the top job at Qantas, Alan Joyce.

[Slats7]

It's now official:

Former Qantas executive John Borghetti wins top job at Virgin Blue | The Australian

FORMER Qantas executive general manager John Borghetti has been appointed the next chief executive of Virgin Blue.

He will replace outgoing chief executive of Virgin Blue, Brett Godfrey.


No more details were immediately available.

[odoherty]

http://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/2010030...177rc52cdq.pdf

[Mal]

It's now official:

Interesting. Will be quite exciting to see what changes he makes.

[markis10]

I wonder if DJ was a better option than watching the reach of QF decline as JQ took the reigns?

[odoherty]

Weird how things turn out:

Qantas: 'full service airline' run by a 'budget airline' manager
Virgin Blue: 'budget airline' run by a 'full service airline' manager

[Slats7]

I think it's a good move from DJ.

[oz_mark]

It will be interesting how he takes Qantas on in his new role. I would expect that we may see some interesting innovations coming up.

[Travel Guru]

I think its a great move by DJ, he's the guy who should be running QF right now, not that turkey Joyce

Shall be interesting to see what eventuates.

TG