Currently serving as chairman of Swire Pacific, John Swire & Sons (H.K.) and Swire Properties, Bradley will expand his leadership portfolio to encompass the conglomerate’s airline and bottling operations, according to a Swire Pacific announcement on Tuesday.
Healy, 59, will step down as executive director of Swire Pacific, chairman of both Cathay Pacific and Swire Coca-Cola, and director of John Swire & Sons effective on May 13, which would coincide with the airline’s annual general meeting.
The group, known in Chinese as Taikoo, is controlled by the Swire family, a British family whose businesses were founded by John Swire in Liverpool in 1816 and then expanded into China in the 19th century under his son, John Samuel Swire.
The conglomerate’s Asian operations are based in Hong Kong through Swire Pacific. Hong Kong-listed Swire Pacific acquired Cathay Pacific in 1948 and remains the largest shareholder with a 45 per cent stake.
