Peter F. Hartman (born 1949 in
Curaçao
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Curaçao includ ...
) is a
Dutch executive and vice-chairman of
Air France-KLM. He was CEO of
KLM until 2013.
After graduating from high school in 1967, Hartman studied
mechanical engineering
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in
Amsterdam
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, followed by
business economics
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at
Erasmus University
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in
Rotterdam
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, where he received his master's degree. Hartman joined KLM on 29 October 1973 as an employment analyst for the controller’s department at Engineering & Maintenance (E&M). In the years that followed he held various positions as controller in the Netherlands and abroad.
In 1984, Hartman was appointed managing director technical contract services and in 1987 he was appointed project manager, Schiphol 2000.
On 1 January 1989 he became vice-president KLM ground services,
Schiphol. In this capacity he was responsible for all handling processes at Schiphol and at all outstations in KLM's route network.
Hartman became senior vice president customer services on 1 October 1990, and in April 1994 he was appointed executive vice president personnel and organization.
On 1 January 1996 Hartman took up the post of executive vice president E&M, followed by his appointment on 6 August 1997 to the KLM
board of managing directors as
COO and later as deputy
CEO
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CEOs find roles in variou ...
. Hartman was appointed KLM president and CEO on 1 April 2007.
Hartman is also a member of the following bodies:
*The supervisory board of
Kenya Airways
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Group
*The supervisory board of
Stork B.V.
*The supervisory board of CAI –
Compagnia Aerea Italiana S.p.A. (
Alitalia
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)
*The supervisory board of the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University
*The supervisory board of
Delta Lloyd Group
*Vice chairman
ACARE advisory council for aeronautics research in Europe (workgroup
European Commission
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)
Hartman is a former member of the following bodies:
*Chairman of the
IATA
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Board of Governors
*The supervisory board of
transavia.com
*The supervisory board of
RAI Amsterdam
*Chairman of the
Association of European Airlines
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hartman, Peter
Living people
Dutch chief executives in the airline industry
Air France–KLM
1949 births
Chief operating officers