The national carrier has announced a number of promotions and new roles in advance of chief financial officer Vanessa Hudson assuming leadership in November, replacing retiring CEO Alan Joyce.
Current Qantas strategy, people and technology group executive Rob Marcolina will step into Ms Hudson's current role and also assume responsibility for strategy and transformation.
Chief customer officer Markus Svensson will take on the position of CEO of Qantas Domestic, following the retirement of Andrew David in September.
Qantas executive Catriona Larritt will assume the role of chief customer and digital officer, and will also assume responsibility for technology.
Current safety executive Andrew Monaghan will assume a new role as chief risk officer, managing risk for the group as a whole.
Qantas has also created a new role of "chief people officer" to combine the functions of human resources and industrial relations, which are currently split, and will begin an executive search for a suitable candidate.
It is also searching for a new CEO of QantasLink to replace John Gissing, who will retire in November after nearly 25 years in a variety of roles with the airline.Â
"We have a deep bench of experience at Qantas, which means we're able to recruit internally for many senior roles when they do come up, and that makes transition a lot smoother," Ms Hudson said in a statement on Wednesday.
She said the structural changes reflected Qantas' shift in focus from recovery and growth, with plans to add another 8,500 new jobs in Australia within the next decade and additional training demands as it takes delivery of new aircraft.
Ms Hudson also flagged investment in digital resources to improve the customer experience by putting real-time information in passengers' hands via the Qantas website and app.
All of the new people in the roles will report to Ms Hudson and be part of the group's management committee, which will expand by one to 13 people.
At 11.08 am AEST, Qantas shares were up 2.6 per cent to $6.155.
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