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John C. Pope is a member of the Kraft Foods Board of Directors and is Chairman of PFI Group, LLC, a financial management firm that invests primarily in venture capital opportunities.
From December 1995 to November 1999, Pope was Chairman of the Board of MotivePower Industries, Inc., a NYSE-listed manufacturer and remanufacturer of locomotives and locomotive components. In November 1999, MotivePower merged with Westinghouse Air Brake to form Wabtec (WAB), one of the world's largest public suppliers to the railroad industry.
Prior to joining MotivePower Industries, Pope was President and Chief Operating Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of United Airlines and UAL Corporation, until employees purchased it in 1994. He joined United Airlines and UAL Corporation in 1988 as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and a member of the Board, and held a number of senior management positions during his tenure there.
Previous to United, Pope served as Senior Vice President of Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer for American Airlines and its parent, AMR Corporation, which he joined in 1977. Before joining the airline industry, he worked for General Motors Corporation.
Pope holds a master's degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration and a bachelor's degree in engineering and applied science from Yale University.
Pope currently serves on the boards of Air Canada (AC), CNF Inc. (CNF), Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group (DTG), Federal-Mogul Corporation (FMO), Per-Se Technologies, Inc. (PSTI), R.R. Donnelley and Sons Co. (RRD) and Waste Management, Inc. (WMI), as well as on the board of the John G. Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, where he is also Chairman of the Finance and Investment Committees. | 