Air Canada Appoints Duncan Bureau as VP Global Sales

Air Canada has appointed Duncan Bureau as Vice-President, Global Sales, effective 9 June 2014.

Mr. Bureau will report directly to Ben Smith, Executive Vice-President and Chief Commercial Officer, and in this newly defined position will be responsible for revenue generated through all sales channels from all points of sale. He will be based in Toronto.

Mr. Bureau has extensive airline industry sales and product distribution experience in Canada and in Asia where he was most recently Senior Vice-President, Global Sales and Distribution at Malaysia Airlines. He was previously with WestJet where he held the position of Vice-President Sales and Distribution between 2006 and 2012.

"I am pleased to announce Duncan Bureau's appointment to this key role of leading the sales team at Air Canada as we focus on maintaining a competitive advantage in the domestic Canadian market while we expand our international network," said Ben Smith, Executive Vice-President and Chief Commercial Officer. "His proven talent, leadership skills and broad industry experience in sales, business development and product distribution in Canada and Asia make him the right candidate for this role as we work with key corporate, trade and distribution partners to create new business opportunities and continue to innovate the way we sell and distribute our product."

Mr. Bureau succeeds Zeina Gedeon who has elected to leave the company to pursue other interests.