Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> April 19, 2004

GEORGE MURNANE III – MESA AIR GROUP INC (MESA)

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 Air

Group, Inc., and a picture of the things you are doing at the present

time.

Mr. Murnane: The company was founded a little