Francois Oberholzer

CFO at flydubai since August 2018, UAE.

He held the position of Chief Financial Officer at Hamad International Airport and Qatar Airways subsidiaries between June 2017 and September 2018, Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy at Etihad Airways between May 2013 and August 2017, and Senior Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis at the same company between 2006 and 2013.

He also served as Chief Financial Officer of South African Express between 2003 and 2005, Executive Director of Management Accounting at South African Airways between 1999 and 2003, and Audit Manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers South Africa between 1996 and 1999.

He has an extensive experience in implementing growth and acquisition strategies, strategic financial planning and corporate finance.

He holds a Bachelor of Commerce, specializing in Financial and Management Accounting, Taxation and Auditing, in 1993 from the University of Pretoria in South Africa.