Kenya Airways CEO Sebastian Mikosz to exit in December

Kenya Airways chief executive Officer Sebastian Mikosz during an introductory round table media briefing in Nairobi on September 21,2017. Image: ENOS TECHE

Kenya Airways CEO Sebastian Mikosz has announced he will quit from the helm of the airline in December this year before his term expires in June next year.

Personal Grounds

In a memo to his workers, he said he would quit the airline citing unnamed “personal reasons.”
“Since I started working as CEO at KQ I have always tried to inform you about any management decisions before you learn it from the public domain. It is in line with this practice that I would like to take this first chance to inform you that I have made the decision to shorten my contract term and I have decided to resign on personal grounds effective December the 31st of this year,” said Mr Mikosz.

Mikosz was appointed as the national carrier’s CEO in May 2017, taking over from Mbuvi Ngunze.

Mikosz helped turn around flag carrier LOT Polish Airlines

The executive, who helped turn around flag carrier LOT Polish Airlines as its CEO, on April 30 during release of KQ’s financial results said he drew encouragement from what he termed as “an improvement in the company’s underlying performance.”