Flybe has appointment Peter Hauptvogel to the role of chief information officer.

He will lead the IT function and play a critical role in building an IT platform and digital strategy to support Flybe’s long term success. 

Hauptvogel has over 20 years of operational and IT experience in aviation, most recently with Thomas Cook Group Airlines where he was IT director, and previously as Air Berlin’s chief information officer.

He joins on March 1st and will be based at the airline’s headquarters in Exeter, he will report directly to chief executive Christine Ourmieres-Widener, and become a member of Flybe’s executive committee.