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Vagn Sørensen
Holte, Denmark

Air Canada Director since November 2006

Vagn Sørensen is a corporate director. He is Chairman of Select Service Partner Ltd., BTX Group A/S and Scandic Hotels AB, and Vice Chairman of TDC A/S, DFDS A/S and ST Global. Mr. Sørensen was President and Chief Executive Officer of Austrian Airlines Group from 2001 to 2006. Mr. Sørensen previously held various senior marketing and management positions with SAS Scandinavian Airlines including Vice-President, European Routes, Vice-President, SAS Airlines International, Senior Vice-President, SAS Business Systems Division and Executive Vice President and Deputy CEO.

Mr. Sørensen has served as Chairman of the Association of European Airlines (AEA), Member of the Board of Governors of the International Air Transport Association and member of the Board of Vienna Stock Exchange. Mr. Sørensen holds a Master of Economics from Aarhus Business School, Denmark.

Chair of the Human Resources and Compensation Committee, Member of the Audit, Finance and Risk Committee and Member of the Governance and Corporate Matters Committee.

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