Roderick Wilcock

Roderick Wilcock

Rod, based in UK, is the former Ground Operations Chief for Virgin Blue Aviation Group, Australia and he played a key role in the transformation of Virgin Australia. Rod was previously a key member of the British Airways ground operations senior management team responsible for the successful delivery of operations at London Heathrow Airport’s Terminal 5. Before that he held high profile operations management roles across British Airways businesses - managing heavily unionised operational workforces both in the air and on the ground. He was a member of several ‘start up’ executive teams including that of BA CityFlyer and BA European Operation Gatwick. Rod is an experienced operation executive with 30 years’ in managing aviation operations, transportation and logistics, customer service delivery and regulatory compliance. Rod has latterly been involved in Ground Operations and Customer Service performance and efficiency improvement projects in Dublin, Sri Lanka, London, and Paris.