A day after Air Asia appointed Ratan Tata as chief advisor the airline on Monday moved closer to getting off the ground by appointing S Ramadorai as its Chairman, ending months-long suspense and having in place the entire top management team.
AirAsia Group chief executive officer Tony Fernandes on Monday announced the name of Tata Consultancy Services vice-chairman S Ramadorai as the chairman of his proposed low-cost airline venture here. Subramanian Ramadorai was also formerly the chief executive of the country’s largest software exporter.
“I would like to confirm Ramadorai as chairman of AirAsia India, a giant of Indian industry, and man from the South,” Fernandes tweeted. “That completes our team. Advisor, chairman, CEO and the board. Quite a heavyweight team for super exciting AirAsia India,” Fernandes posted on micro-blogging site Twitter.
Ramadorai is the fourth person from the Tatas to hold a position in airline joint venture after Ratan Tata as chief advisor, and R Venkataraman (former executive assistant to Ratan Tata) and Bharat Vasani (chief legal counsel of the Tata Group), who are directors on the board.