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Donald J. Carty serves as vice chairman and chief financial officer. In his role as chief financial officer Mr. Carty is responsible for all controller functions corporate planning tax treasury operations investor relations corporate development real estate risk management and development of internal audits.
Mr. Carty joined Dell in January 2007. Before joining Dell Mr. Carty retired in 2003 as the chairman and CEO of AMR Corporation and American Airlines. He had served in that position since 1998. Prior to that he served as president of AMR Airline Group and American Airlines. Between 1989 and 1995 Mr. Carty was executive vice president-finance and planning for AMR and American Airlines. Mr. Carty had been American's senior vice president and controller before leaving the airline in March 1985 to become president and CEO of CP Air in Canada. In March of 1987 he returned to American and was elected senior vice president-airline planning. Before joining American Carty spent seven years in various management positions with Celanese Canada Ltd. Air Canada and the Canadian Pacific Railway.
Mr. Carty is a graduate of Queen's University in Kingston Ontario and of the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration. He is a recipient of an Honorary Doctor of Laws from Queen’s University. In addition to serving on Dell’s Board of Directors Mr. Carty is also a director of CHC Helicopter Corp. and Barrick Gold Corporation. He also serves as Chairman of the Board of Virgin America Airlines.
In September of 2002 Carty was appointed by President Bush to the National Infrastructure Advisory Council where he served until the summer of 2005. In January 2003 he was named an officer of The Order of Canada. | 