<![CDATA[KLM Newsroom]]> https://news.klm.com/ en Sat, 24 Oct 2026 17:54:08 +0200 Fri, 30 Jan 2015 11:55:01 +0100 <![CDATA[KLM Newsroom]]> https://content.presspage.com/clients/150_162.jpg https://news.klm.com/ 144 Erik Varwijk to leave KLM https://news.klm.com/erik-varwijk-to-leave-klm/ https://news.klm.com/erik-varwijk-to-leave-klm/53767KLM Royal Dutch Airlines announced today that Erik Varwijk will, in mutual agreement, resign as Managing Director & EVP of Air France-KLM Cargo effective 1 March 2015. Mr Varwijk has been a member of the KLM Board of Managing Directors since 2011 and has been in charge of cargo business since April 2013, when he was appointed EVP of Air France-KLM Cargo.

]]>Further information on Erik Varwijk’s successor as EVP of Air France-KLM Cargo will follow in due course.

]]> Fri, 30 Jan 2015 11:59:00 +0100 Fri, 30 Jan 2015 10:55:01 +0000 https://content.presspage.com/uploads/162/500_pb-ev-klein.jpg?10000 https://content.presspage.com/uploads/162/pb-ev-klein.jpg?10000 Jan Ernst de Groot will leave KLM https://news.klm.com/jan-ernst-de-groot-gaat-klm-verlaten-en/ https://news.klm.com/jan-ernst-de-groot-gaat-klm-verlaten-en/3506 On 1 April 2011 Jan Ernst de Groot will step down as Managing Director KLM. “I have decided not to put myself up for reappointment following the current term, which concludes on 1 July,” De Groot said. “For this reason, I will step down following the completion of the current fiscal year.”

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]]>De Groot has been a member of the Board of Managing Directors since 2007. “It’s time for a change”, he said. “I have had the privilege of working for this wonderful company, and this turbulent industry, for close to twenty years. With another twenty years to go in my career this seems like a logical moment to change course. I plan to use the knowledge and experience I’ve amassed to the necessary transition to a sustainable economy and a society based on renewable energy.”

Jan Ernst de Groot will leave KLM on 1 July.

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