| CHICAGO, April 24, 2009 – UAL Corporation (NASDAQ: UAUA), the holding company whose primary subsidiary is United Airlines, today announced that R. Douglas (Doug) Rose has been named vice president-Human Resources, Total Rewards. In this position, Rose will oversee the strategy, design and administration of all United's health, welfare and retirement benefit programs for all employees, as well as the company’s incentive plans. He will also be responsible for managing the development and implementation of compensation programs for salaried and management employees, as well as work/life programs designed to create a more high-performance culture.
“We believe there should be a strong link between individual performance and compensation, and Doug brings to United significant experience in creating programs that drive high performance and incent employees for achieving goals,” said Marc L. Ugol, senior vice president-Human Resources. “A leader in developing compensation and benefits strategy, Doug will build on our current efforts and introduce new programs in the areas of market-competitive pay for performance and creative reward concepts.”
Lynn Hughitt, vice president-Human Resources, Airline Operations, will continue in that capacity, having also served as acting vice president-Total Rewards since September 2008. She will continue to report to Ugol.
Rose joins United from Capital One Financial Corporation, where he most recently served as senior vice president of Human Resources. Responsible for the global compensation and benefits function of this Fortune 200 diversified financial services company, during his tenure at Capital One he also created its market-leading health plan, led the company’s performance management and career development processes and developed a number of self-service technologies and tools related to compensation and benefits.
Prior to Capital One, Rose served as a senior consultant and practice leader with Hewitt Associates, a leading Human Resources consulting firm with a number of Fortune 500 clients. During his six years with Hewitt, he led segments of the organization’s consulting practice in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area marketplace, consulting with a number of organizations on executive and broad-based total compensation strategies.
Rose has also worked with The Hay Group, a compensation consulting firm in New Jersey, as well as with International Business Machines (IBM) Corporation, where he held several Human Resources leadership positions.
Rose holds a bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of Pennsylvania and a master’s of business administration from the University of Michigan.
He will assume his role with United on May 4 and will report to Ugol. He will be based at United’s headquarters in downtown Chicago.
About United
United Airlines (NASDAQ: UAUA) operates over 3,100* flights a day on United and United Express to more than 200 U.S. domestic and international destinations from its hubs in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Denver, Chicago and Washington, D.C. With key global air rights in the Asia-Pacific region, Europe and Latin America, United is one of the largest international carriers based in the United States. United also is a founding member of Star Alliance, which provides connections for our customers to 912 destinations in 159 countries worldwide. United's 48,500 employees reside in every U.S. state and in many countries around the world. News releases and other information about United can be found at the company's Web site at united.com.
*Based on United's forward-looking flight schedule for April 1, 2009 to April 1, 2010.
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