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36 easyJet plc Annual report and accounts 2009
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01 Sir David Michels
Non Executive Interim Chairman
David (1946) was appointed to the Board on
6 March 2006 and became the Chairman of
easyJet on 1 July 2009. He is currently Deputy
Chairman of Marks and Spencer plc and is also
Non Executive director of Strategic Hotels &
Resorts, Inc and the Jumeirah Group. David has
held a number of senior management and plc
board positions in the leisure industry. He spent
15 years with Grand Metropolitan, mainly in sales
and marketing, which culminated in a board
position as Worldwide Marketing Director. In 1989,
he became Deputy Chairman of Hilton UK and
Executive Vice President, Hilton International.
He joined Stakis in 1991, as Chief Executive,
and became Group Chief Executive of the Hilton
Group (formerly Ladbroke Group) in June 2000,
a position he held until 2006. He was previously
Senior Independent Director at British Land Plc
and Arcadia Plc. He is the current President of the
British Hospitality Association and was knighted in
June 2006 for services to the hospitality industry.
02 Sir Michael Rake
Non Executive Deputy Chairman and
Senior Independent Director
Michael (1948) was appointed Deputy Chairman
on 1 June 2009. He is Chairman of BT Group plc,
The UK Commission for Employment and Skills,
as well as a Director of Barclays PLC, McGraw-Hill,
Inc and the Financial Reporting Council. He is also
Chairman of the private equity oversight
group, the Guidelines Monitoring Committee.
From May 2002 to September 2007, Michael
was Chairman of KPMG International. Prior to his
appointment as Chairman of KPMG International,
he was Chairman of KPMG in Europe and Senior
Partner of KPMG in the UK.
03 Andrew Harrison
Chief Executive Ofcer
Andrew (1957) became Chief Executive Ofcer
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, nancial 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 prots and a tripling of the share price during
Andrew’s tenure as Chief Executive. Andrew
was a Non Executive Director at Emap between
2000 and 2008 where he also chaired the Audit
Committee. Prior to Lex Service, Andrew was an
Executive Director of Courtaulds Textiles plc.
04 David Bennett
Independent Non Executive Director
David (1962) was appointed to the Board on
1 October 2005 and is Chairman of the Audit
Committee. He was recently appointed as a
Director of Pacnet Limited. Prior to this, David was
an Executive Director of Abbey National Plc and
was Group Chief Executive of Alliance & Leicester
plc having previously served as Group Finance
Director. David held a number of senior
management positions at Cheltenham &
Gloucester Building Society and Lloyds TSB. He
was also an Executive Director of the National
Bank of New Zealand Limited and is a member of
the Association of Corporate Treasurers.
05 Sven Boinet
Independent Non Executive Director
Sven (1953) was appointed to the Board of easyJet
in March 2008. A graduate of Stanford University,
he was previously CEO of Lucien Barrière Group
and was recently appointed CEO of Pierre &
Vacances/Center Parcs Group, a €1.5 billion
turnover company leader on the continent of
resort and leisure lodging. He previously held a
number of senior management roles over a 15 year
period at the French hotels group, Accor. He was
also a Non Executive Director of lastminute.com
from 2003 until its sale to Sabre in 2005.
GOVERNANCE
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