KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Airlines (MAS) yesterday announced the appointment of Ignatius Ong Ming Choy as chief operating officer for its short-haul operations effective Dec 10, taking over from Datuk Eddy Leong Chin Tung.
Leong will remain in the MAS group until Dec 31, 2011, working with group CEO Ahmad Jauhari Yahya for seamless business continuity by ensuring a smooth handover to Ong, a statement from the airline said yesterday.
Leong will then join Destination Resorts and Hotels (DRH), a wholly owned subsidiary of Khazanah Nasional Bhd incorporated as an investment holding company for the hotels and resorts industry, as the chief operating officer.
“On behalf of Malaysia Airlines, I congratulate Leong on his new appointment as chief operating officer at DRH where I was its chairman before joining Malaysia Airlines,” Ahmad Jauhari said in the statement.
“I also welcome Ong on board Firefly to take it to further heights as Malaysia’s truly community airline,” he said.
A chartered accountant by training, Leong joined MAS in June 2003 as manager, project management department.
He then served in key positions before being appointed in 2007 the first managing director of Firefly.
This article appeared in The Edge Financial Daily, November 24, 2011.
Leong will remain in the MAS group until Dec 31, 2011, working with group CEO Ahmad Jauhari Yahya for seamless business continuity by ensuring a smooth handover to Ong, a statement from the airline said yesterday.
Leong will then join Destination Resorts and Hotels (DRH), a wholly owned subsidiary of Khazanah Nasional Bhd incorporated as an investment holding company for the hotels and resorts industry, as the chief operating officer.
“On behalf of Malaysia Airlines, I congratulate Leong on his new appointment as chief operating officer at DRH where I was its chairman before joining Malaysia Airlines,” Ahmad Jauhari said in the statement.
“I also welcome Ong on board Firefly to take it to further heights as Malaysia’s truly community airline,” he said.
A chartered accountant by training, Leong joined MAS in June 2003 as manager, project management department.
He then served in key positions before being appointed in 2007 the first managing director of Firefly.
This article appeared in The Edge Financial Daily, November 24, 2011.
