Auckland Airport has appointed Richard Wilkinson as Chief Digital Officer, an executive team position focused on the management of the airport's technology function and the delivery of digital innovation. Mr. Wilkinson will join Auckland Airport on 14 August, bringing more than twenty years' experience in large, complex, and high-profile digital environments across a range of industries. He has held positions at major New Zealand brands and businesses including New Zealand Rugby, Stuff, Tourism New Zealand, Fonterra, and joins the airport from Farmlands, a farming services co-operative, where he is Pou Apiha Matahiko, Chief Innovation & Digital Officer.