Patrick Heymann new Chief Commercial Officer at Edelweiss

Patrick Heymann (44), currently Head of Legal Affairs at Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS), will become Chief Commercial Officer and member of the Executive Board at Edelweiss as of 1 February 2019.

In his current position, Patrick Heymann has been responsible for SWISS's Legal Department since February 2017. Prior to that, he held various international positions for SWISS. In 2009, he was appointed Country Manager Russia & Ukraine, based in Moscow, before taking over as Head of the SWISS Sales and Marketing Organization for the US, Canada, and Latin America markets in New York in 2014.

“ I am very pleased that we have been able to recruit Patrick Heymann, a proven airline professional with international experience in the commercial sector, for this position ,” said Bernd Bauer, CEO of Edelweiss.

Patrick Heymann succeeds Alain Chisari, who moved to the parent company Lufthansa Group in Singapore as Vice President Sales Asia Pacific in September of this year.