Air China appoints Ma Chongxian as new Chairman

– CHINA, Beijing –  Air China Limited (LON: AIRC) today announced the election of Ma Chongxian as Chairman of the Company, with immediate effect, succeeding Song Zhiyong who resigned from the Board on 27 September.

Concurrently, Mr. Ma Chongxian stepped down as Vice-Chairman and President.

About Ma Chongxian

Mr. Ma Chongxian graduated from the Department of Economics of Inner Mongolia University with a bachelor’s degree in planning and statistics and earned an EMBA from Tsinghua University. Mr. Ma started his career in the civil aviation industry in July 1988 and served as VP and a member of the Standing Committee of the Communist Party Committee of Air China from April 2010 to May 2021, and served as vice general manager and a member of the

Leading Party Members’ Group of China National Aviation Holding Corporation Limited from December 2016 to April 2021. He served as deputy secretary of the Leading Party Members’ Group of CNAHC from April 2021 to September 2022, and a director of CNAHC since May 2021. He served as general manager of CNAHC, and concurrently as president and deputy secretary of the Communist Party Committee of the Company from May 2021 to September 2022.

Mr. Ma has served as a non-executive director of Cathay Pacific since June 2021, an executive director of the Company since July 202,1, and the Vice-Chairman of the Company from July 2021 to September 2022. He has served as the Chairman and secretary of the Leading Party Members’ Group of CNAHC, and the Chairman and secretary of the Communist Party Committee of the Company since September 2022.

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