Gatwick Airport appoints Jim Butler as Chief Financial Officer

Published on : Wednesday, August 18, 2021

Jim Butler has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer at Gatwick Airport. He will join the board and leadership team at Gatwick, effective next month. His recently serves as the Senior Vice President – Airport Operations and Cargo for American Airlines.

In his last role, he led airport operations and had oversight of strategic initiatives across American’s global network throughout the United States, Latin America, the Caribbean, Europe and the Pacific. Since joining American Airlines in 1996, he worked in several departments and developed an extensive background in sales, marketing, pricing, operations and finance.

Butler comes with more than 20 years of experience in the airline industry and previously served as President of American Airlines Cargo for four years. Prior to the role, Butler was Managing Director of Commercial Planning and Performance, where he was responsible for mainline and regional fleet planning and played a lead role in American’s restructuring and merger with US Airways.

He was also a member of the IATA Cargo Committee and the A4A Cargo Executive Council and has served as a member of the Board of Directors for the UK Board of Airline Representatives.