American Airlines Group Inc announced today that Howard Ungerleider, 55, has been elected to its board of directors. Ungerleider will serve on both the Audit Committee and the Compensation Committee.

“We are very pleased to welcome Howard to American’s board of directors,” said American’s Chairman Greg Smith. “Howard is an accomplished executive who has held key commercial, financial and operational roles over three decades at Dow. His financial expertise and global business and leadership experience will make him a valuable member of our board.”

“Howard is a fantastic addition to the American Airlines board,” said American’s CEO Robert Isom. “His business acumen and extensive experience leading a complex, multinational organization will be important assets to American and our board.”

Howard Ungerleider currently serves as an operating advisor to Clayton, Dubilier & Rice. He previously held the positions of President and CFO at Dow Inc., where he was part of the senior executive committee responsible for setting the company’s strategic direction, establishing corporate policies, and overseeing governance and enterprise-level decisions. Ungerleider retired from Dow in January 2024 after more than 30 years with the company.

Ungerleider joined the Dow Chemical Company in 1990 and held various senior leadership roles throughout his career, including Executive Vice President of Dow’s Advanced Materials Division, President of the Performance Plastics Division, Vice President of Investor Relations, and North American Commercial Vice President for Basic Plastics. He was appointed CFO in 2014, Vice Chairman in 2015, and President in 2018. From 2017 to 2019, he served as CFO of DowDuPont, an $86 billion holding company consisting of Dow Chemical Company and DuPont.

Ungerleider is a board member of Kyndryl Holdings, Inc. He earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas at Austin and an MBA from the University of California, Los Angeles.

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