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Cathay Pacific shuffles management team

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HONG KONG, 10 November 2022: The Cathay Pacific Group announces senior leadership appointments over the next few months, including the top post of chief executive officer, effective 1 January 2023.

Incumbent chief executive officer Augustus Tang will retire end of December and will be replaced by Ronald Lam, who will take over the top post effective 1 January 2023.

Ronald Lam, Cathay Pacific Group chief executive officer-designate.

Tang will assume a new role at John Swire & Sons (HK) Ltd, effective 1 January 2023. Lam is currently the chief customer and commercial officer. He will continue to serve as chair of HK Express.

Senior management appointments

Lavinia Lau, director of customer travel, will be appointed chief customer and commercial officer, replacing Lam, and will also be appointed executive director on the board of Cathay Pacific effective 1 January 2023.

Greg Hughes, chief operations and service delivery officer since June 2017, will retire from the Swire Group after 36 years of service in 2023.

Alex McGowan, director service delivery, will be appointed chief operations and service delivery officer and an executive director on the board of Cathay Pacific effective 1 April 2023 upon Hughes’ retirement from the board. ​ McGowan will also be appointed chair of Cathay Pacific’s wholly-owned all-cargo airline, Air Hong Kong, replacing Hughes.

Other changes

Erica Peng, currently general manager planning at Cathay Pacific, will succeed Lau as director customer travel effective 1 January 2023.

Mandy Ng, currently chief executive officer of the Cathay Pacific Group’s wholly owned low-cost carrier HK Express, will return to Cathay Pacific and succeed McGowan as director service delivery effective 1 April 2023.

Jeanette Mao, currently general manager inflight services at Cathay Pacific, will succeed Ng as HK Express chief executive officer effective 1 April 2023.

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