Brazil’s TAM Names Three New Vice Presidents

TAM has named three new vice presidents. Ricardo Froes comes to the company as the new vice president of finance, management and IT, reporting to the president, Libano Barroso, who has been fulfilling this role on an interim basis since he assumed the presidency in October 2009. Before coming to TAM, Froes was the financial director of Solvi Participacoes, and was responsible for the Treasury, Project Financing, Insurance, Planning and Legal-Strategic areas.

TAM created a new position, vice presidency of supply and contracts. Jose Zaidan Maluf, who joined TAM in 1995 and since 2000 has been the director of International Contracts, assumes this office.

In February TAM reestablished the vice presidency of knowledge management and human resources, aligned with the company’s focus on the principles of spirit of serving and passion for aviation. Claudio Costa, with 20 years of experience in human resources, was hired as the VP in this department.