Oliver Wigdahl brings to Ink more than 30 years of extensive experience in the airline and technology sectors across Europe, North America, Asia, and Africa. His international career includes senior strategy, commercial, technology, and operational roles with leading low-cost, legacy, and hybrid carriers such as easyJet, Go Fly, Jet2, American Airlines, FlySafair, and fastjet.
Wigdahl successfully defined and led a greenfield LCC strategy for Sabre and has overseen major projects for TravelSky in China, such as its next-gen LCC PSS, 'Quick'. He has extensive experience in booking, processing, retailing tech, and cloud-based solutions.
He managed multi-stream tech projects, including fastjet Africa's technology platform overhaul. Wigdahl also played a pivotal role in the start-up and growth of Safair's highly successful LCC unit in Africa and led the world's first cloud-based eCommerce booking system for leisure operators, Time Pursuit. He has held significant revenue, P&L and team management responsibilities across global markets.“
Oliver’s extensive background in the airline and technology sectors makes him the perfect fit to lead our product strategy. We’ve already benefited from his advisory on several projects and are delighted he recognises Ink's potential and has agreed to join our team,” said Harmen Brenninkmeijer, president and chief development officer of Ink.