Geoff Dixon

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Geoff Dixon
Geoff Dixon, CEO of Qantas Airways
Born	1940
Occupation	CEO and Managing Director, Qantas Airways Limited

Geoff Dixon (born in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian corporate executive and current CEO and Managing Director of Qantas.

1 Qantas
2 Current Directorships
3 Former appointments
4 Controversy
5 News
6 References
7 External links

[edit] 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 and 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 Airways to compete with rival carrier Virgin Blue.

[edit] Current Directorships

Geoff Dixon is a director of the following companies:

Publishing and Broadcasting Limited
Air Pacific Limited

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.