Gregg Saretsky
{{short description|Canadian airline executive}}
Gregg Saretsky (born 1959 in Châteauguay, Quebec) is the former president and CEO of WestJet, a carrier based in Calgary, Alberta.
He served in that position from April 2010 to March 8, 2018, after the resignation of Sean Durfy.{{cite press release
| title = Sean Durfy announces resignation from WestJet
| publisher = CNW Group
| date = 2010-03-15
| url = http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2010/15/c2093.html
| accessdate = 2010-07-01}}
He grew up in a Montreal suburb to a French mother and a German father. He moved with his family to Richmond, British Columbia in 1970. He acquired a Bachelor of Science in microbiology and biochemistry in 1982 and a master of business administration in 1984, both at University of British Columbia. 1985-1998 he worked with Canadian Airlines International Ltd. (formerly Pacific Western Airlines and CP Air), rising to vice president roles for Airports and Marketing. From 1998-2008 he was an executive at Seattle based Alaska Airlines Inc. In mid 2009 he joined WestJet Airlines Ltd. as vacation vice-president; in April 2010 he became CEO of the airline.
Saretsky is married and has three children. He has also two older brothers who are commercial pilots, one with Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. and the other with Air Canada.{{cite press release
| title = WestJet CEO Gregg Saretsky plots a bigger fleet
| publisher = The Globe and Mail
| date = 2017-03-26
| url = https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/careers/careers-leadership/westjet-ceo-gregg-saretsky-plots-a-bigger-fleet/article1357664/
| accessdate = 2013-12-14}}
Awards and recognitions
- Business Person of the Year for 2012 by Alberta Venture magazine.{{Cite news
| last = Fawcett
| first = Max
| title = Business Person of the Year 2012: Gregg Saretsky, WestJet
| newspaper = Alberta Venture
| year = 2012
| url = http://bpoy.albertaventure.com/business-person-of-the-year-2012-gregg-saretsky-westjet/
| accessdate = 2013-03-01
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130318015625/http://bpoy.albertaventure.com/business-person-of-the-year-2012-gregg-saretsky-westjet/
| archive-date = 2013-03-18
| url-status = dead
}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.westjet.com/guest/en/media-investors/executive.shtml Westjet: Gregg Saretsky, president and chief executive officer]
- [http://www.alumni.ubc.ca/2013/board/gregg-saretsky/ University of British Columbia alumni: Gregg Saretsky, BSc 1982, MBA 1984]
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Category:Canadian airline chief executives
Category:UBC Sauder School of Business alumni
Category:Canadian people of German descent