Board & Executive team Executive team
Meet our Executive team
Our Executive team leads the day-to-day operation of Air New Zealand, bringing together expertise from across the airline to deliver our strategy and shape our future.
Nikhil Ravishankar
Chief Executive Officer
Nikhil became Chief Executive of Air New Zealand in October 2025. Since joining the airline in 2021 as Chief Digital Officer, Nikhil has overseen the airline's COVID restart programme, major advances in the airline's technology backbone, loyalty programme and customer platforms, driving greater innovation and resilience through a period of significant industry disruption and change.
Kate Boyer
Chief Operations Officer – Ground and Inflight
Kate was appointed Chief Operations Officer – Ground and Inflight in 2026. She is responsible for customer experience, safe on time performance and day to day operations across the Air New Zealand network, leading the airline's airports, lounge, cabin crew and day of operations teams.
Nikki Dines
Chief People Officer
Nikki has been with Air New Zealand since 2013 working across a range of leadership and legal counsel roles. Nikki has been involved in supporting or leading many of Air New Zealand's large-scale change projects affecting employees. She has been Chief People Officer since 2021, and is responsible for developing and executing the airline's people and culture strategy.
Kiri Hannifin
Chief Sustainability and Corporate Affairs Officer
Kiri joined Air New Zealand in November 2022 as the Chief Sustainability Officer, a newly created executive position recognising the importance of sustainability across all aspects of Air New Zealand's operations and the increased focus the airline is placing on addressing its environmental impact. Her portfolio was expanded to include Corporate Affairs in June 2024.
Nathan McGraw
Chief Safety and Risk Officer
Nathan joined Air New Zealand in 2005 as a pilot and has held several senior leadership roles across operations, safety, training, and network portfolios. In March 2025, he took up the role of Chief Safety and Risk Officer, responsible for overseeing the airline's operational integrity, safety systems, risk management and regulatory compliance.
Jeremy O'Brien
Chief Customer and Digital Officer
Jeremy became Air New Zealand's Chief Customer and Digital Officer in October 2025, after serving for a year as Acting Chief Commercial Officer.
Kris Cudmore
Chief Financial Officer
Kris became Chief Financial Officer in August 2026, having joined Air New Zealand in late 2025 to focus on the airline’s strategy refresh. Prior to that he worked with the airline for 3 years in an advisory capacity.
Scott Wilkinson
Chief Commercial Officer
Scott is Chief Commercial Officer at Air New Zealand, responsible for driving sales growth and overseeing all commercial functions across both the Airline and Loyalty businesses.
Mike Williams
Chief Operations Officer – Technical Operations
Mike joined Air New Zealand in 2016 and has held several senior commercial and strategy roles, most recently as Chief Transformation and Alliances Officer, where he led delivery of the airline's Kia Mau business strategy and strengthened global alliance partnerships.
