Problem is that he will be CEO of the group and not just the airport. The group is primarily a property company and with strong emphasis on this side of things for the immediate future. The Chair person has already tasked the incoming CEO with improving the 47% occupancy of the rental property upwards significantly with some friends of mine working in this area already displaced to gain tenants where before their focus was on inbound work for the airport.
What is really needed is 100% leadership and development of SNN and leave the auctioneering & heritage under separate remit.