Sauda Rajab is a Kenyan female corporate executive, who serves as the

chief executive officer A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number of corporate executives charged with the management of an organization especially ...

of Precision Air, a privately owned regional airline, based in

Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands and ...

, rendering services in the countries of the African Great Lakes.

Background and education

She was born in Kenya's port-city of

Mombasa Mombasa ( ; ) is a coastal city in southeastern Kenya along the Indian Ocean. It was the first capital of the British East Africa, before Nairobi was elevated to capital city status. It now serves as the capital of Mombasa County. The town is ...

, circa 1964. When the children were still young, their parents divorced, which led to their single father raising them. She graduated from the

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and received post graduate training and education from he London Business School and the

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Career

In 1989, Sauda Rajab was hired as a management trainee at the government-owned (30 percent as of September 2015), Kenya Airways . During the pre-hiring interview, she informed the panel of her desire to lead an airline some day, correctly predicting the future. Over the next 24 years, she rose through the ranks. She held several high profile positions at KQ along the way, including as (a) General Manager for Kenya, (b) Regional General Manager for Europe, the Americas and Asia and her last position at KQ was as (c) General Manager for Cargo. On 1 March 2013, she was appointed as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Precision Air , where KQ owns 41.23 percent shareholding, as of 31 March 2016. Since her arrival at PW, she has instituted changes and is credited with partial recovery at the airline.

Other considerations

As managing director and CEO, she sits on the board of directors of PW, effective March 2013. As of March 2017, Sauda Rajab was one of a minimal number of women chief executives of private and public airlines in the world.

References

External links

Website of Precision Air

Precision Air's CEO Puts The Record Straight
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Background and education

Career

Other considerations

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