Delta’s Anderson retires from chairman post after 5 months

Delta said Richard Anderson retired from the executive chairman position he has held since stepping down as CEO at the beginning of May. Frank Drake, the former CEO of Home Depot who has been on Delta’s board since July 2014, will become non-executive chairman, the airline said Tuesday. A Delta spokesman said the company wouldn’t comment beyond the statement. Anderson served as the carrier’s CEO from August 2007 to May this year, stepping down at age 61. Ed Bastian, who succeeded Anderson, said at the time that he planned to look abroad to further Anderson’s efforts to make Delta a more global carrier.<br/>