ViaSat appoints Gary Chase as CFO

Viasat appointed Gary Chase as CFO, effective September 16. He will succeed Shawn Duffy, who will remain with Viasat in the role of Chief Accounting Officer. Chase joins Viasat from Delta Air Lines, where he most recently served as Senior Vice President of Operational Finance and was a member of the Delta Leadership Committee, a group of top executives reporting directly to the CEO. During his more than 12-year tenure at Delta Air Lines, Chase oversaw a number of important financial functions, including Financial Planning & Analysis, Investor Relations, and Corporate Planning, as well as Operational Finance. Chase also served as Delta’s Chief Strategy Officer. Prior to joining Delta, Chase was an Institutional Investor ranked analyst and Managing Director in equity research at Barclays Capital and Lehman Brothers in New York, having followed the airline and transportation industries for 12 years.