(TAN): The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has appointed Frederic Leger as the association’s senior vice president for commercial products and services. Leger served in the role on an ad interim basis since July 2021, when the commercial products and services division was created as part of an internal restructuring, IATA said in a statement.
Leger reports to Willie Walsh, IATA’s director general. Leger holds the concurrent position of President of IATA’s Cargo Network Services in the US, a responsibility he has held since May 2021.
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Leger joined IATA in 2005 as head of e-Invoicing Services. Since then, he has held various roles at the association with a focus on IATA’s commercial products and services and cargo. Most recently he oversaw the commercial performance of products and services connected with IATA’s work in airport, passenger, cargo and security activities.
“Frederic has taken on a huge responsibility and I have every confidence in his success,” said Walsh.
Prior to IATA, Leger worked for Cap Gemini and bioMerieux; and he was part of the start-up team of CPGmarket.com in the consumer packaged goods industry.
