Vinod Kannan

Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing at Singapore Airlines

Mr Vinod Kannan began his career with Singapore Airlines (SIA) in 2001 as a Cadet Administrative Officer. After serving in the e-commerce, network planning, and passenger sales teams, he was posted overseas in 2007 and had stints as Manager Eastern India, General Manager Middle East, General Manager Italy, and General Manager Indonesia.

Returning to Singapore in 2015 as Senior Manager Network Planning, Mr Vinod was promoted to Vice President Network Planning in 2016. He then assumed the role of Chief Commercial Officer at Scoot, SIA’s low-cost subsidiary, in 2017.

In 2019, he was seconded to Vistara, SIA’s Indian joint venture with Tata Sons, as Chief Strategy Officer, before being named Chief Commercial Officer in 2020. Mr Vinod’s appointment as Chief Executive Officer in 2022 saw him lead Vistara's recovery from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Following the merger of Air India and Vistara in 2024, he managed the integration of the two airlines’ aircraft, people, and business processes as Air India’s Chief Integration Officer.

On 1st April 2025, Mr Vinod was appointed as Senior Vice President Sales and Marketing at Singapore Airlines, overseeing the E-commerce, Global and Corporate Sales, Brand and Marketing, and Pricing and Merchandising departments, and the Sales regions.

Mr Vinod holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (First Class Honours) from Nanyang Technological University, a Master of Science in High Performance Computing from the Singapore MIT Alliance, and an Executive MBA from UCLA-NUS.

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Singapore Airlines Limited is engaged in passenger and cargo air transportation, engineering services, training of pilots, air charters and tour wholesaling and related activities. The Company's segments include airline operations, engineering services, cargo operations and Others. The airline operations segment provides passenger air transportation. The engineering services segment is in the business of providing airframe maintenance and overhaul services, line maintenance, technical ground handling services and fleet management. The engineering services segment also manufactures aircraft cabin equipment, refurbishes aircraft galleys; provides technical and non-technical handling services, and repairs and overhauls hydro-mechanical aircraft equipment. The cargo operations segment is involved in air cargo transportation and related activities. The Others segment includes other services provided by the Company, such as the training of pilots, air charters and tour wholesaling.


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