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CORRECTION: GOL to Appoint New Chief Financial Officer
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February 3, 2009
SAO PAULO, Brazil, Feb. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes S.A. (NYSE: GOL and Bovespa: GOLL4), Brazil’s low-cost airline, announces
Leonardo Pereira as GOL’s executive vice-president and chief financial officer. Pereira will assume the senior executive position occupied by
Richard Lark until June 2008, when he transitioned his executive responsibilities, and will be responsible for the Finance, Investor Relations, Accounting and Taxes, Financial Planning and Corporate Budget departments. The company scheduled a Board of Directors meeting on February 4, 2009 to vote on Pereira’s nomination.
Prior to joining GOL, Pereira served two years as the Director President of Companhia do Vale do Araguaia, a Brazilian commercial foresting company, and six years as the Director-Executive Finance and Investor Relations of NET Servicos, a leading cable provider in Latin America listed on the Bovespa, NASDAQ and Latibex. He previously served five years as Planning Director at Globopar, a media industry holding company, and 13 years in a number of roles at Citibank Corporate Finance Bank in Brazil, Asia, Latin America and the United States, including leader of the Latin American Aviation team. He is a member of the Corporate Governance Committee of the Sao Paulo chapter of the American Chamber of Commerce and serves on the board of
M. Dias Branco, Bovespa Novo Mercado member and Brazil’s leading food company.
GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes S.A. (NYSE: GOL and Bovespa: GOLL4), Brazil’s low-cost airline, offers nearly 800 daily flights to 49 destinations connecting the most important cities in Brazil and ten major destinations in South America. The Company operates a young, modern fleet of Boeing 737 Next Generation aircraft, the safest and most comfortable aircraft of its class that provides high aircraft utilization and efficiency ratios. The Company’s service is recognized as the best value proposition in the market.
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