Well he oversaw a huge growth at LTN in both pax figures and flights, I think he will be exactly the shot in the arm BHX needs to pull it out of its slumbers.
Yes, it will be a difficult act to balance the needs of full cost and loco airlines in terms of expansion (or the needs that we on this forum perceive them to be) but EDI have managed pretty well to do so with long haul, full service and loco (an FR base that serves over 50 destinations in summer, not to mention a big EZY base as well!) there is no reason why BHX can't keep its full service carriers happy whilst encouraging much needed growth in loco service destinations and frequency and who knows maybe some new long haul (OK that's probably too much to hope for...).
Will he chase after EZY, who knows?
I wish him all the best and I do think it is positive and exciting news for BHX, if only to see what direction he eventually takes the airport in once he has settled into the role