Miyuki Suzuki's appointment as Jetstar Japan CEO marks second female executive for Jetstar Group

Jetstar Japan announced on 10-Oct-2011 a few milestones towards its way late 2012 launch, including the appointment of Miyuki Suzuki as CEO, effective 01-Dec-2011. Ms Miyuki, a former CEO of Japanese telecommunications and IT services company KVH Co, will be the second female CEO at a Jetstar Group company, joining Chong Phit Lian, who is CEO of Singapore-based Jetstar Asia.

Commenting on the appointment, Jetstar CEO Bruce Buchanan noted in an interview with The Australian, "The aviation industry in Japan has been male dominated for a long time. Japanese women are, I think, the most underemployed anywhere in the world. A female CEO is another big signal of how radically we want to change the market up here."