KLM Names First Female CEO
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Air France-KLM continues to lead on female leadership in the airline industry. Rail executive Marjan Rintel will become KLM's first female CEO when she succeeds outgoing Pieter Elbers in July.
The head of the Netherlands passenger rail operator NS, Marjan Rintel, will takeover as KLM's new CEO on July 1. Rintel takes over from Pieter Elbers when she will join Anne Rigail as one of the few female CEOs in the airline industry.
The board of Air France-KLM, which owns both airlines plus the discounter Transavia, also extended Ben Smith's mandate as CEO of the group for another five year term, or through 2027.
But it is the appointment of Rintel that stands out. The airline industry has long b
