Former NIS boss Michael Gichangi is one of three people Kenya Airways has appointed as directors.
The others are Paul Mwangi and Caroline Armstrong, whose appointments were confirmed during the 41st Annual General Meeting on September 22.
CEO Sebastian Mikosz had earlier announced that he had hired five new executives from Poland, his home country.
Mikosz said the five were from his former employer LOT Polish Airlines and that their appointments were effective September 1.
They are Monika Kietyka-Michna, Edyta Kijewska-Teny, Magdalena Serwach, Marcin Celejewski and Micha Mierciak.
The appointment of Mwangi, Armstrong and Gichangi has been seen as a move to ease tension among the airline's employees who were jittery about the hiring of foreigners.
Some workers saw the move as a purge on individuals hired under the leadership of former CEOs Titus Naikuni and Mbuvi Ngunze under whose watch the airline nosedived to near bankruptcy.
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But the CEO said the five, who will report directly to him, will play a key role in ensuring the airline returns to profitability.
The new appointments are part of the company's restructuring process for a turnaround.
Gichangi resigned as NIS boss in 2014 on personal grounds and was appointed chairperson of the Private Security Regulatory Authority in 2016.
President Uhuru Kenyatta revoked the appointment and replaced him with Amos Ntimama, the son of the late Maa leader and former minister William Ntimama.
Gichangi had been taking the flack for the spate of insecurity that had gripped the country following a series of attacks by al Shabaab militia.
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