Malaysia Airlines Berhad has revealed the appointment of Yeoh Hock Thye as head of sales.

He will take up the role on January 3rd, 2017.

MAB chief executive, Peter Bellew said: “On behalf of the management team, I am pleased to welcome Yeoh to the Malaysia Airlines family.

“Yeoh brings with him over 26 years of experience in revenue/channel management and distribution, airline operations, people management, relationship building as well as finance and administration which were developed through experience and exposure in international carriers.

“I look forward to working with him in driving the development and deployment of effective and customised sales and customer interaction and experience strategies.”

He joins Malaysia Airlines from his previous role as Delta Airlines’ director for Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia where he successfully established and led a new regional multinational corporate and Asia sales support team based in Singapore.

The team overlooks sales, relationship and sales support for global corporate accounts, TMCs and key travel partners in Asia Pacific.