The four newly created regions of Switzerland, Germany & Austria, Continental Europe, and Middle East & Africa eliminate the former three super-regions and their respective regional overheads.
The revised structure creates larger market clusters with the new leaders reporting directly to the CEO, with a view to securing better customer focus and faster decisions.
Swissport's home market of Switzerland, with operations in Zurich, Basel and Geneva, has been led by Bruno Stefani since June 1. As the new Head of Switzerland, he also oversees the Executive Aviation business in Nice, France.
Effective June 1, Philipp Frech, previously Chief Operating Officer US East, has been appointed Head of Germany & Austria. He will be driving the business transformation in two of Swissport's key markets in the heart of Europe.
Jan van Engelen has been appointed as Head of the new region Continental Europe. He will join Swissport on July 1, 2021. Van Engelen brings 25 years' experience in aviation, with his most recent position that of Vice President Commercial Aviation Training for Europe, Middle East, Africa & India for CAE, the global aviation training provider.
Swissport has appointed Dirk Goovaerts as Head of the new Middle East & Africa region. He will join the company on September 1, 2021. Goovaerts' current position is that of CEO Asia Pacific with dnata. He brings 25 years' industry experience to the role.
