Malaysia Aviation appoints Philip See as Firefly CEO, as Ong out

Malaysia Aviation Group (MAG) has appointed Philip See as the new CEO of Firefly, effective Jan 1, 2019. Philip will replace Ignatius Ong who joined Malaysia Airlines as group chief revenue officer in June 2018. Ignatius has been double-hatting as CEO of Firefly and group chief revenue officer.

Philip, whose appointment was announced internally earlier, is currently the Head of Strategy and Network for Malaysia Airlines, reporting directly to the group CEO. He joined the airline in 2015 from consulting firm McKinsey & Company, where he was an associate.

He is however, no stranger to the group having previously served in the Turnaround Management Office (TMO) in Malaysia Airlines, back in 2004. Under the TMO he was responsible for implementing the Business Turnaround Plan and consequently the Business Transformation Plan. Philip left the airline in 2010 and rejoined Malaysia Airlines in 2015 as a Network Planner.

In his role as group chief revenue officer, Ignatius oversees Sales and Revenue Management for the entire group. Ignatius has almost 15 years of professional experience in the aviation industry and is no stranger to revenue management having previously covered route and revenue under the then Turnaround Management Office. He has also headed the whole portfolio of Sales, Distribution and Marketing under the Project Management Department of Malaysia Airlines.

Other changes in the management also include Ibrahim Mohamed Salleh as CEO of MABKargo effective Sept 1, 2018 and Hazman Hilmi Sallahuddin as CEO of Project Amal effective Oct 1, 2018.

Ibrahim has over 20 years of experience in various fields within Cargo Handling with the company. Prior to his appointment as CEO MABKargo, he was COO of PT Jasa Angkasa Semesta (a subsidiary of SATS Limited, Singapore).

Hazman was with Khazanah Nasional Bhd where he served in various roles across the organisation. This included Senior Vice President of Khazanah Europe Investment Limited based in London.

Malaysia Aviation Group CEO Izham Ismail said, ”I am confident that the new leadership will bring new energy and purpose to the business. The diversity of our new leaders, their backgrounds and experience will help us reach our goals as a group.”