Ethiopia has since appointed the head of the country’s air force, Lieutenant General Yilma Merdassa, to replace Wake.While commander of Ethiopia’s air force, Yilma served on the company’s board of directors “for the last two and half years,” before assuming his new role on June 8, the carrier said. Wake, a 79-year-old veteran of the African airline industry, joined the company in 1965 and served as its Chief Executive Officer from 2004-2011, a period of strong growth for the carrier, before taking on its chairmanship in March 2022. Girma’s…
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