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01 Sir Michael Rake
Non Executive Chairman
Michael (1948) was appointed to the Board of easyJet as Deputy
Chairman on 1 June 2009 and became Chairman on 1 January 2010.
Heis Chairman of BT Group plc, as well as a Non Executive 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, Sir Michael Rake 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.
02 Sir David Michels
Non Executive Deputy Chairman
and Senior Independent Director
David (1946) was appointed to the Board of easyJet on 6 March 2006
and became the Deputy Chairman on 1 January 2010. He is currently
Deputy Chairman of Marks and Spencer plc and is also Non Executive
Director of Strategic Hotels and Resorts Inc and 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.
03 Carolyn McCall OBE
Chief Executive
Carolyn (1961) joined easyJet on 1 July 2010 as Chief Executive. Prior to
this, she was Chief Executive of Guardian Media Group plc.
Carolyn was a Non Executive Director of Lloyds TSB from 2008 to
2009, Non Executive Director of Tesco Plc from 2005 to 2008 and Non
Executive Director of New Look from 1999 to 2005. She was Chair of
Opportunity Now and a former President of Women in Advertising
and Communications London (WACL).
Carolyn was awarded the OBE for services to women in business in
June 2008. In April 2008, she was named Veuve Clicquot Business
Woman of the Year.
She graduated from Kent University with a BA in History and Politics and
from London University with a Masters in Politics.
04 Chris Kennedy
Chief Financial Officer
Chris (1964) joined easyJet on 1 July 2010 in the position of Chief
Financial Ofcer. Chris joined easyJet from EMI Music where he has had
asuccessful career covering a range of international roles including Chief
Financial Ofcer. Chris has considerable experience of working within
ahigh prole international, fast changing consumer facing business,
strongnancial skills and a demonstrable track record of delivering
operational improvement.
05 David Bennett
Independent Non Executive Director
David (1962) was appointed to the Board of easyJet on 1 October 2005
and is Chairman of the Audit Committee. He has had a long career in
thenancial services sector and was Group Chief Executive of Alliance
&Leicester plc until its sale to Santander in 2008. David has also held a
number of positions at Abbey, Cheltenham & Gloucester, Lloyds TSB and
the National Bank of New Zealand. He is currently Chairman of Pacnet,
aPan-Asian provider of telecommunications/internet systems connectivity
and a Non Executive Director of CMC Markets plc and software solutions
provider Clarity Commerce. He is a member of the Association of
Corporate Treasurers.
06 Sven Boinet
Independent Non Executive Director
Sven (1953) was appointed to the Board of easyJet on 1 March 2008.
Agraduate of Stanford University, he is currently CEO of Pierre &
Vacances/Center Parcs Group, a €1.5 billion turnover company and
leader on the continent of resort and leisure lodging. Prior to this, he was
CEO of Lucien Barrière Group. 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.
07 John Browett
Independent Non Executive Director
John Browett (1963) was appointed to the Board of easyJet on
27 September 2007. He is currently Chief Executive Ofcer of Dixons
Retail plc, a position he has held since December 2007. Prior to joining
Dixons Retail, John was the Operations Development Director of
Tesco plc. He joined Tesco as Group Strategy Director in 1998 and
held a number of Executive Director positions in the company including
running Tesco.com from 2000 to 2004 where he was responsible for
formulating and delivering its strategy from launch to protability.
A graduate of Cambridge University and Wharton Business School,
Johnwas at the Boston Consulting Group between 1993 and 1998.
08 Professor Rigas Doganis
Independent Non Executive Director
Rigas (1939) was appointed to the Board of easyJet on 1 December
2005. Rigas is an aviation consultant and strategy adviser to airlines,
airports, banks and governments around the world. He is Chairman of
the European Aviation Club in Brussels and a Non Executive Director of
GMR Hyderabad International Airport, India. He is a former Chairman/
CEO of Olympic Airways and was formerly a Non Executive Director
ofSouth African Airways. Rigas is also a visiting Professor at Craneld
University and the author of books on aviation economics and
management.
09 Keith Hamill
Independent Non Executive Director
Keith (1952) was appointed to the Board of easyJet on 1 March 2009. He is
a Fellowof the Institute of Chartered Accountants, is Deputy Chairman of
Travelodge, which he previously chaired for eight years and was Chairman
of Go prior to its acquisition by easyJet in 2002. He has considerable
experience as a Director of listed companies, is currently the Chairman of
Tullett Prebon, Alterian and Heath Lambert and was previously Chairman
of Collins Stewart, Luminar and Moss Bros. He is also a Director of
Samsonite and has previously been a Director of Electrocomponents and
Cadmus Communications Corp. He was Finance Director of WH Smith,
Forte and United Distillers and a partner in PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Healso chairs the Board of the University of Nottingham.
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