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JENNY MUNRO TAKES OVER AS MANAGING DIRECTOR AT BIGGIN HILL AIRPORT

Date posted: 08-04-2011

Jenny Munro takes over this week in the newly created position as Managing Director, London Biggin Hill Airport. She succeeds Peter Lonergan who has been Airport Director since 1994 and retired from the post at the end of last month As Managing Director at Biggin Hill, Ms Munro will be combining certain delegated tasks currently performed by the Executive Chairman, Andrew Walters, together with the role of Airport Director. Mr Walters welcomes Jenny to the new appointment and says that she will bring new ideas and fresh thinking to plans for the management and at a key time for the future development of the airport.

“Jenny’s previous career in aviation has spanned both product and operational roles for airlines and airports at increasingly senior executive levels, placing her in an ideal position to lead this historic South London Airport at an important time in its commercial development” he said. After eleven years in the Middle East with Dubai International Airport and Emirates Airline, Jenny welcomes the complete change of environment and the opportunities that lie ahead at Biggin Hill.

“It is an honour to pick up the baton from Peter Lonergan and, together with the experienced management team at Biggin Hill, guide it through the next important stages. I am humbled by its distinguished past and excited for its promising future. The London Olympic Games of 2012 is going to be the event of the decade and I am fortunate to be joining as we begin to develop our operational plans to achieve a full and complete share of the logistical support for the Games” said Ms Munro. “Of course the recent decision by Bromley Council to refuse our Olympics proposal and, along with it, the creation of additional jobs and prosperity, mystifies me – but it makes me ever more determined to correct the staggering degree of misinformation which led to a decision apparently based on fear and lack of trust.”

Peter Lonergan retires after 16 years as Airport Director. The Board has invited him to continue as a non-executive Director with special responsibility for the delivery of the new Fire Station, Terminal Hangar and other construction projects.