CALGARY, Jan. 30, 2020 /CNW/ - WestJet today announced
that Angela Avery will be joining
the airline as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and
Corporate Secretary starting February 17,
2020.
Reporting to Ed Sims, WestJet
President and CEO, Angela will be responsible for all aspects of
WestJet's legal and compliance functions. In addition, she will
play an important role in working with WestJet's Board of
Directors, Onex and other key stakeholders.
"Angela is a highly skilled leader with comprehensive legal
experience who will help WestJet fulfill our global strategy," said
Ed Sims. "We welcome Angela at a
crucial time and look forward to her guidance on some of our most
important projects. We are fortunate to have her join our talented
team."
"I am very excited to join WestJet at this critical juncture,"
said Angela Avery. "WestJet's
journey is something I have watched and admired since 1996 and I
look forward to working with the team, regulators and others to
help ensure WestJet's success at home and on a global scale."
Angela has extensive transactional, regulatory and compliance
background and brings more than 25 years of legal and business
experience to WestJet. She joins WestJet from Athabasca Oil
Corporation where she was General Counsel and Vice-President,
Business Development. She previously held senior roles with
ConocoPhillips and her international experience includes an
appointment to the United Nations to litigate war
reparations.
Angela is a member of the bar in Alberta and New
York.
About WestJet
Together with WestJet's regional airlines, WestJet Encore and
WestJet Link, we offer scheduled service to more than 110
destinations in North America,
Central America, the Caribbean and Europe and to more than 250 destinations in
over 20 countries through our airline partnerships. WestJet
Vacations offers affordable, flexible vacations to more than 60
destinations and the choice of more than 800 hotels, resorts,
condos and villas. Members of the WestJet Rewards program
earn WestJet dollars on flights, vacation packages and more.
Members use WestJet dollars towards the purchase of flights and
vacations packages to any WestJet destination with no
blackout periods, and have access to Member Exclusive
fares offering deals to WestJet destinations throughout our
network and those of our partner airlines.
WestJet is proud to be recognized for three consecutive years as
Best Airline in Canada (2017-19)
and awarded among travellers' favourite Mid-Sized Airlines in
North America (2019). From
2017-2018, WestJet was also awarded among travellers' favourite
Mid-Sized and Low-Cost Airlines in North
America. The airline was also recognized among the Economy
Class winners in North America,
2018. All awards are based on authentic reviews from the travelling
public on TripAdvisor, the world's largest travel site. We are one
of very few airlines globally that does not commercially
overbook.
For more information about everything WestJet, please
visit westjet.com.
Recent recognition includes:
2019 Swoop - Start-up Airline of the Year (CAPA 2019 Aviation
Awards for Excellence)
2019/2018/2017 Best Airline in Canada (TripAdvisor Travellers' Choice awards
for Airlines)
2019 Winner Among Mid-Sized Airlines in North America (TripAdvisor Travellers' Choice
awards for Airlines)
2019 Number-One Ranked Canadian Airline Loyalty Program in Member
Engagement (Bond Brand Loyalty)
2019/2018 Number-One-Ranked Airline Credit Card in Canada (Rewards Canada)
2018/2017 Winner Among Mid-Sized and Low Cost Airlines –
North America (TripAdvisor
Travellers' Choice awards for Airlines)
2018 Winner – Economy, North
America (TripAdvisor Travellers' Choice awards for
Airlines)
2018 North America's Best Low-Cost
Airline (Skytrax)
2018/2017/2016 Canada's Most
Trusted Airline (Gustavson School of Business at the University of Victoria)
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