United Airlines appoints R. Douglas Rose as Vice President-Total Rewards

UAL Corporation, the holding company whose primary subsidiary is United Airlines, has appointed R. Douglas (Doug) Rose has vice president-Human Resources, Total Rewards.

In this position, Rose will oversee the strategy, design and administration of all United's health, welfare and retirement benefit programs for all employees, as well as the company’s incentive plans.

He will also be responsible for managing the development and implementation of compensation programs for salaried and management employees, as well as work/life programs designed to create a more high-performance culture.

Lynn Hughitt, vice president-Human Resources, Airline Operations, will continue in that capacity, having also served as acting vice president-Total Rewards since September 2008. She will continue to report to Ugol.

Rose joins United from Capital One Financial Corporation, where he most recently served as senior vice president of Human Resources.

Prior to Capital One, Rose served as a senior consultant and practice leader with Hewitt Associates, a leading Human Resources consulting firm with a number of Fortune 500 clients.

Rose has also worked with The Hay Group, a compensation consulting firm in New Jersey, as well as with International Business Machines (IBM) Corporation, where he held several Human Resources leadership positions.

Rose holds a bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of Pennsylvania and a master’s of business administration from the University of Michigan.

He will assume his role with United on May 4 and will report to Ugol. He will be based at United’s headquarters in downtown Chicago.

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