Donald J. Carty

Donald J. Carty

Donald J. Carty has been a member of the board since December 1992. He served as the Dell vice chairman and chief financial officer from January 2007 until June 2008. 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 of airline planning. Before joining American, Mr. Carty spent 7 years in various management positions with Celanese Canada, Ltd., Air Canada and the Canadian Pacific Railway.

Mr. Carty is a recipient of an Honorary Doctor of Laws from Queen’s University. In addition to serving on the Dell Board of Directors, Mr. Carty is also a director of Barrack Gold Corp., Hawaiian Holdings and CHC Helicopter Corp. He also serves as chairman of the board of Virgin America Airlines and Porter Airlines of Canada.

In September of 2002, Mr. 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.