Nikhil Ravishankar became Chief Executive of Air New Zealand in October 2025. Since joining the airline in 2021 as Chief Digital Officer, Nikhil has overseen the airline's COVID restart programme, major advances in the airline's technology backbone, loyalty programme and customer platforms, driving greater innovation and resilience through a period of significant industry disruption and change.

Prior to Air New Zealand, Nikhil was Chief Digital Officer at Vector Limited, where he led the company's digital and information technology transformation and co-led Vector's smart metering business. Earlier in his career he spent six years with global professional services company, Accenture, across Hong Kong, Australia, and in New Zealand as Managing Director. Nikhil has also held senior technology and transformation roles at Spark New Zealand.

Nikhil holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) from the University of Auckland. He is an advisory board member for the University's Centre of Digital Enterprise (CODE) and has previously served on the boards of New Zealand Asian Leaders, Foundation Ventures, and The Auckland Blues Foundation, as well as the AUT AUTEUR Influencer Network.