Peter Bellew

Peter Bellew
Born	Bettystown, County Meath, Ireland
Nationality	Irish
Alma mater	Trinity College Dublin
Occupation	Group managing director and CEO of Malaysia Airlines
Term	2016 - present
Predecessor	Christoph Mueller
Spouse(s)	Grainne Gallen

Peter Bellew is the group managing director and chief executive officer of Malaysia Airlines. He is a veteran in the tourism and aviation industry with over 30 years of experience in related fields.

Originally from Bettystown, Ireland, he was schooled at CBS St Marys Drogheda before attending C.B.C. Monkstown in Dublin. Bellew graduated with a Bachelor of Business Studies and MA in Economics from Trinity College Dublin in 1987. In the same year, he joined CIE Tours, an Irish coach tour operator, as a manager in charge of its London operations. He subsequently founded Drive Ireland in 1989, Irish Cottage Club in 1998, and also ventured into online travel management with Vbnets / Wapprofit in 2001.

Bellew's first venture into the aviation industry in a management capacity was in 1993 with Kerry Airport, Killarney, Ireland. Under his tenure as director and general manager, he was credited to being able to substantially increase passenger volume from 6,000 to more than 400,000.

In 2006, Bellew joined Irish low-cost airline RyanAir as deputy director of flight operations, and had hold various capacities throughout his career there, including head of sales and marketing, director of flight operations, as well as director of training and recruitment.

On September 1, 2015, Bellew joined Malaysian flag carrier Malaysia Airlines from RyanAir as chief operations officer, as part of the airline's ongoing restructuring program amid huge financial losses, compounded with the twin major aviation disasters of MH370 and MH17 in 2014. Under his tenure, he oversaw parts of the restructuring program led by former Aer Lingus chief Christoph Mueller that saw a 6,000-job cut by the airline.

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