ATLANTA — The corporate leadership team of the merged Delta and Northwest airlines under Delta chief executive Richard Anderson will include executives from Northwest and Delta once the proposed deal closes.
As previously announced, Anderson will continue as chief executive of the combined company.
With the merger, NWA Inc. will become an operating subsidiary of Delta.
Ed Bastian, currently president and chief financial officer of Atlanta-based Delta, will keep those positions and also serve as chief executive and president of Northwest, Delta said Tuesday.
Eagan, Minn.-based Northwest's chief executive, Doug Steenland, as previously announced, will leave his position but will sit on the combined company's board of directors.
Northwest's senior vice president of human resources and labor relations, Mike Becker, will become executive vice president and chief operating officer of Northwest.
Mike Campbell, Steve Gorman and Glen Hauenstein from Delta will become executive vice presidents for the combined company. Campbell will serve as executive vice president of human resources, labor and communications. Gorman will be executive vice president of operations and Hauenstein will be executive vice president of revenue and network.
Ben Hirst, Laura Liu and Theresa Wise from Northwest will become senior vice presidents of the combined company. Hirst will be general counsel, while Liu will be senior vice president of international and Wise will be chief information officer.
About 60 leaders from the two companies have been named, "but for competitive reasons we didn't disclose anything beyond the top nine," said Northwest spokeswoman Tammy Lee.
A smaller officer team will be based in Minnesota through the transition to a single operating certificate. "There will be a period of 12 to 24 months when we will still be operating two separate airlines," Lee said. The two carriers will phase in a move to a common brand.
The broader combined officer team for the new Delta will be based in Atlanta.
The company plans to name all managing directors, directors and general managers of the combined carrier by the end of October, Lee said.
"If there are departures as the transition continues, those would be announced at that time," Landers said. Delta has said it expects the combined company to have about 75,000 employees.
The deal is expected to close by the end of the year, pending approval by regulators and shareholders.
Kelly Yamanouchi writes for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. E-mail: kyamanouchi AT ajc.com.