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FORT WORTH, Texas, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- AMR Corporation(NYSE:AMR) (NYSE: AMR), the parent company of American Airlines, announced today that Jeffrey C. Campbell, its senior vice president-Finance and chief financial officer, will be leaving the company to assume a similar position with McKesson Corporation(NYSE:MCK) , a San Francisco-based healthcare services and information technology company. Campbell has agreed to work with American during a transition period.
Gerard Arpey, AMR's president and CEO, said the company will name a successor to Campbell as quickly as possible.
"Jeff Campbell is an executive of extraordinary talent and ability," Arpey said. "He played a vital role in guiding us through our recent financial challenges and was deeply engaged with the rest of our leadership team in the process of building a solid financial foundation for AMR -- the fourth tenet of our Turnaround Plan. It is always disappointing to lose an executive of Jeff's exceptional qualities, but we draw encouragement from the fact that AMR continues to have one of the most capable management teams in the industry.
"We wish Jeff every success in his new position," Arpey said. "Our priority now is to select a new leader for the finance organization who can build on the momentum Jeff helped us create."
Campbell became AMR's chief financial officer in June 2002 after serving for nearly three years as American's vice president-Europe, based in London. Before that he was vice president-Corporate Development and Treasurer. He joined American in 1990.
Gerard Arpey, AMR's president and CEO, said the company will name a successor to Campbell as quickly as possible.
"Jeff Campbell is an executive of extraordinary talent and ability," Arpey said. "He played a vital role in guiding us through our recent financial challenges and was deeply engaged with the rest of our leadership team in the process of building a solid financial foundation for AMR -- the fourth tenet of our Turnaround Plan. It is always disappointing to lose an executive of Jeff's exceptional qualities, but we draw encouragement from the fact that AMR continues to have one of the most capable management teams in the industry.
"We wish Jeff every success in his new position," Arpey said. "Our priority now is to select a new leader for the finance organization who can build on the momentum Jeff helped us create."
Campbell became AMR's chief financial officer in June 2002 after serving for nearly three years as American's vice president-Europe, based in London. Before that he was vice president-Corporate Development and Treasurer. He joined American in 1990.