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easyJet plc
Annual report and accounts 2008
Executive
management team
continued
Saad Hammad
Chief Commercial Officer
Saad (46) joined easyJet in November 2005, bringing considerable
commercial experience in international consumer-focused businesses.
Saad has held senior positions in brand management, sales and marketing
and retailing at Procter & Gamble, Thorn-EMI, Vision Express, and Minit.
He was also Case Leader at the Boston Consulting Group working
primarily with consumer goods manufacturers and retailers. In addition,
Saad was Managing Director – Europe at Tibbett & Britten, the market
leader in consumer product logistics, and CEO of Autocascade,
a pan-European web-based yield management start-up. Saad holds
a degree from Oxford University and an MBA from INSEAD. Saad is
a Non Executive Director at Optos plc, the leading medical retinal
imaging technology company.
Mike Campbell
People Director
Mike (51) joined easyJet in October 2005 as People Director. Before
joining easyJet Mike worked at Wedgwood in a broad role as Director
of People and Brands and Managing Director for Canada, Australia and
Pan-Asia. Prior to that Mike worked for 14 years at Fujitsu in a variety
of development and personnel roles across Europe, Asia, Africa and the
Middle East, ending up as Chief Personnel Officer. His early career was
in education and research. Mike has a BSc in Mathematics and Masters
in Fluid Dynamics.
Cor Vrieswijk
Operations Director
Cor (50) joined easyJet in January 2007 from Transavia.com, a Dutch-
based airline, where he was Chief Operations Officer for nine years and
brings 25 years’ experience in the airline industry. His responsibilities at
Transavia.com included flight operations, cabin operations, engineering
and maintenance and ground handling, together with relevant experience
in marketing, human resources and IT. Cor’s first degree was in engineering
followed up by a Masters Degree in organisational sciences.
Andrew Harrison
Chief Executive Officer
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Toby Nicol
Communications Director
Toby (38) joined easyJet in December 1999. He was appointed
Communications Director in September 2005 after six years in a range
of communications and lobbying roles within the Company and has
been part of the Executive Management Team since mid 2004.Toby is
responsible for the Company’s communications, lobbying and regulatory
affairs as well as all corporate and social responsibility.Toby also chairs the
Steering Group of Flying Matters, the aviation industry’s environmental
lobby group. Previously, Toby was employed in senior positions for a leading
communications consultancy undertaking work across a range of diverse
clients from IBM to bmi.
Jeff Carr
Group Finance Director
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Neil Mills
Procurement Director
Neil (37) joined easyJet in October 1997. He was appointed
Procurement Director in June 2008 after 11 years in a range of roles
across most departments in the Company. Neil is responsible for all
the fleet transactions and procurement across the Company and has
responsibility for the airport and ground handling costs which are
second to only fuel in scale. Neil is an accountant by training.
Tim Newing
IT Director
Tim (49) joined easyJet in August 2006. He has a wide range of experience
across the technology spectrum and has played a major role in the
development of the National Lottery over a ten year period, first as
Technical Manager for IT supplier GTECH UK before joining Camelot as
Head of Projects and Networks in December 2000 and becoming
IT Director in March 2002. During this time, Tim successfully developed
and delivered a series of programmes that saw a period of major
technological innovation, significantly enhancing the systems architecture
and key business processes within Europe’s biggest lottery company,
and, at the same time ensuring high reliability and availability from the
production systems. His achievements saw him recognised as the 2005
IT Director of the Year in the Jaeger-LeCoultre Telegraph Business Awards.
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