Finance & Accounting

 

PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION

Former Chief Financial Officer, American Airlines and AMR Corporation, a global airline, Fort Worth, TX (2010-2013) 

 

PRIOR BUSINESS EXPERIENCE

Senior Vice President, Customer Relationship Marketing, American Airlines and AMR Corporation (2006-2010)

Vice President, American Airlines (1998-2006)

President, AMR Services (1996-1998)

Previously served in various management positions at American Airlines (1986-1996)

Chemical Engineer, Dupont (1983-1985)

 

PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION

Chairman and CEO, Garden Investments

 

PRIOR BUSINESS EXPERIENCE

Chief Investment Officer and Founding Partner, Trian Fund Management, an investment management firm (2005-2023)

Vice Chairman and Director, Triarc Companies (subsequently The Wendy’s Company and previously Wendy’s/Arby’s Group) (2004-2007) and Executive Vice President (2003-2004)

Managing Director, Credit Suisse First Boston (1999-2003)

Managing Director, BT Alex Brown (1994-1999)

 

CURRENT PUBLIC COMPANY BOARDS

PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION

Chairman and CEO, AccorHotels, a global hotel company, Paris, France (since 2013)

 

PRIOR BUSINESS EXPERIENCE

CEO, Europe Colony Capital, a private investment firm (1997-2013) 

Group Managing Director, CEO and General Manager, Immobilière Hôtelière (1992-1997)

Began Career in 1985 in U.S. finance sector, becoming Vice President, M&A,  PaineWebber 

 

CURRENT PUBLIC COMPANY BOARDS

General Electric

AccorHotels, including Accor Acquisition Company

 

PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION

Former Chief Financial Officer, HP, a global technology company, and its predecessor, Hewlett-Packard, Palo Alto, CA (2007-2018)

 

PRIOR BUSINESS EXPERIENCE

Interim Chief Operating Officer, HP (2018-2019)

Senior Vice President and Treasurer, HP (2003-2007)

Interim CEO, Hewlett Packard (2010)

PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION

President and Chief Executive Officer, PreferWest LLC, a business advisory firm, Seattle, WA (since 2009)

 

PRIOR BUSINESS EXPERIENCE

Vice Chairman and Chief Restructuring Officer, American International Group (2008-2009) 

Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Safeco Insurance Company of America (2005-2008) 

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, AGL Resources (1998-2005)

Chief Executive Officer, Duke Energy Power Services, Duke Energy (1995-1998) 

PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION:

Chairman and CEO, GE, Boston, MA (since 2018)

CEO, GE Aerospace, Evendale, OH (since 2022)

 

PRIOR BUSINESS EXPERIENCE

Senior Lecturer, Harvard Business School (2015-2018)

Senior Advisor, Bain Capital Private Equity, a global private equity firm (2017-2018)

PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION

Partner, Global Infrastructure Partners, an infrastructure investment fund, New York, NY (since 2019)

 

PRIOR BUSINESS EXPERIENCE

Senior Advisor, Industrials and Business Services Group, Warburg Pincus LLC, a private equity firm focused on growth investing, New York, NY (2015-2019) 

Chairman, American Airlines Group, one of the largest global airlines (formed following the merger of AMR Corp and US Airways) (2013–2014)

Chairman and CEO, American Airlines (2011–2014)