Executive Leadership Team

Prior to taking up the Airways CEO position, Graeme led ASX listed organisations in services and manufacturing environments focussed on technology innovation and development. His roles included the Chairman of NCI Packaging - a major trans-Tasman provider of packaging solutions; Managing Director of Service Stream - based in Melbourne; and was the CEO of Transfield Services New Zealand, and Siemens New Zealand.

Before coming to Airways, Katie was global food company Danone's General Counsel for Australia and New Zealand.

She is also a member of the New Zealand Institute of Directors and holds a governance role at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa, New Zealand’s second-largest tertiary education provider. 

Prior to joining Airways Mark has had an extensive career in banking, consulting, aviation and retail and most recently was the Chief People Officer for the Inland Revenue Department. Prior to this he has held senior human resources positions with several international institutions including Standard Chartered Bank and Emirates Airline and has worked internationally in Australia, Dubai, Singapore and South Korea.

During his career, Mark has been a member of the Advisory Board at Bradford School of Management and the Global Business Consortium at the London Business School.  He was also a founding member of the Advisory Board for the British University in Dubai. 

Mark’s areas of specialty are talent development, change management, organisation design, learning, leadership development and talent acquisition.

Emily brings to Airways a wealth of experience across a broad range of industries in both the public and private sectors including technology, logistics, finance, corporate business, health, FMCG and retailing.

Her most recent role was with Bank of New Zealand leading its external relations function. Prior to this, she managed a number of high profile accounts for PR agency Professional Public Relations.

Becoming a Just Culture Champion in 2015, Kim’s focus is on embedding a safety culture that enables positive reporting, accountability and learning.  Kim is also the Crisis Manager for Airways.

Kim is part of the Global Safety Network for CANSO, a participant in the NZ Business Leaders forum and a member of a number of risk and audit forums. 

Prior to joining Airways, Kim held senior roles in companies such as British Gas Trading and Deloitte (UK).  Kim has a commerce degree from Lincoln University and is a qualified auditor.

Prior to joining Airways, Ed was the Chief Information Officer at KiwiRail where he led a transformation of the state owned enterprise’s IT function. Prior to this, he led Air New Zealand’s Japan based sales, marketing and commercial teams and was a marine engineering officer in the Royal New Zealand Navy.

He holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) from the University of Auckland.

Katie is an accomplished and capable project and change manager, with extensive experience in effectively leading whole scale change and improvement programs in large aviation organisations.

She is a qualified aircraft maintenance engineer, spending seven years in the Royal Australian Navy.

Prior to joining Airways, James held leadership positions in the investment management industry while living and working in Tokyo, San Francisco and Hong Kong. Over this time, James gained experience in corporate planning, financial management, startup companies, strategic outsourcing and stakeholder management.

James' vision for Airways is to generate value for shareholders and customers by delivering quality services at a competitive price. He enjoys his involvement in driving varied and interesting projects across the Airways group, working with many talented Airways people. 

James holds degrees in Accounting and Economics from Victoria University and is a qualified chartered accountant.