CALGARY, March 31, 2015 /CNW/ - WestJet President and
CEO Gregg Saretsky today announced
the resignation of Vito Culmone,
Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice-President, Finance,
effective May 29, 2015. Vito will be
joining another Calgary-based
organization in a similar capacity.
"Vito has played a significant role in the growth and financial
stability of our company for the past eight years and will
certainly be missed," said Gregg
Saretsky. "We wish him well in this new role."
Vito Culmone joined WestJet as
Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice-President, Finance, in
March 2007 with responsibility for
the overall financial management of WestJet and its financial
reporting, as well as for multiple corporate functions including
Controllership, Treasury, Investor Relations, Legal, Purchasing,
Corporate Real Estate and Government Relations.
WestJet will now commence a search for a new Chief Financial
Officer.
About WestJet
We are proud to be Canada's most-preferred airline, powered by an
award-winning culture of care and recognized as one of the
country's top employers. We offer scheduled service to more than 90
destinations in North America,
Central America, the Caribbean and Europe. Through our regional airline, WestJet
Encore, and with partnerships with airlines representing every
major region of the world, we offer our guests more than 120
destinations in more than 20 countries. Leveraging WestJet's
extensive network, flight schedule and remarkable guest experience,
WestJet Vacations delivers affordable, flexible travel experiences
with a variety of accommodation options for every guest. Members of
our WestJet Rewards program earn WestJet dollars on flights,
vacation packages and more. Our members use WestJet dollars towards
the purchase of WestJet flights and vacations packages on any day,
at any time, to any WestJet destination with no blackout periods –
even on seat sales. For more information about everything WestJet,
please visit westjet.com.
Recent recognition includes:
2015 Best Employers in
Canada (Aon Hewitt)
2014 Interbrand Canada's Best Canadian Brands (Rank #20)
2014 Brands of the Year (Strategy magazine)
2014
Canada's Most Preferred Airline
(Ipsos)
2014 Value Airline of the Year (Air Transport
World magazine)
2014/2013/2012 Canada's Most Attractive Employer
(Randstad)
2014/2013 WestJet RBC MasterCard ranked #1 in
Canada (Money Sense magazine and
RewardsCanada.ca)
2013 Highest equity score: airline, vacation package supplier
brands (Harris/Decima EquiTrend Study)
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