Tata Sons appoints Ilker Ayci as CEO & MD of Air India
MUMBAI: Ilker Ayci, former chairman of Turkish Airlines has been appointed the CEO and MD of Air India following a board meeting on Monday. Ayci will assume his responsibilities on or before April 1, 2022.
The board meet, which had N Chandrasekaran, chairman of Tata Sons, as a special invitee, cleared Ayci’s appointment after due deliberations, said a press statement issued by Tata sons. “This appointment is subject to requisite regulatory approvals,” it added.
N Chandrasekaran, said: “Ilker is an aviation industry leader who led Turkish Airlines to its current success during his tenure there. We are delighted to welcome Ilker to the Tata Group where he would lead Air India into the new era.”
Ilker Ayci was born in Istanbul in 1971. He is 1994 alumni of Bilkent University’s Department of Political Science and Public Administration. After a research stay on political science at the Leeds University in the UK in 1995, he completed an International Relations Master’s program at the Marmara University in Istanbul in 1997.
