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Cathay Pacific Airways Chair To Retire; Successor Named

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Cathay Pacific Airways (HKG:0293) Chair Patrick Healy will retire and step down from the board following the company's annual general meeting on Wednesday, according to a same-day Hong Kong bourse filing.

Guy Bradley, currently a non-executive director of the airline, will be elected chair of the board.

Bradley has been a director of Cathay Pacific since August 2021 and is chairman of Swire Pacific (HKG:0019, HKG:0087) and Swire Properties (HKG:1972).

He joined the Swire group in 1987 and has held roles across Hong Kong, the Chinese mainland, the U.S., Japan, Vietnam, and the Middle East.

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