Huw Boyd

Chief of Staff to Group CEO at Qantas

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About

Executive with a background spanning a range of Customer and Commercial portfolios. Demonstrated ability to motivate large teams and manage significant P&Ls. Strong data and analytics skill-set with experience in Financial Services, Network Planning, Revenue Management & Pricing, Digital, Contact Centres and CRM. First Class Honours in Engineering and an MBA from the University of Tasmania.

Experience

  • Qantas (13 yrs 3 mos)
    • Chief of Staff to Group CEO
      Feb 2026 - Present · 10 mos

      Directly supporting the Qantas Group CEO and her Group Leadership Team in driving greater organisational effectiveness through changes in culture, systems and processes across the Group, as well as leading strategic topics and projects, as required.

    • Executive Manager, Ground Customer Experience
      Oct 2024 - Jan 2026 · 1 yr 4 mos

      The role reports to the Chief Customer and Technology Officer and has responsibility for Qantas’ Ground Products, including Ground CX, Lounges, Baggage and Transportation. The role also has responsibility for the overarching Customer Strategy.

    • Head of Customer Planning & Investment
      Oct 2023 - Sep 2024 · 1 yr

      Appointed to the newly established role of Head of Customer Planning & Investment. The role reported to the Chief Customer and Technology Officer and had responsibility for uplifting customer experience across the journey.

    • Head of Commercial: Digital & Customer
      Jun 2020 - Sep 2023 · 3 yrs 4 mos

      Joined the Direct and Digital team in the newly established role of Head of Commercial. The role reports to the Executive Manager of Digital and Direct and has responsibility for Qantas' Direct Channel Sales, Commercial Partnerships, Digital Investment, Data, Analytics and CRM.

    • Senior Manager, International Routes
      Aug 2018 - Jun 2020 · 1 yr 11 mos

      Joined the Pricing and Revenue Management team as Senior Manager of International Routes. The role reports to the Head of Revenue Management and has responsibility for the portfolio of routes covered by the QF and EK partnership, including: Europe, UK, MENA, SE-Asia, New Zealand as well as the portfolio of Emerging Markets.

    • Senior Manager, Revenue Performance
      Jun 2017 - Jul 2018 · 1 yr 2 mos

      Joined the restructured Commercial Performance team in the newly established role of Senior Manager, Domestic Revenue Performance. The role reported to the Head of Finance with a dotted line to Domestic CFO and was responsible for driving revenue performance across each of the key commercial functions.

    • Manager, Group Strategy
      Nov 2015 - Jun 2017 · 1 yr 8 mos

      Member of the Qantas Group Strategy team, which was established to ensure the highest-impact strategic decisions were brought in-house for development and execution.

    • Associate, Group Strategy
      Sep 2013 - Nov 2015 · 2 yrs 3 mos

  • Analyst, Investment Banking Division at Credit Suisse
    Feb 2011 - Sep 2013 · 2 yrs 8 mos

  • Intern at Commonwealth Bank of Australia
    2009 – 2010

  • Intern at Rio Tinto
    2008 – 2009