Cowen Partners’ Shawn Cole Asked About Potential for Southwest Airlines CEO Search
Southwest gave ground this month, when it announced that six directors will leave in November and Kelly will step down next year. On Thursday, it named And it named a former AirTran and Spirit Airlines CEO to its board.
The airline is digging in to protect Jordan, however.
Shawn Cole, a founding partner of executive search firm Cowen Partners, whose firm has worked for other airlines but not Southwest, believes Southwest is too insular and should follow the recent examples of Starbucks and Boeing and hire an outsider as CEO. He thinks many qualified executives would be interested in the job.
“It would be a challenge, no doubt, but Southwest is a storied airline that a lot of people think fondly of,” Cole said. “If Boeing can do it, Southwest can do it.”
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