BWIA new chief executive not CEO BY JUHEL BROWNE Guardian 06.12.03 BWIA yesterday officially announced that former Tobago Express general manager Nelson Tom Yew had been appointed as the airline's chief executive. Tom Yew, who previously held a departmental director position at BWIA, will not be referred to as the airline's CEO but has been given the post of general manager - corporate. In a news release yesterday, BWIA said Tom Yew will be one of two general managers at the airline but will have executive rank over Irish national Paul Schutz who has been appointed as the airline's new general manager - operations. Until yesterday, Schutz was BWIA's chief financial officer. "Mr Tom Yew will be the senior of the two general managers and is also the accountable manager to represent the airline to all statutory and regulatory bodies," the BWIA release said. Contacted yesterday, Tom Yew said he had not yet seen the release and offered no further comment. Brenda Billy who has been acting as BWIA's chief operations officer since the departure of the airline's former CEO Conrad Aleong, will return to her previous post as vice president - procurement. Last the Guardian exclusively reported Tom Yew and Schutz would take the top spots at BWIA. Trade and Industry Minister Kenneth Valley said two weeks ago that as far as he was aware, Tom Yew and Schutz have been given interim appointments until BWIA finds a new CEO. BWIA spokesman Clint Williams would not comment on the length of the tenure of BWIA's new general managers. The BWIA executive management team and its departmental directors held what Williams described as a regular monthly meeting at the airline's head offices at Piarco. The Guardian could not confirm rumours of a BWIA Board of directors meeting yesterday BWIA also announced that since it is the single largest shareholder in Tobago Express Capt Fitzroy Wellington will immediately replace Tom Yew as that airline's general manager. Contacted last night, BWIA union boss Christopher Abraham said his union, along with the three other unions at BWIA, will be holding a meeting this afternoon to discuss the Government demanded wage cuts at the airline. *************************************************** The owner of Roger's Trinbago Site/TnTisland.com Roj (Roger James) escape email mailto:ejames@xxxxxxxxx Trinbago site: www.tntisland.com Carib Brass Ctn site www.tntisland.com/caribbeanbrassconnection/ Steel Expressions www.mts.net/~ejames/se/ Mas Site: www.tntisland.com/tntrecords/mas2003/ Site of the Week: http://www.natalielaughlin.com/ TnT Webdirectory: http://search.co.tt *********************************************************