Delta lands former GE executive as its new CFO

Delta’s new CFO Dan Janki previously worked at General Electric for nearly three decades.

Delta Air Lines named longtime General Electric executive Dan Janki as its new CFO Friday as the carrier seeks to stem losses after the COVID-19 pandemic decimated travel demand.

The airline’s former CFO, Paul Jacobson, left the Atlanta-based airline last year and was appointed CFO of General Motors in October. Gary Chase and Bill Carroll served as interim co-CFOs at Delta prior to Friday’s announcement.

Janki, 53, joined General Electric in 1992 and was most recently a senior vice president and CEO of GE’s power unit. He is set to start at Delta on July 12 and receive an annual base pay of $650,000 along with a cash signing bonus of $1.5 million, Delta said in a filing.