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24/11/2025 15:00

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RNS Number : 7735I  Wizz Air Holdings PLC  24 November 2025

 

Wizz Air: Enhanced Leadership Team

 

Geneva, 24(th) November 2025: Wizz Air (LSE: WZZ.L), ("Wizz Air") Europe's
most emissions efficient airline* and winner of the Airline Economics
Sustainability Airline of the Year 2025, is pleased to announce the following
changes to its Senior Leadership Team. These changes will take effect from 1
February 2026.

 

Ian Malin, currently Chief Financial Officer, will be appointed as Chief
Commercial Officer. Based in Budapest, Ian will assume overall responsibility
for the Group's commercial functions and revenue generation. Placing the
commercial team under the direction of a proven leader will support Wizz Air's
delivery of profitable capacity growth. As Chief Commercial Officer, Ian will
report to the Chief Executive Officer on matters related to commercial
strategy.

 

Veronika Špaňárová will be appointed as Chief Financial Officer, based in
Budapest. Veronika, a Czech national will join Wizz Air following a 30-year
international career at Citi having worked in corporate and retail banking
across a number of countries including the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Brazil
and Hungary where she has been Citi's Managing Director, country manager and
Wizz Air's banker. Veronika will report to the Chief Executive Officer.

 

Michael Delehant's role, currently Senior Chief Commercial and Operations
Officer, will be renamed as Group Managing Director, with no change to scope
and responsibilities.

 

Commenting on the appointments, József Váradi, Chief Executive Officer said:
"These organizational enhancements will elevate Wizz Air's leadership capacity
and commercial function for our ever-growing scale. Ian has made an
exceptional contribution to Wizz Air since joining as CFO three years ago,
demonstrating his tenacity and knowledge of the company and sector. I'm
delighted to see him progress within Wizz, where his agility, strategic drive
and in-depth knowledge of Wizz Air will help drive our business to the next
level. Alongside Ian, we welcome Veronika who will provide a new source of
expertise for the Company. These leadership enhancements underpin our ambition
to become one of the best performing airlines globally in the coming years."

 

 

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About Wizz Air 

Wizz Air operates a fleet of 249 Airbus A320 and A321 aircraft. A team of
dedicated aviation professionals delivers superior service and very low fares,
making Wizz Air the preferred choice of 63.4 million passengers in FY2025.
Wizz Air is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker WIZZ. The
company was named one of the world's top ten safest airlines
by airlineratings.com
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, the world's only safety and product rating agency, and named Airline of the
Year by Air Transport Awards in 2019 and in 2023. Wizz Air has also been
recognized as the "Most Sustainable Low-Cost Airline" between 2021-2025 by
World Finance Sustainability Awards. Wizz Air also received "EMEA's
Environmental Sustainability Airline Group of the Year" by the CAPA-Centre for
Aviation Awards for Excellence 2024. Most recently, it was awarded Sustainable
Airline of the Year 2025 at the Airline Economics Sustainability Awards Gala
in September 2025.

 

*according to Cirium

 

 

For more information:

 

Investors:         Mark Simpson, Wizz
Air                                   

                        Zlatko Custovic, Wizz
Air
investor.relations@wizzair.com (mailto:investor.relations@wizzair.com)

 

Media:              Andras Rado, Wizz
Air
c (mailto:c) ommunications@wizzair.com (mailto:communications@wizzair.com)

 

James McFarlane, MHP Group 

Eleni Menikou, MHP Group 

Charles Hirst, MHP Group 
 wizz@mhpgroup.com (mailto:wizz@mhpgroup.com)

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