Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> November 23, 2009
Beverly Goulet was named Vice President, Corporate Development, and Treasurer of American Airlines, Inc., in June 2002. She is responsible for American's debt and equity financings, derivatives programs, banking, corporate insurance and risk management, and fleet transactions. She is also responsible for American's corporate development initiatives, including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and strategic investments. Ms. Goulet joined American in 1993 as Associate General Counsel for Corporate Finance. In that capacity, she was involved in American's aircraft and other financing transactions. She was appointed Managing Director, Corporate Development, in March 1999. Recent key accomplishments include more than $5 billion in financings arranged in 2009. Prior accomplishments include the spinoff in March 2000 of The Sabre Group, the acquisition in April 2001 of substantially all of the assets of TWA and several billions of dollars of financings raised earlier in the decade in connection with American's ongoing balance sheet improvement. Profile
TWST: I think it's fair to assume readers are familiar with American Airlines. Please tell us about some of the key events that have taken place throughout the company's history and shaped American to
