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Mr Váradi was one of the founders of Wizz Air in 2003. Mr Váradi worked at Procter and Gamble for ten years between 1991 and 2001, and became Sales Director for Global Customers where he was responsible for major clients throughout 11 EU countries. He then joined Malév Hungarian Airlines, the Hungarian state airline, as Chief Commercial Officer in 2001, before serving as its Chief Executive Officer from 2001 to 2003. He has also held board memberships with companies such as Lufthansa Technik Budapest (Supervisory Board, 2001-2003), Mandala Airlines (Board of Commissioners, 2007-2011), JetSMART (Board of Directors 2018 – to date). In 2007, Mr Váradi won the EY Hungary “Brave Innovator” award and became the EY “Entrepreneur of the Year” in 2018. Mr Váradi holds a Master’s degree in Economics from the Budapest University of Economic Sciences and a Master of Laws Degree from the University of London.
Mr. Eidhagen joined Wizz Air in January 2015 as Head of Brand and Marketing, became Chief Marketing Officer on 1 February 2016 and was named Chief People Officer on 1 November 2019 and ESG and People Officer on 1 June 2021. Before joining Wizz Air Mr. Eidhagen built an extensive sales and marketing career at Nokia, holding several senior global and regional marketing positions. He joined Nokia in 1998 from a background in retail and was a head of marketing for the Nordic region until 2004 when he moved to Nokia headquarters in Finland to run global marketing services for the entertainment category. Between 2005 and 2007 he was based in New York as the Director of Marketing for Nokia Multimedia in North America before returning to Finland where he was a Director and a Head of Marketing for the Nokia Nseries Category. In 2009 he became Country Manager for Nokia in Sweden and was appointed as Managing Director for the Scandinavian region in 2011. Mr. Eidhagen is a native of Stockholm and is a DIHM Marketing graduate from the IHM Business School in Stockholm.
Ms. Geoffroy joined Wizz Air as Head of Legal and General Counsel in March 2015. Between 2000 and 2011, Ms. Geoffroy held senior leadership roles in the Legal department of Air France-KLM. In 2011, she joined Verlingue Insurance Brokers where she served as General Counsel for 4 years. She was appointed Chief Corporate Officer of Wizz Air in September 2018 overseeing the Legal, Data Protection and Health and Safety departments and also assumes the responsibility of Corporate Secretary. Ms. Geoffroy holds a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from Paris XI University (France), a Lawyer-Linguist Master from ISIT (Paris, France), a law degree from Philipps University (Marburg, Germany) and a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from McGill University Institute of Air and Space Law (Montreal, Canada).
Mr. Goldberg joined Wizz Air in October 2018 as Chief Digital Officer, a newly created position. Mr. Goldberg is responsible for Wizz Air’s E-commerce, Data Analytics and Automation, IT Innovation and IT Infrastructure and Services functions reporting to the company’s Deputy Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Goldberg was formerly Senior Director Technology, Europe for Nike. Prior to this role, Mr. Goldberg worked in executive IT roles at various multinational companies including G4S, APMaersk and DHL Express.
Mr. Holm joined Wizz Air in 2015 as Head of Technical Services. Mr. Holm graduated from the University of Applied Sciences in Hamburg, Germany as an Engineer specialized in Aircraft Construction and Design and went on to build a successful career with Lufthansa Technik, ultimately becoming the Director of Operations for Lufthansa Technik in Shenzhen, China, from where he joined Wizz Air.
lan Malin joined Wizz Air in 2022 with over 22 years of finance experience. Most recently, he served as the Chief Commercial Officer of Unical Aviation in Los Angeles, after ten years as Chief Financial Officer for the UK based AJW Group, where he directed overall financial strategy and corporate development. He also served as CEO of AJW Leasing, the group’s aircraft, engine and component leasing platform. Prior to AJW Group, lan served as a Senior Vice President at Seabury Aviation & Aerospace Asia Limited, an investment bank based in Hong Kong where he opened and developed the firm's first office in Asia. lan also spent eight years in asset finance with the Allco Finance Group of Australia, having joined them as a tax manager from KPMG. Ian attended New York Law School where he earned his Juris Doctorate and holds a bachelor's degree from Middlebury College in Vermont.
Mr Jones joined Wizz Air as General Counsel in September 2010. He was promoted to Chief Corporate Officer in June 2014 before becoming the Managing Director Wizz Air UK in September 2018 and Development Officer in September 2021. He was promoted to his current role as the group’s Executive Vice President and Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, with responsibility for legal, government affairs, ESG and People matters, together with fleet procurement and fleet finance, in February 2023. Mr Jones is a Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales. Having trained at Nicholson Graham and Jones(1994 to 1996), Mr Jones joined Wilde Sapte (now Dentons LLP) in 1996 as a solicitor in its aviation group, specialising in finance and regulatory matters. He spent time in the firm’s Paris and Hong Kong offices before being appointed a partner in 2006, following which he spent three years in the firm’s Abu Dhabi office, becoming acting Managing Partner of the office. He left the firm in 2009 to spend 18 months training for a frozen air transport pilot’s licence with CTC Aviation Training. Mr Jones holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from University College London.
Mr. Delehant joined Wizz Air in April 2021, becoming Executive Vice President and Group Chief Operations Officer. Mr. Delehant has a Bachelor in Psychology from the University of Michigan and obtained his MBA from Southern Methodist University in Dallas. He has two decades of executive airline experience and a long track record of leadership, strategy and corporate transformation. After a long career at Southwest Airlines in the US, he joined Wizz Air from Vueling in Europe. In his last role at Vueling, Mr. Delehant was the Chief Strategy and Network Officer.
Ms. Poós joined Wizz Air in April 2017 as Head of Marketing and moved to the role of Head of Retail and Customer Experience in April 2019. Prior to Wizz, she built an extensive career at Procter & Gamble and strengthened the management capacity of Hungarian Telekom. Ms. Poós is a Hungarian national and holds a Master’s degree in Business, Management and Marketing from Corvinus University of Budapest.
Robert is an American and French citizen who has a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from Arizona State University as well as a Master in Business Administration degree from Harvard Business School. Robert started his career in aviation twenty years ago with America West Airlines, followed by Delta Air Lines. After Delta, Robert spent over a decade at McKinsey and Company, where he was a Partner in the airline practice. He then joined easyJet 2017, where he was most recently the Chief Commercial and Customer Officer.
Ms Avadanei joined Wizz Air as a cabin attendant in January 2009. She moved into her first office role with Wizz Air in 2013 and since then has held three senior management roles: Head of Customer Experience, Head of Digital (Ancillary) Revenue, and most recently Head of Cabin Operations. Ms Avadanei has been consistently top rated since joining the company, and under her leadership Wizz Air became the number one airline, globally, to reach highest ancillary revenue relative to total revenue during 2021. She obtained her Bachelor’s Degree in Economic studies and Master’s Degree in Marketing and Management from the Academy of Business Studies in Bucharest, Romania. In her role as Revenue Officer Ms Avadanei is responsible for pricing and revenue management, digital (ancillary) revenue, cargo, sales, and e-commerce areas.
Ms Moynihan joined Wizz Air in July 2022 as Corporate Officer, leading legal, regulatory and government affairs functions. Ms Moynihan is an Irish lawyer with law degrees from University College Cork and The Honourable Society of Kings Inns. She has practiced as a litigator in the Irish Courts and held roles as a researcher for the Irish Superior Courts and the European Court of Justice. Ms Moynihan pivoted into aviation and has a track record in the low cost industry, having held legal roles in Ryanair and Vueling where she held the position of General Counsel and Board Secretary.
Mr. Roland Tischner joined Wizz Air as Head of Human Resources in November 2011. Between 1998 and 2009 Mr. Tischner held various human resource leadership roles at General Electric in Hungary and in United States. In 2009 he joined NBC Universal in United Kingdom as a Vice President of Human Resources. At Wizz Air, following the human resource role, he was appointed to Head of Cabin Operations in 2016, and four years later to Head of Ground Operations. He was named Officer Wizz Air Hungary Operations in June 2022, responsible for flight, cabin and ground operations, crew training, continuing airworthiness management organization and safety and compliance. Mr. Tischner holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Studies from Oxford Brookes University.
Veronika Jung joined Wizz Air as the Head of Human Resources in March 2021. Between 2000 and 2011 Ms. Jung held various human resources roles at Nicholson International and HBO. In 2012 she joined Telenor as the Human Resource Business Partner and was later promoted to the role of Human Resource Regional Manager and from September 2018 to Chief Human Resource Officer at Telenor Common Operation. Before joining Wizz Air Ms. Jung worked as the Chief Human Resource Officer of Cetin Hungary, a telecom network infrastructures operator with CEE footprint. In her new role as Wizz Air Group’s People Officer, Ms. Jung will be responsible for group’s human resources, recruitment and organizational development. Ms. Jung holds an M.Sc., degree in Economics from Budapest Corvinus University.
Diarmuid Ó Conghaile joined Wizz Air as Managing Director of Wizz Air Malta on 1 November 2022. Mr Ó Conghaile has a long background in aviation, having served as Chief Executive of the Irish Aviation Regulator, 2021-2022, and with Ryanair from 2016-2021 as Chief Executive of Malta Air (Ryanair Group) and before that Director of Public Affairs. Mr Ó Conghaile was General Manager of Strategy, Pricing & Economic Regulation with Dublin Airport Authority from 2011-2016. He holds BA Mod, MA and MLitt degrees from Trinity College Dublin in economics and a postgraduate diploma in EU competition law from Kings College London. Prior to entering the aviation sector, he worked in a number of industry and government positions, including with the European Commission and the Irish Department of Finance.
