Edinburgh Airport boss to leave after promotion
10.05.08
The Managing Director of Edinburgh Airport is leaving the after being offered a new role within BAA. David Johnston announced yesterday he is leaving after being promoted to the role of BAA Group Procurement Director. He will join the firm's executive committee in his new role on June 1, and one of his first jobs will be to help sort the aftermath of the Heathrow T5 debacle.
Mr Johnston, 42, joined BAA in May 2007 from Thorn Lighting. He has been at the helm at Edinburgh Airport since then, in which time the airport has become the busiest in Scotland. He said: ‘There is a lot to be proud of. We have the best security waiting times in the group, we have added dozens of new flights and we have secured significant capital funding to carry out improvement plans.'
'I think the key challenge has been to stop looking at ourselves as a regional airport and start acting and behaving like the airport for a major capital city. For example, progress has been made on the access road issues, but it still only takes some minor incident to block the road and that will eventually turn passengers away.’
Colin Matthews, BAA's chief executive, said: ‘I am delighted that David has accepted the challenge of transforming BAA's supply chain and its impact across the company as a whole and look forward to his contribution at the executive committee.'
‘In his short time at BAA, he has spearheaded the continued success of Edinburgh Airport and it is down to those efforts that his expertise is now in demand in other parts of the business.’ Gordon Dewar, currently managing director of Glasgow Airport, will be in charge in the Capital until a permanent appointment is made.
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