Olivier Perrin becomes Skyguide's new Chief Safety & Security Officer
Skyguide's Board of Directors has appointed Olivier Perrin as the company's new Chief Safety & Security Officer (CSO) and a member of the Executive Board. In this function, Olivier Perrin succeeds Klaus Affholderbach, who is leaving the company after more than 20 years to take up a new professional challenge.
Olivier Perrin will be Skyguide's new Chief Safety & Security Officer from July 1, 2023. He joined skyguide in 2000 as a satellite navigation systems engineer. In 2010, he was promoted to head of military and regional aerodromes, and in 2014 he assumed additional responsibility for all military operations and lower airspace operations. Since 2018, he has headed Skyguide's ATM Virtual Centre division. The 48-year-old manager is an active private pilot and serves as a colonel in the Swiss Air Force, since 2017 as commander of the Air Traffic Control Technical Staff. Olivier Perrin holds a master's degree in geomatics engineering from EPFL and an MBA from Concordia University in Canada. He is married and the father of three young adults. "We are in the midst of a profound, technology-driven transformation process and I am very excited to help shape this process as part of the executive management team, while ensuring that the company continues to meet the highest safety standards," says Olivier Perrin.
Olivier Perrin will replace Klaus Affholderbach, who has been Chief Safety Officer and a member of the Executive Management since 2018. Klaus Affholderbach has held various positions at skyguide since joining the company in 2001, including Head of Air Traffic Management Geneva, Head of International Airports (Zurich and Geneva) and Head of the ATM Virtual Centre before Olivier Perrin. After 22 years with Skyguide, Klaus Affholderbach has decided to take a further career step as a partner in an international consulting firm and professional keynote speaker.
"Skyguide has an exemplary and deeply rooted safety culture. This is the result of many years of work under the leadership of Klaus Affholderbach. He has always impressed us with the depth and breadth of his knowledge and with his considered management style," says Alex Bristol, CEO of Skyguide. "I warmly welcome Olivier Perrin as a new member of the Executive Management. I am convinced that he is the right person to maintain our high safety standards by continuously investing in our safety culture. He is also the right person to lead the company through the next phases of transformation. I am very pleased to have him on our executive management team."
Succession planning for Olivier Perrin in his current role has been initiated, Skyguide adds.
Source: Skyguide
