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01 Sir Colin Chandler
Non Executive Chairman
Colin (69) joined easyJet in April 2002 and was appointed Chairman in
November 2002. Until November 2004, he was Non Executive Deputy
Chairman of Smiths Group plc, having been a Non Executive Director of
TI Group since 1992. Colin has been variously Managing Director, Chief
Executive and then Chairman of Vickers plc. Earlier in his career he was
seconded from British Aerospace to the role of Head of Defence Export
Services, Ministry of Defence. He was Chairman of Racal Electronics plc
and was also the Pro-Chancellor of Cranfield University between
1998 and 2007. He is a Non Executive Director of Clarity Commerce
Solutions plc. He was knighted in June 1988 for services to export.
02 Andrew Harrison
Chief Executive Officer
Andrew (51) became Chief Executive Officer on 1 December 2005.
He was previously the Chief Executive of RAC plc prior to its acquisition
by Aviva plc in 2005. Andrew joined Lex Service plc in 1996 as Chief
Executive and led its transformation from a vehicle distribution company
into RAC plc, a strongly-branded, consumer-facing services company
with 6.5 million members. RAC plc delivered strong growth in a variety
of consumer services, which included BSM, financial and legal services,
as well as good expansion in business services, winning large contracts.
The successful integration of Lex and RAC resulted in a strong rise in
profits and a tripling of the share price during Andrew’s tenure as Chief
Executive. Andrew was a Non Executive Director at Emap plc between
2000 and 2008 where he also chaired the Audit Committee. Prior to
Lex Service, Andrew was an Executive Director of Courtaulds Textiles plc.
03 Jeff Carr
Group Finance Director
Jeff (47) was appointed as Group Finance Director in March 2005.
Prior to joining easyJet, Jeff was Director of Finance, Performance and
Planning for Associated British Foods plc. He has previously held senior
financial positions with Unilever, Grand Metropolitan and Reckitt
Benckiser. In addition to experience with major consumer orientated
companies, Jeff has wide international experience in both mainland
Europe and in the USA.
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