Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> April 19, 2004
GEORGE MURNANE III is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer of Mesa Air Group, Inc. He was appointed Executive Vice
President of the company effective December 2001 and Chief Financial
Officer in January 2003. Mr. Murnane served as a Director of the company
from June 1999 until October 2003. Mr. Murnane served as the President
of Barlow Management, Inc., from 1998 until October 2003. From 1996 to
December 2001, Mr. Murnane was a Director and Executive Vice President
of International Airline Support Group, Inc., a leading redistributor of
aftermarket commercial aircraft spare parts and lessor and trader of
commercial aircraft and engines, most recently as its Chief Operating
Officer. From 1995 to 1996, Mr. Murnane served as Executive Vice
President and Chief Operating Officer of Atlas Air, Inc., an air cargo
company. From 1986 to 1996, he was an investment banker with the New
York investment banking firm of Merrill Lynch & Co., most recently as a
Director in the firm's Transportation Group. Mr. Murnane is a graduate
of the University of Pennsylvania and The Wharton School. Profile
TWST: We'd like to begin with a brief historical sketch of Mesa AirGroup, Inc., and a picture of the things you are doing at the present
time.
Mr. Murnane: The company was founded a little