CEO Erik Venter announces sudden resignation from Comair
Lauded CEO to leave his role for personal reasons
Comair, the listed airline which has made unbroken profits for 72 years, shocked the market on Tuesday when it announced after trading had closed that its CEO Erik Venter would be leaving at the end of July after 23 years with the group. The group's board announced he would leave for personal reasons and thanked him for his service. "An announcement regarding a replacement for the CEO will be made in due course. The company has a strong and experienced executive team to continue running the company, and business will continue as normal. The board would like to thank Mr Venter for his invaluable contribution over the past 23 years, and wishes him every success in his new endeavours," it said. Venter and the rest of the management team have kept Comair profitable while SAA has needed bailouts to stay in the sky. The company is SA's only JSE-listed airline. It operates British Airways through a licence and also runs kulula.com. It has defied weak economic growth, rising fuel pric...
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