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Tom Doxey

Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

Southwest Airlines

Tom Doxey is an experienced aviation executive with a proven track record of leadership across airline operations, finance, and strategic transformation.

At Southwest, Tom leads all aspects of the Company's finance organization, including accounting, tax, financial reporting, financial planning and analysis, and investor relations. He also oversees corporate strategy, fleet management and the treasury. Tom also closely monitors spend management and supply chain - leading Southwest's cost initiatives in its transformational plan.

Prior to Southwest, he served as President of Breeze Airways, where he led the airline through a successful transformation from a startup to profitability in under two years. Under his leadership, Breeze developed a strong guest-focused brand, launched a loyalty program and co-branded credit card, optimized its fleet and network, and became the largest NCAA basketball charter operator in the country.

Tom also held several leadership roles at United Airlines, including Senior Vice President of Technical Operations and CFO of Operations. At United, he oversaw global maintenance, supply chain, and engineering teams, managing a $5 billion budget and leading strategic initiatives, including a complex aircraft storage program during the global pandemic. He also led United’s fleet transactions and planning teams and had financial oversight for United’s $18 billion operations budget.

Tom’s aviation career began in financial planning and fleet management roles at Allegiant Air and US Airways, where he gained deep expertise in aircraft transactions, cost optimization, and corporate finance.

Tom holds a Master of Business Administration from Arizona State University and a Bachelor of Arts in Public Relations from Brigham Young University. He serves on the Advisory Board for BYU’s Marriott School of Business and is a board member of the Aviation Maintenance Council. A former collegiate baseball player, he was recognized as an Academic All-Conference athlete. Fluent in Spanish, Tom has done volunteer work in Barcelona, Spain.