Regional carrier, LIAT, Wednesday confirmed that Chief Executive Officer David Evans has resigned. In a statement, LIAT said the Board of Directors accepted Evans’ resignation Wednesday. The Director of Finance and ICT Julie Reifer-Jones, has been appointed to act as CEO. The Board of directors thanked Evans for his service and wished him success in his future endeavours. Evans, who joined the airline in 2014, on Monday tendered his resignation, following what informed sources said was a “stormy board of directors meeting" in Barbados last Thursday. Evans assumed the chief executive responsibilities from Reifer-Jones, who had been acting CEO since the resignation of Captain Ian Brunton in September 2013. The airline is headquartered in St John’s, Antigua, and is majority-owned by 11 Caribbean governments, the largest shareholders being the governments of Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda and St Vincent and the Grenadines. LIAT has been under enormous financial pressure due to unsustainable losses and expenses and Evans, a former British Airways executive, was appointed in the apparent hope that he could turn the financially troubled airline around. However, neither LIAT’s poor reputation with both locals and visitors to and from the Caribbean nor its finances have improved. Meanwhile, on Monday LIAT’s service to Grenada was disrupted due to the unavailability of aircraft. The disruption affected some passengers, who were accommodated on a later flight that day. Sources: ja observer & caribbean news now