Donald J. Carty is a businessperson who has been the head of 11 different companies and holds the position of Chairman for Porter Aviation Holdings, Inc. and Chairman of Sabre, Inc.

He is also on the board of 10 other companies.

In the past he was President & Chief Executive Officer of Canadian Pacific Airlines, Principal at Air Canada and President & Chief Executive Officer for CP Air (a subsidiary of Air Canada), Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of American Airlines, Inc., Director at Virgin America, Inc., Chairman of Porter Airlines, Inc., Chairman & Chief Executive Officer for AMR Corp., Chairman of Research Now Group, Inc., President for AMR Airline Services Corp, Independent Director at Dell, Inc., Principal at Canadian Pacific Railway Co. and Principal at Celanese Canada ULC.

Donald J. Carty received an undergraduate degree from Queen's University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.