“Stressful week”
CEO holds online meeting topless
October 17, 2023, 7:01 p.m
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The boss of the budget airline Air Asia confidently posts a picture of himself at an online conference with managers. So far – so banal. However, he is not wearing a shirt and is getting a massage. After numerous comments, he deletes the post again.
The boss of the Malaysian low-cost airline Air Asia is causing a stir with a post on the career network Linkedin. Tony Fernandes had his photo taken during the online meeting. That alone isn’t particularly unusual. But in many people’s opinion, the 59-year-old was a little too casual with his wardrobe: he conferred with his upper body bare – and had his shoulders massaged at the meeting with other managers. Yesterday, Tuesday, he distributed a picture of how it was in several To report was called. Among other things, Hindustan Times reported, The Times of India and the Indian Expressbut also Bloomberg and Business Insider and shared a screenshot of the post.
According to numerous reports, Fernandes wrote under the picture that it was a “stressful week”. And Veranita Yosephine suggested a massage. Yosephina is the head of the subsidiary Air Asia Indonesia. He also wrote about great progress and exciting days ahead. He is currently reorganizing his Capital A group of companies.
According to reports, the reactions to his post are mostly negative. “The poor conference participants will need care,” wrote one user. Many judged the behavior to be unworthy of a CEO and questioned the corporate culture. Others, however, praised – probably not entirely unironically – his courageous contribution to the body positive movement. Loud Business Insider Both companies did not respond to inquiries. The post has now been deleted.
Fernandes worked in Richard Branson’s Virgin group for a long time. In 2001 he took over the debt-ridden airline Air Asia at a symbolic price and turned it into a profit. Among other things, he was the majority owner of the Queens Park Rangers football club and the founder of the Carterham Formula 1 team. In 2011 he was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire by the Queen.