Bond Offshore Helicopters boss Luke Farajallah will leave his role next month, it was revealed yesterday.
A replacement has been recruited. Michelle Handforth, currently general manager of Sydney Ferries in Australia, will take over the role at the North Sea helicopter firm in April.
The move comes after Bond became part of engineering giant Babcock International. The helicopter group’s parent company, Avincis, was snapped up by Babcocks in a £1.6billion deal last year.
A spokesman said Mr Farajallah, who joined Bond in 2012, “decided to leave to pursue new opportunities and for personal reasons”.
The spokesman added that Ms Handforth “has extensive operational and commercial leadership experience. She is ideally placed to lead the business through its next phase of development.”
She has previously worked with a range of transport sector businesses including Aviva, First Choice Airways, Great Northeastern Railways.