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David Podolsky

David Podolskyis Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Executive at IAG Cargo.

Career

David became IAG Chief Strategy Officer in February 2021. He is responsible for the Group’s global strategy including mergers and acquisitions, fleet, network coordination, alliances, joint businesses, commercial and customer alignment.

He has over 20 years of experience in commercial aviation and has consulted for over 25 airlines – full service carriers and low cost airlines - in North America, Europe, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East.  He has conducted several multi-year end-to-end airline transformations and has executed large scale airline merger integrations. He has extensive expertise in Corporate and Commercial Strategy, Turnaround, Network Design, Fleet Procurement, Revenue Management, Distribution, Labor Management, M&A, and cost reduction.

Education

David obtained a BA in Economics and a Master Degree in Business Administration from Harvard University.

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