Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland, April 2026 — Jacqui Synnott has taken on a new role as Chief People Officer at ASL Airlines, marking an important milestone in her people leadership journey. Her appointment reflects strong experience across human resources, people and culture, service delivery, and corporate services built over many years across aviation, housing, logistics, and infrastructure-linked organizations.
Before stepping into this role, Jacqui Synnott served at ASL Airlines as Deputy Group HR Director. Her progression within the organization from Deputy Group HR Director to Chief People Officer reflects a strong internal leadership journey and highlights the confidence placed in her ability to lead the people agenda at a broader strategic level.
Earlier, she was associated with Respond as Director of People & Culture. Prior to that, she spent more than five years with daa, where she held roles including People & Culture Lead, Senior HR Business Partner Central Functions, IT & North Runway, and Senior HR Business Partner – Security, IT & North Runway. These assignments reflect a strong and progressive journey across HR strategy, culture, employee support, and business partnering.
In the earlier phase of her career, Jacqui Synnott was associated with Aer Lingus as HR Service Delivery Manager, with Clúid Housing as Director of HR & Corporate Services, with Keelings as Group HR Operations Manager and HR Manager, and with Servisair as HR Manager Ireland. Together, her experience across ASL Airlines, Respond, daa, Aer Lingus, Clúid Housing, Keelings, and Servisair reflects a long and accomplished people leadership career.
With deep experience across people strategy, culture, service delivery, HR operations, and corporate support functions, Jacqui Synnott brings a strong and well-rounded profile to her new role. Her appointment as Chief People Officer is expected to support ASL Airlines as it continues to strengthen its people practices across a global aviation services business.
About ASL Airlines
ASL Aviation Holdings is a global aviation services company with eight airlines based in Europe, South Africa, Asia, and Australia. The group is a world leader in ACMI airline operations and in both scheduled and charter cargo and passenger services. Headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, ASL has a global team of 4,000 people from 57 nationalities and operates a fleet of 150 aircraft across multiple aircraft types.
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