The Supervisory Board of the world market leader in inflight entertainment has thus been enhanced by two experienced managers and renowned experts in the media, airline, transport and travel sectors.
Mr. Edward L. Shapiro, MBA (Master of Business Administration) and CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst), is Vice President of PAR Capital Management Inc., Boston, USA, and has been a Portfolio Manager specializing in media, entertainment and the airline industries since 1997. Mr. Shapiro currently serves on the Board of Directors of Lodgenet Interactive (NASDAQ: LNET); Row 44, Inc.; Legend 3D Inc.; and Lumexis Corporation. Mr. Shapiro previously served on the Board of US Airways Inc. (NYSE: LCC) and Web.com (NASDAQ: WWWW). Prior to joining PAR Capital, Mr. Shapiro was a research analyst and Vice President of Wellington Management Company LLP in Boston from 1990 to 1997. Mr. Shapiro earned his MBA from the Anderson School of Business at UCLA and his BS in Economics from the Wharton School at theUniversity of Pennsylvania.For more information, please contact: Advanced Inflight Alliance AG
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Mr. Jean-Yves Leblanc, MBA (Master of Business Administration), has been a Director of a number of international companies since 2004. Mr. Leblanc has served on the Board of Kéolis SA, Paris, France, a large private operator of public transportation systems worldwide with more than 40,000 employees since 2007, and on the Board of Transat AT, Montréal, Canada, one of the largest travel tour operators in the world since 2008. From 2001 to 2004, Mr. Leblanc was the Chairman of the Board of Bombardier Transportation (30,000 employees in 25 countries, with a major presence in Germany), and from
1986 to 2001, he served as Bombardier’s President and Chief OperatingOfficer (COO). Before that, Mr. Leblanc was executive director of two large companies in Québec, Canada.Says the new CEO/Chairman of the Executive Management Board, Louis Bélanger-Martin: “I am extremely pleased that we were able to recruit both Mr. Shapiro in his capacity as representative of our new anchor investor, PAR Investment Partners L.P., and Mr. Leblanc for the Supervisory Board. Both gentlemen have extensive industry-specific expertise and enormous management experience, and they will lend valuable support to the Company in achieving its ambitious goals.”Advanced Inflight Alliance AGThe Management BoardFor more information, please contact: Advanced Inflight Alliance AG
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