2 new execs head BWIA Express 06.12.03 National airline BWIA has officially announced the appointment of two=20 general managers to head the BWIA executive team following the resignation= =20 of former chief executive Conrad Aleong. Nelson Tom Yew, a veteran BWIA=20 executive and former general manager of Tobago Express, has been named=20 general manager-Corporate of BWIA. Tom Yew will be the senior of two=20 general managers and is also the accountable manager to represent the=20 airline to all statutory and regulatory bodies, BWIA said in a statement=20 yesterday. Irish executive Paul Schutz, a former chief financial officer at= =20 BWIA, has been appointed general manager-Operations. The appointments are=20 with immediate effect. BWIA described Schutz as an airline professional with significant=20 experience earned at British Airways and low-cost carrier Ryanair. Both=20 general managers will individually report to the BWIA board of directors=20 and will jointly oversee the various functions of the airline, BWIA said.=20 As the largest single shareholder of Tobago Express, which operates an=20 airbridge service, the board has also named Capt Fitzroy Wellington to=20 replace Tom Yew for the interim period as general manager of Tobago Express= =20 with immediate effect. Since Aleong=92s recent resignation, BWIA executive= =20 Brenda Billy had been running BWIA=92s daily operations. Contacted briefly= =20 yesterday, Tom Yew said he had been in meetings for most of the day and=20 deferred immediate comment on his appointment. =97CR *************************************************** 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 *********************************************************