Cathay Pacific appoints acting Cathay Dragon CEO, new director of corporate affairs

Cathay Pacific announced (26-May-2016) the appointment of current Cathay director of corporate affairs James Tong as acting CEO of Cathay Dragon, succeeding Algernon Yau, who is taking a leave of absence. Mr Tong will be succeeded by Arnold Cheng, effective 11-Jul-2016. He will oversee every aspect of the airline's activities relating to corporate communications, stakeholder relations, corporate social responsibility programmes and environmental affairs. Mr Cheng is currently General Manager Sales Pearl River Delta & Hong Kong, overseeing passenger sales in these key territories for both Cathay Pacific and Dragonair. [more - original PR]