Geoff Dixon was appointed Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Qantas in March 2001. He was Chief Executive Designate from November 2000, after serving as Deputy Chief Executive Officer since November 1998. He was appointed to the Qantas Board in August 2000.
Mr Dixon is a Member of the Safety, Environment & Security Committee, Chairman of a number of controlled entities of the Qantas Group and a Director of a number of Qantas’ associated companies, including Star Track Express Holdings Pty Limited and the Singapore-based low cost carrier.
Mr Dixon is also a Director of Leighton Holdings Limited and Air Pacific Limited.
Mr Dixon joined Qantas in 1994 and has had responsibility in the airline for all commercial activities, including worldwide sales and marketing, network development, revenue management, fleet planning, cabin crew, customer service, product development and airline alliances.
Before joining Qantas, Mr Dixon was Director of Marketing and Industry Sales at Ansett Australia and General Manager of Marketing and Corporate Affairs at Australian Airlines. In both positions he was responsible for a wide range of commercial and customer service activities.
Prior to his career in the airline industry, Mr Dixon worked for an arm of the Australian Government Overseas Service (the Australian Information Service) in Australia and on posting for nine years to the Australian Missions in The Hague, New York and San Francisco. He has also worked in the Mining and Media Industries.
Mr Dixon is on the Governing Board of IATA and is a Member of the International Marketing Institute of Australia.