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Qantas

Geoff Dixon was appointed Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Qantas in March 2001. He was Chief Executive Designate from November 2000, after serving as Deputy CEO since November 1998. He was appointed to the Board of Directors in August 2000. Dixon is a Member of the Qantas Safety, Environment & Security Committee and a Director of a number of controlled entities of the Qantas Group.

Geoff Dixon's tenure as CEO of Qantas coincided in a period when the aviation industry has been under pressure to remain competitive, with rising fuel and insurance costs. He has controversially outsourced a range of business activities to off-shore areas, including in-flight and IT services. He also established the low-cost carrier Jetstar to compete with rival carrier Virgin Blue. Information and communication technology spending in 2005 Information technology (IT), as defined by the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA), is the study, design, development, implementation, support or management of computer-based information systems, particularly software applications and computer hardware. ... For the aircraft, see Lockheed JetStar. ... Virgin Blue is an Australian low-cost airline and Australias second-biggest airline. ...

Current Directorships

Geoff Dixon is a director of the following companies:

• Publishing and Broadcasting Limited
• Air Pacific Limited

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Former appointments

Mr Dixon is a former director of Leighton Holdings Limited and before joining Qantas, Mr Dixon was Director of Marketing and Industry Sales at Ansett Australia and General Manager of Marketing and Corporate Affairs at Australian Airlines. “Ansett” redirects here. ... Australian Airlines was a full-service airline based in Australia, servicing Australian and Asian destinations between 2001 and 2006. ...

References

• Qantas Board

Controversy

After the failed Qantas takeover bid in December 2006, and on the back of growing concern of Qantas' future due to the A380 debacle, an independent review of the board of directors by the shareholder's representative group found irregularities and serious shortcomings in the current leadership. The outcome was a vote of no confidence in Mr. Dixon's continuing leadership; as well as that of Peter Gregg (CFO) and John Borghetti (GM) and a recommendation to call a new board election. This is expected to occur towards the end of the year. The Airbus A380 manufactured by Airbus S.A.S. is a double-decker, four engined airliner capable of flying 800 passengers in a high density format or 555 passengers in a typical three-class configuration. ...

News

He featured as the cover story on the Australian Financial Review magazine on Friday 30 March 2007. The Australian Financial Review is the leading business newspaper in Australia. ...

External links

• Flying hazards - Geoff Dixon interview (CEO Forum Group)