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easyJet plc Annual report and accounts 2013
60
Governance
Board of Directors
1. John Barton
Non-Executive Chairman
John (1944) was appointed to the Board
of easyJet as Chairman on 1 May 2013.
He is also Chairman of Next plc and
Catlin Group Limited (the international
insurance underwriters).
John has also served as Chairman of
Cable and Wireless Worldwide plc, Brit
Holdings plc, Wellington Underwriting plc
and was previously Senior Independent
Director of WHSmith plc and
Hammerson plc. He was also the
Chief Executive of the insurance broker
JIB Group plc from 1984 to 1997. After
JIB’s merger with Lloyd Thomson in 1997,
he became Chairman of the combined
group, Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group
plc, until 2001.
John is a chartered accountant and received
an MBA from Strathclyde University.
2. Charles Gurassa
Non-Executive Deputy Chairman and
Senior Independent Director
Charles (1956) was appointed to the
Board of easyJet as an independent
Non-Executive Director on 27 June 2011
and became Deputy Chairman and Senior
Independent Director on 1 September
2011. Charles is the Chairman of the
Remuneration, Nominations and Fleet
Governance and Oversight Committees.
He is currently Non-Executive Chairman
of Tragus, Genesis Housing Association
and NetNames.
Charles’ 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 of 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.
Charles is Deputy Chairman of the
National Trust, Chairman of National Trust
Enterprises Ltd and a former member of
the University of York Development Board.
3. Carolyn McCall OBE
Chief Executive
Carolyn (1961) joined easyJet on 1 July 2010
as Chief Executive and was appointed to
the Board of easyJet. 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).
Carolyn 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.
Carolyn graduated from Kent University
with a BA in History and Politics and
from London University with a Masters
in Politics.
4. Chris Kennedy
Chief Financial Officer
Chris (1964) joined easyJet on 1 July
2010 in the position of Chief Financial
Officer and was appointed to the
Board of easyJet.
After graduating from Cambridge with
a degree in Engineering, Chris worked in
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
Chief Financial Officer, European Chief
Operating Officer and International Chief
Financial Officer. In early 2008 he joined
the EMI Music Board as Chief Financial
Officer and then Chief Investment Officer.
5. Adèle Anderson
Independent Non-Executive Director
Adèle (1965) was appointed to the Board
of easyJet on 1 September 2011. Until July
2011, Adèle was a partner in KPMG and
held roles including Chief Financial Officer
of KPMG UK, Chief Executive Officer of
KPMG’s captive insurer and Chief
Financial Officer of KPMG Europe. Adèle
is also a Non-Executive Director of Intu
Properties plc where she chairs the Audit
Committee, a member of the Board of
Trustees of both Save the Children UK
and Save the Children International and
chair of the Audit Committee of Save the
Children International.
Adèle graduated from Kent University
with BSc Hons in Mathematics and
Computer Science.
6. 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 and Finance
Committees. He is currently Chairman
of Homeserve Membership Ltd and a
Non-Executive Director of Bank of Ireland
(UK), Pacnet Ltd, Jerrold Holdings Ltd and
Cheshire Mortgage Corporation Ltd.
David 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 senior positions in
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Board of
Directors