Company names Kate Gebo vice president-Corporate Real Estate, Ajay Singh vice
president-Business Management, Information Technology, and Praveen Sharma
managing director-Mileage Plus Finance, Strategy and Information Technology
CHICAGO, Nov. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- UAL Corporation (Nasdaq: UAUA), the
holding company whose primary subsidiary is United Airlines, today named Kate
Gebo vice president of Corporate Real Estate, succeeding Ajay Singh, who was
named vice president of Business Management in Information Technology.
Additionally, the company named Praveen Sharma managing director of Mileage
Plus Finance, Strategy and Information Technology.
With United since 1998, Gebo previously was managing director of Procurement
and has held several leadership positions in both corporate real estate and
strategic sourcing. In her new role, she will oversee all planning,
engineering and construction efforts for United's U.S. domestic and
international airport and off-airport facilities. In addition, she also will
manage lease and landing fee obligations for the company. She will report to
Grace Puma, senior vice president of Strategic Sourcing.
Singh joined United in 1992 and has held numerous leadership positions in
information technology, operations finance and the company's business
transformation organization. In his new role, he will lead all aspects of
financial planning, as well as compliance, vendor management, IT performance
and multi-year plan portfolio management. He will report to Keith Halbert,
Chief Information Officer. Singh succeeds Sharma, who previously served as
managing director of IT Business Management.
"We are continuing to strengthen our leadership team, with employees who bring
breadth and depth of knowledge from within our company and other industries,"
said Pete McDonald, United's Chief Administrative Officer. "Kate brings
extensive experience in corporate real estate, and we look forward to her
leading the organization as we relocate our operations center to the Willis
Tower next year. At the same time, we look forward to Ajay leveraging his
experience in information technology, financial planning, operations strategy
and enterprise-wide business improvement in his new role."
Sharma joined United in 1999 and has held numerous roles in financial analysis
and business management. In his new role, he will be part of the leadership in
Mileage Plus, working to build the company's loyalty business and
capabilities. He will report to Graham Atkinson, president of Mileage Plus.
"I am very pleased to have Praveen join my leadership team as we continue to
navigate the many issues of building true loyalty company accountability and
capability," Atkinson said.
About United
United Airlines (NASDAQ: UAUA) operates over 3,100* flights a day on United
and United Express to more than 200 U.S. domestic and international
destinations from its hubs in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Denver, Chicago and
Washington, D.C. With key global air rights in the Asia-Pacific region,
Europe and Latin America, United is one of the largest international carriers
based in the United States. United also is a founding member of Star
Alliance, which provides connections for our customers to 1,071 destinations
in 171 countries worldwide. United's 48,500 employees reside in every U.S.
state and in many countries around the world. News releases and other
information about United can be found at the company's Web site at united.com.
*Based on United's forward-looking flight schedule for April 1, 2009 to April
1, 2010.
SOURCE United Airlines
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