Rahul Samant promoted to Delta Air Lines executive vice president

Delta Air Lines has promoted Rahul Samant, Chief Information Officer, to Executive Vice President reporting directly to Delta’s CEO, Ed Bastian effective Jan. 1. Prior to joining Delta, Samant served as AIG’s Chief Digital Officer, responsible for internal- and external-facing web, mobile and social assets, and harmonizing efforts across contact centers, social media, the Internet and the company’s intranet. Samant also led AIG’s captive IT unit in Manila and managed the company’s use of vendor resources overseas.