Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> April 19, 2004

JOSHUA GOTBAUM – HAWAIIAN HOLDINGS INC (HA)

JOSHUA GOTBAUM is Chapter 11 Trustee to oversee Hawaiian Holdings, Inc. An investment banker who was previously CEO of the September 11th Fund and Controller at the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, Mr. Gotbaum was named to the position by the U.S. Trustee's Office and appointed by the Bankruptcy Court. He worked 13 years with Lazard Freres & Co., based in New York and London. His work included advice in restructuring situations to several airlines: Eastern Air Lines, Braniff, Pan American, British Airways and Air France. Mr. Gotbaum is a 1973 graduate of Stanford University, after which he earned a JD from Harvard Law School with a Master's in Public Policy from Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government. Profile
TWST: The story of Hawaiian Holdings and Hawaiian Airlines is complex

and interesting. Could you tell us what's been going on for the last

couple of years?

Mr. Gotbaum: Hawaiian Airlines is a