Boivin has held several positions in the Canadian airport management sector including Vice-President Operations of Montreal’s two international airports; Facilities Development Director at Montreal Dorval Airport and General Manager at Quebec City Airport.

BAA’s Chief Executive Colin Matthews said: “I am delighted to welcome Normand to Heathrow.  We want the best talent in global aviation working to improve Heathrow for passengers.

Normand’s immediate mission is to accelerate the improvement of Heathrow by developing our security processes,  implementing the recommendations of the Heathrow Winter Resilience Enquiry, and preparing operations for the Olympics and Paralympics in 2012.”