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BA World Cargo announces key Asia Pacific and Middle East appointments

  • United Arab Emirates: Wednesday, May 31 - 2006 at 08:28
  • PRESS RELEASE

British Airways World Cargo today announced its new commercial management team in Asia Pacific and the Middle East as part of the carrier's global middle management restructure.

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The following appointments are effective from 1 June 2006:

• Ian Barrigan, regional commercial manager, Southern (Middle East, Africa and Southern Asia)

• Chris Chan, regional commercial manager, Asia Pacific

• Matt Burton, area cargo manager, India and Nepal

• Rory Black, area commercial manager, Japan and Korea.

Baba Devani, vice president sales and international customer service, BA World Cargo, said:

"These appointments were undertaken to meet key commercial challenges in the Asia Pacific and Middle East and are designed to enhance our customer offering in the region by reducing the complexity of our organisation and improving our time to market."


"BA World Cargo has a strong offering in this area and this more streamlined approach to our business will allow the new team to get closer to customers and better understand their needs."

BA World Cargo's new management structure in this region is part of a global management reorganisation by British Airways that will drive costs out of the business and follows a similar global senior management restructure undertaken in February 2006.
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Ian Barrigan, regional commercial manager, Southern (Middle East, Africa and Southern Asia) - Ian has worked at BA since 1988. He was most recently employed by BA World Cargo as area manager Middle East, southern Asia and Australasia. Ian is based in Dubai.

Chris Chan, regional commercial manager, Asia Pacific - Chris was previously employed by BA World Cargo as Area Manager for Greater China and the Philippines. He is based in Hong Kong.

Matt Burton, account manager, India - Matt has worked at BA since 1995 and his previous role was Area Cargo Manager Japan and Korea, BA World Cargo. Matt is based in Delhi.

Rory Black, account manager, Japan and Korea - Rory has worked at BA since 1990 and his previous role was Commercial Manager Qatar & Bahrain, British Airways. Rory is based in Tokyo.

If you would like further information and/or jpeg photography, please contact Kelly Murray/Hannah Millard/Katie Moore at the BA World Cargo press office, run by GolinHarris on +44 (0) 20 7067 0625

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