Who Is Vanessa Hudson: Qantas Airways’ new CEO Vanessa Hudson became the the sole woman to lead the company. She has been stapled with the company for over 28 years working in various positions. People are interested to know her annual income by the company.
New Qantas CEO Vanessa Hudson’s Salary
Qantas confirmed in a statement to the ASX, that Hudson receives a $1.6 million base annual salary but her salary may be increased up to $5.8 million as per her performance and growth of the airline company.
Who Is Vanessa Hudson?
Vanessa Hudson is an Australian business executive and Chief Executive Officer of Qantas since 2023. In November 2022, it was announced that Alan Joyce, an Irish-Australian businessman, would step back from his position and Ms. Hudson would replace him.
Vannessa Hudson first joined the Qantas company in 1994 as an internal audit supervisor, Prior to joining the company, she worked as a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia.
Then, the 54-year-old business executive, Vanessa Hudson became the finance controller in the commercial division of Qantas, as per Wikipedia.
As a Chief Financial Officer, she was required to steer a number of challenges that Qantas previously faced, including Perth Airport’s legal action against the airline in 2018, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
After becoming CEO of Qantas in 2023, she is considered the first woman to lead the company.
Ms. Vannessa told in the news conference for the first time after becoming the CEO, “I come with an understanding of this organization that is very deep,” she said,
“I think that the experience that I’ve had, and also recently, in helping manage through COVID, places me in a great position to look forward in terms of all of the investments that are coming with new aircraft, but also continuing to invest in our customers.”
Vanessa Hudson Wikipedia
Vanessa Hudson was born in 1969 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She completed her education at Pymble Ladies’ College and holds a degree from the University of Technology Sydney.
Hudson joined Qantas Aireline 28 years ago and has held various senior positions including CFO, chief customer officer, and senior vice president for the Americas and New Zealand.
She once said, “On a personal note, I have two young daughters, 21 and 18, and I’ve always been a mother who’s wanted to lead by example, and listening to their reflections last night was incredibly meaningful to me.”
Vanessa Hudson Age
Vanessa Hudson is currently 54 years old as of 2023. Many people are keen to know about her personal life. Stay tuned.
Vanessa Hudson Family
CEO of Qantas Airways, Vanessa Hudson got married to a man, whose identity she never revealed, and with whom she has two young children, both are daughters. There are no further details about her family.
