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GENEVA: The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has appointed Lahore-born Saadia Zahidi as its director general in place of Willie Walsh, who will relinquish his duties on July 31.
A press release said Saadia Zahidi will take over as the air transport body’s new chief on Nov 1 this year. Sandrine Le Borgne, IATA’s chief financial officer, will serve as acting director general during the intervening period.
Ms Zahidi will be IATA’s ninth director general and the first woman to hold the position. She is currently working as managing director at the World Economic Forum (WEF).
Ms Zahidi is the author of Fifty Million Rising, a book which traces the rise of working women in the Muslim world.
