BENGALURU, 13th February 2017 - AirAsia India is pleased to announce appointment of Mr.Pawan Setty to its senior management team.

Pawan has come on board as the Head of People and Culture. With over 15 years of experience, Pawan spent a significant part of his career across multiple facets of HR such as organization development, HR strategy, talent management and development, organization change, compensation and benefits, manpower planning, performance management etc. He is known for his leadership style and multiple transformation initiatives that he introduced in the companies he has been associated with in the past.

He was most recently the Head of HR, India at International Flavours & Fragrances India Pvt
Ltd where he spent 4 years. Prior to that, he was with Thomson Reuters for 9 years.

Talent acquisition, building organization culture and refining and implementing the right policies and procedures are some of the critical aspects that Pawan will be responsible for.

Speaking on the development, Mr. Amar Abrol, MD & CEO, AirAsia India said, "I am immensely happy to welcome Pawan into our Allstar* family. We believe he is an excellent addition to our leadership team and will provide valuable perspective as we continue to deliver on our long-term strategic objectives”.

AirAsia India currently flies to 16 destinations with its hubs in Bengaluru, New Delhi and Kolkata covering Kochi, Goa, Jaipur, Chandigarh, Pune, Guwahati, Imphal, Visakhapatnam, Hyderabad, Srinagar, Bagdogra, Ranchi, and Bhubaneswar.

*Allstars refers to AirAsia employees