Worldwide Flight Services has appointed Pedro Garcia as its chief information officer.

According to WFS, Garcia is based in Paris and is responsible for developing standardized IT solutions to support the company and its customers around the world.

“I am delighted to welcome Pedro to our executive team,” said Craig Smyth, CEO of WFS. “Technology is going to play an important role in our plans to grow WFS. We want to standardize our applications to optimize our IT investment. We also see technology as a lever to add value to the company as we move to the next level across our ground-handling business. This requires a clear focus on governance and business intelligence to ensure the whole group is heading in the same direction, is fully coordinated and achieving the highest levels of efficiency.”

Garcia was previously vice president of cargo information systems at Swissport. He has also worked in both the industrial and service sectors where he was responsible for finance, processes and IT, according to WFS.