Air Mauritius has announced the appointment of Arjoon Suddhoo as a new board member and as its new chairman. Dr. Suddhoo worked for Rolls-Royce Aerospace in UK for eight years. In 1993, Dr. Suddhoo returned to Mauritius to be employed as Head of Research and Planning by the Tertiary Education Commission and subsequently, in 1998, he became Executive Director of the Mauritius Research Council, a position he still occupies.

Dr. Suddhoo was Chairman of Air Mauritius during the period 2001 to 2005 and is currently the President of the Aeronautical Society of Mauritius.