CV English Fernando Abs da Cruz Souza Pinto

CV English Fernando Abs da Cruz Souza Pinto

MAIN CURRICULAR INFORMATION AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT
Fernando Abs da Cruz Souza Pinto
Nationality: Portuguese and Brazilian | Date of birth: June 1949
Appointed Member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Executive Committee of TAP, SGPS, S.A.
and Member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Executive Committee of TAP, S.A. for the period
2015-17, as well as Member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Executive Committee of
Portugália–Companhia Portuguesa de Transportes Aéreos, S.A. (a company of the TAP Group), in
November 2015 and Chairman of the Board of Directors in the following companies of the TAP Group:
MEGASIS–Sociedade de Serviços e Engenharia Informática, S.A.; U.C.S.–Cuidados Integrados de Saúde,
S.A. and TAPGER–Sociedade de Gestão e Serviços, S.A..
Management skills in the following areas: Within the TAP Group: Chief Executive Officer (CEO); Air
Transport Business Unit (Airport Services; Operational Control; Flight Operations; Safety Manager;
Compliance Monitoring Management; Optimisation and Performance/Continuous Improvement);
Maintenance and Engineering Business Unit; TAP Services Business Unit (Human Resources; Labour
Relations; Internal Audit; Legal Department; Logistics; Administration and Management of Physical
Resources; Planning/Business Portfolio and Performance); Portugália–Companhia Portuguesa de
Transportes Aéreos, S.A.; MEGASIS–Sociedade de Serviços e Engenharia Informática, S.A.; U.C.S.–
Cuidados Integrados de Saúde, S.A.; TAP–Maintenance and Engineering Brazil, S.A. and SPdH–Serviços
Portugueses de Handling, S.A..
Professional activity: Chairman of the Executive Board of Directors of TAP, SGPS, S.A. and of TAP, S.A.
(December 2006‒November 2015), also carrying out duties as Chairman of Board of Directors of the
following companies of the TAP Group: MEGASIS–Sociedade de Serviços e Engenharia Informática, S.A.
and U.C.S.–Cuidados Integrados de Saúde, S.A. (since 3 December 2014), Portugália–Companhia
Portuguesa de Transportes Aéreos, S.A. (July 2007‒November 2015), TAPGER–Sociedade de Gestão e
Serviços, S.A. (since 2005); Executive Chairman/CEO, at TAP (October 2000‒December 2006) | Chairman
of the Board of IATA (June 2007‒June 2008) ) | Chairman of AEA–Association of European Airlines (2005)
| President of VARIG, S.A. (Viação Aérea Rio-Grandense) (1996-2000) | President (1992-96) and Technical
Manager (1988-92) of RIO-SUL, Serviços Aéreos Regionais | Head of the Workshops and Maintenance
Sub-department (1982-88); In-house engineer at Airbus Industries (Toulouse-France) (1981-82); Head of
Motors Division (1976-81); Coordinating engineer of the Motors Test-Bench, responsible for coordinating
the various phases of the project and the construction of a turbine test system in the industrial area of the
International Airport of Rio de Janeiro (1973-76); Engineering trainee (Wheels and Brakes Workshop) (197273) at VARIG S.A. (Viação Aérea Rio-Grandense).
Other Activities: Private Pilot | Glider Pilot | Sports Pilot of Ultra-light Aircraft.
| Holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. As his final
year graduation project he presented a prototype of the first hovercraft manufactured in Brazil, with
technology introduced from England, following several internships in British manufacturing plants (Isle of
Wight) | Machines and Motors Technical Course (Escola Técnica Federal do Rio de Janeiro) | Postgraduation Course in Management (Fundação Getúlio Vargas – Rio de Janeiro) | Several Technical Courses
in the Aeronautics area | Languages: English and French.