Emirates Announces Five Senior Commercial Leadership Team Appointments
- Joe Breitfeller
- Sep 3
- 3 min read
Emirates has today announced five key leadership appointments, including two accomplished Emiratis and a new central leadership role for Network Passenger Sales Development.
On Wednesday (September 3, 2025), Emirates announced new appointments to their commercial leadership team as the carrier continues to ramp up their network. The newly created roles, which include Senior Vice President, Network Passenger Sales Development and Vice President for Passenger Sales – Regional Clusters will support the airline’s regional growth and market expansion, while driving integrated performance across markets and segments. As part of the new commercial leadership structure, two seasoned Emiratis have been appointed to lead key market clusters. The new teams and structure will be spearheaded by Nabil Sultan, Emirates’ EVP – Passenger Sales and Country Management.
In Wednesday’s leadership appointment announcement, Emirates Airline’s Deputy President and CEO, Adnan Kazim, said,
“Emirates stands at a pivotal moment in its evolution as we scale up our network and deepen our engagement across an increasingly diverse range of markets and consumer demographics. This period of dynamic growth calls for leaders with the right commercial knowhow and the thinking to navigate our complex and evolving industry landscape, so that we can capitalise on emerging opportunities and cement our position as the airline of choice for global travellers. I’m particularly proud that two of the top roles will be led by UAE Nationals who have demonstrated their leadership excellence, and we’re committed to building a robust pipeline of homegrown talent to drive our continued growth.”
Matthew Scott has been appointed as SVP of Emirates’ Network Passenger Sales Development (NPSD) team as Senior Vice President, overseeing the airline’s Global Sales & Leisure teams. Previously, he served as Vice President of Cargo Pricing and Interline at Emirates SkyCargo. Mr. Scott began his Emirates career with SkyCargo in 2018, and brings over 20 years’ experience with international airlines, holding key positions in passenger commercial operations, revenue optimization and planning, including Head of Corporate and Leisure Sales and Head of Commercial Strategy.
Abdulla Al Olama has been promoted to VP Regional Clusters for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Previously held the role of Senior Regional Manager Commercial Operations Far East and has also managed commercial performance in the Far East, West Asia and Indian Ocean. Mr. Al Olama joined Emirates in 2012 and has worked across the commercial organization, including teams in Interline, Codeshare and Revenue Optimization.
Additionally, Rashid Alardha has been promoted to VP Regional Clusters Sub-Saharan Africa. He was previously Country Manager Sri Lanka and Maldives. Mr. Alardha joined Emirates in 2009, and since then has gained extensive country management experience across eight countries in the Middle East, Africa, Far East, West Asia and Indian Ocean.
Flavio Ghiringhelli has been promoted to VP Regional Clusters for South and Central Europe. He joined Emirates in 2018 as Country Manager Italy, bringing extensive senior leadership experience in corporate sales, commercial strategy and business development across aviation, hospitality and tourism.
Finally, Pierfrancesco Carino will join Emirates as VP Regional for West and North Europe Clusters later this month. He brings 20 years of experience in sales, marketing, omnichannel distribution, revenue management and strategic partnerships from various airlines. Mr. Carino previously worked for Emirates in Commercial Sales in France.
Source: Emirates
