New Delhi: IndiGo cofounder and interim CEO Rahul Bhatia denied the resignation of Aditya Ghosh as president last week had anything to do with the appointment of foreigners in various roles in India’s largest airline. He also said the expatriates were only being hired as they had experience in certain fields and that Indians were still in charge of key departments.
“Aditya had been saying for the last few months that he wanted to get off the treadmill of running an airline, and the board finally had to accede to his wish. Aditya was at the helm all these years and we will miss him, but the company will not miss a heartbeat — the transition will be seamless,” Bhatia told ET in an interview.
There has been speculation that the induction of several expatriate managers in the past couple of years was a sore point for Ghosh, but this was disputed by Bhatia.
Ghosh was involved in the appointment of all expats across various functions that include Willy Boulter, chief strategy officer, Michael Swiatek, chief planning officer, Jason Herter, vice-president, operations control centre and dispatch, and Wolfgang Prock-Schauer, chief operating officer.
The IndiGo cofounder said the company had hired expats over past two years to man the network planning and revenue management functions, as these skills were missing in Indian airline managers. “The airline is planning for the future. In the areas of network planning and revenue management, India doesn’t have resident expertise and we had to bring talent from oversees who have deep functional knowledge,” he said.
“This is not to disparage Indian managers. If you don’t have it, you don’t have it,” Bhatia added. Functions such as finance, inflight services, ground handling and human resources are all headed by Indians, some of whom have overseas experience, he said.
“This is not to disparage Indian managers. If you don’t have it, you don’t have it,” Bhatia added. Functions such as finance, inflight services, ground handling and human resources are all headed by Indians, some of whom have overseas experience, he said.
02/05/18 Mihir Mishra/Economic Times
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“Aditya had been saying for the last few months that he wanted to get off the treadmill of running an airline, and the board finally had to accede to his wish. Aditya was at the helm all these years and we will miss him, but the company will not miss a heartbeat — the transition will be seamless,” Bhatia told ET in an interview.
There has been speculation that the induction of several expatriate managers in the past couple of years was a sore point for Ghosh, but this was disputed by Bhatia.
Ghosh was involved in the appointment of all expats across various functions that include Willy Boulter, chief strategy officer, Michael Swiatek, chief planning officer, Jason Herter, vice-president, operations control centre and dispatch, and Wolfgang Prock-Schauer, chief operating officer.
The IndiGo cofounder said the company had hired expats over past two years to man the network planning and revenue management functions, as these skills were missing in Indian airline managers. “The airline is planning for the future. In the areas of network planning and revenue management, India doesn’t have resident expertise and we had to bring talent from oversees who have deep functional knowledge,” he said.
“This is not to disparage Indian managers. If you don’t have it, you don’t have it,” Bhatia added. Functions such as finance, inflight services, ground handling and human resources are all headed by Indians, some of whom have overseas experience, he said.
“This is not to disparage Indian managers. If you don’t have it, you don’t have it,” Bhatia added. Functions such as finance, inflight services, ground handling and human resources are all headed by Indians, some of whom have overseas experience, he said.
02/05/18 Mihir Mishra/Economic Times
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