dnata today announced the appointment of Stewart Angus as its regional chief executive officer for Europe.

In his new role, Angus will lead dnata’s airport operations at 23 airports in 6 countries across the continent, managing 6,300 employees. He will be based in the UK, and report to David Barker, dnata’s divisional senior vice president for airport operations.

Angus has over 20 years of experience in leading high-performing teams in the aviation industry. Most recently he was based in Dubai, UAE, overseeing dnata’s airport operations globally for 16 years. He left dnata in the summer of 2021 to move to the UK for family reasons. Prior to joining dnata, he held various management roles at Emirates Airline and British Airways. Stewart Angus’ appointment is effective November 29 2021.

David Barker said: “We are thrilled to welcome Stewart back to our international management team. A widely recognised leader, Stewart made a significant contribution to dnata’s global expansion over the past two decades. He lives and breathes the dnata values and has the unique experience of building and running successful, customer-oriented businesses on an international level. I’m sure that our customers, teams and the company will benefit from his leadership across our European operations.”