Skyguide appoints new safety chief
Olivier Perrin has been appointed new Chief Safety & Security Officer (CSO) by Skyguide's Board of Directors. He follows in the footsteps of Klaus Affholderbach, who is leaving the company after some 20 years to take up a new challenge.
Skyguide has appointed Olivier Perrin as its new Chief Safety & Security Officer. In this role, Perrin will succeed Klaus Affholderbach from July 1, 2023, who is leaving the company after more than 20 years to take up a new professional challenge. Perrin was simultaneously appointed as a member of Skyguide's Executive Management.
Perrin joined Skyguide in 2000 as a satellite navigation systems engineer and holds a master's degree in geomatics engineering from EPFL and an MBA from Concordia University in Canada. The 48-year-old manager most recently assumed additional responsibility for all military operations and lower airspace operations in 2014. He is also an active private pilot and serves the Swiss Air Force as a colonel. He has also been responsible for the Air Traffic Control Technical Staff as commander since 2017. In his private life, Perrin is married and the father of three young adults.
Source: Skyguide
