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Sir Michael Rake
Non Executive Chairman
(1948)
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 and Deputy Chairman of Barclays PLC, as well as a Non
Executive Director of McGraw Hill Inc. 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 Europe and Senior Partner of KPMG in the UK.
Michael is a Governor of Wellington College and a member of the Prime
Minister’s Business Advisory Group.
Charles Gurassa
Non Executive Deputy Chairman
andSeniorIndependent Director
(1956)
Charles (1956) was appointed to the Board of easyJet as Independent Non
Executive Director on 27 June 2011 and became Deputy Chairman and
Senior Independent Director on 1 September 2011. He is currently Non
Executive Chairman of Tragus, MACH, Genesis Housing Association
andGroup NBT.
His career has been primarily in the travel, tourism and leisure industries in
anumber of senior positions including Chief Executive of Thomson Travel
Group Plc, Executive Chairman TUI Northern Europe and Director Passenger
and Cargo at British Airways. Previously he was Non Executive Chairman of
LOVEFiLM, Phones4U, Virgin Mobile plc, Alamo/National Rent a Car, 7Days,
Parthenon Entertainment and has been a Senior Independent Director of
Merlin Entertainments, a Non Executive Director at Whitbread plc and an
advisory Board member of Alpitour.
Carolyn McCall OBE
Chief Executive
(1961)
Carolyn (1961) joined easyJet on 1 July 2010 as Chief Executive and was
appointed to the Board. Prior to this, she was Chief Executive of Guardian
Media Group.
She 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). She was awarded the OBE for services to women in
business in 2008. InApril 2008, she was named Veuve Clicquot Business
Woman of the Year. In 2012, Carolyn won the ‘Woman of the Year Award’
atthe Women 1st Shine Awards 2012.
Carolyn graduated from Kent University with a BA in History and Politics
andfrom London University with a Masters in Politics.
Chris Kennedy
Chief Financial Officer
(1964)
Chris(1964) joined easyJet on 1 July 2010 in the position of Chief Financial
Officerand was appointed to the Board.
After graduating from Cambridge with a degree in Engineering, Chris
progressed rapidly within Audit and Consultancy before a two year stint
asaventure capitalist and banker. In 1993 Chris joined EMI Music where he
worked both in the UK and the US, covering a variety of roles including; UK
CFO, European Chief Operating Officer and International CFO. In early 2008
he joined the Board as CFO and then Chief Investment Officer. He has a
proven track record of delivering operational improvement and has deep
knowledge and invaluable experience of working in senior financial and
commercial positions within high profile, international, fast changing
consumer facing businesses.
Adèle Anderson
Independent Non Executive Director
(1965)
Adèle (1965) was appointed to the Board of easyJet on 1 September 2011.
She previously worked for KPMG and became a partner in 1997. She was
appointed to the KPMG UK Board in 2000 and was appointed Chief
Financial Officer in 2001. She became Chief Executive Officer of KPMG’s
captive insurer in 2003 and in 2009 moved to KPMG Europe where she was
Head of Financial Analysis, Risk and Control and then Europe Chief Financial
Officer before leaving in July 2011.
Adèle graduated from Kent University with BSc Hons in Mathematics &
Computer Science.
David Bennett
Independent Non Executive Director
(1962)
David (1962) was appointed to the Board of easyJet on 1 October 2005 and
is Chairman of the Audit and Finance Committees. He is currently Chairman
of Homeserve Membership Ltd and a Non Executive Director of Pacnet Ltd,
Jerrold Holdings Ltd, Cheshire Mortgage Corporation Limited and a member
of the Advisory Board of Glendevon King Asset Management.
He has had a long career in the financial services sector and was both Group
Finance Director and Group Chief Executive of Alliance & Leicester plc until
its sale to Santander in 2008. David has also held a number of positions
inAbbey, Cheltenham & Gloucester, Lloyds TSB and the National Bank
ofNew Zealand.
Governance
Board of Directors
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