Jet Airways appoints Vipula Gunatilleka as CFO

Hyderabad: Jalan Kalrock consortium, new promoters of Jet Airways, appointed Vipula Gunatilleka as chief financial officer (CFO). He will be joining on March 1, 2022. Gunatilleka was the CEO of SriLankan Airlines until January 2022 and had led the national carrier during the pandemic. Prior to joining SriLankan Airlines, he was the CFO & Board […]

Hyderabad: Jalan Kalrock consortium, new promoters of Jet Airways, appointed Vipula Gunatilleka as chief financial officer (CFO). He will be joining on March 1, 2022.

Gunatilleka was the CEO of SriLankan Airlines until January 2022 and had led the national carrier during the pandemic. Prior to joining SriLankan Airlines, he was the CFO & Board Member of TAAG Angola Airlines from November 2015 to July 2018 under Emirates Management. He played a pivotal role to turnaround the loss-making national carrier of Angola.

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Ankit Jalan, member, Monitoring Committee of Jet Airways, said, “Vipula is an aviation expert and regarded as a turnaround specialist in the industry. He has been shortlisted after a rigorous process run by our executive team over the last several months. I am certain Vipula will be an asset to the organisation and will provide the necessary vision to revive the operations of Jet Airways as per the plans of the consortium.”

Gunatilleka qualified as a Chartered Accountant in the year 1987 after which he did his MBA from the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. Gunatilleka is also a qualified Chartered Management Accountant (FCMA) from UK and Certified Public Accountant (FCPA) from Australia.

Vipula Gunatilleka said, “We will capitalise on the strong brand value which Jet Airways has in the market and use it to re-build the lost ground.”

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