Mesfin Tassew has been appointed CEO of Ethiopian Airlines.

Mesfin Tassew has been appointed as CEO of Ethiopian Airlines.

Mesfin Tasew joined Ethiopian in 1984 as associate engineer and progressed through the ladder and served in supervisorial and managerial positions in the technical areas.

In 1997 and 1999 he was appointed as director operations and technical systems support and chief information officers respectively. In 2006, he was assigned as vice president  maintenance and engineering.

Recently, he was serving Ethiopian as chief operating officer since Nov. 01, 2010.

He holds BSC and MSC degree in electrical engineering from Addis Ababa University. He also holds MSc degree in business administration from the Open University of UK.