The Norwegian
appointed managing director of the Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) has
finally taken up the job, five months after being tapped for the
position.
Jonny Andersen, who has more than 21 years
experience managing airports in Norway, Denmark and Latvia, takes over a
job that has had no substantive CEO for over an year.
The
search for the MD was bungled several times on grounds of corruption
with former chairman David Kimaiyo at one point complaining of intense
lobbying from senior government officials and directors keen to fill the
position with cronies.
Mr Andersen talked of his ambition of cementing Kenya’s position as the biggest aviation hub in the region.
Modernisation of Kenya’s airports is key to boosting trade and cementing the country’s status as a regional commercial hub.
Mr
Andersen will have to wait until early next year for a new executive
team that has just been recruited. About 13 other senior managers are
currently acting.
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