Kevin Steele, Managing Director & CEO of Biman Bangladesh Airlines Limited, who was to leave the job on April 17 following resignation, is likely to stay few months more, it is reliably learnt.
In response to request from Board of Directors of Biman, Kevin is learnt to have agreed on certain conditions, to prolong his departure and help the airline find his successor.
A 4-member subcommittee headed by Khurshed Alam Chowdhury, Secretary Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism is working to find a new MD and CEO for the airliner.Contacted by news agency UNB over e-mail, Kevin Steele said he has been given the offer to continue in his job for some more time until the airliner finds his successor.
He told UNB that he reluctantly resigned on health grounds back In January on health ground.
“I have to reduce my workload for health reasons; so, I am due to leave at the end of next week. However, to help Biman in the interim period, I have said that I will continue on a part time basis for 2-3 months, until a successor is found.”
The Board of Directors of Biman accepted his resignation with effect from April 17, but requested him to stay back of the job till a successor is found.
Steele, who was appointed the CEO and MD of Biman in March 2013 for a two-year term, suffered tuberculosis and a mild heart attack after coming to Bangladesh, according to Biman Bangladesh Airlines sources.
For the first time in the history of Biman, Kevin Steele, a foreign national, joined the national carrier on March 13, 2013.
