American Airlines Group (American) has named Devon May as Chief Financial Officer following a long-planned succession process. May, who is currently the airline’s Senior Vice-President of Finance and Investor Relations, will assume the CFO role effective January 1, 2023. He will report to American’s CEO Robert Isom.
American’s current CFO Derek Kerr will remain at the airline as Vice Chair, President of American Eagle and Strategic Advisor. He will continue to lead American’s Regional and Cargo teams and serve as a strategic advisor to the company.
May, who joined America West in 2002, has more than 20 years of airline industry experience across finance, operations, network planning and alliances. In his current role, he leads the airline’s financial planning and analysis, corporate development and investor relations work. He previously served as Senior Vice-President of Finance and American Eagle and Senior Vice-President of Network Strategy, where he led American’s regional operations as well as its network planning and alliances work.
