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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 Ltd
(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, a role he held until 2001.
John is a chartered accountant and received
an MBA from Strathclyde University.
Dr. Andreas Bierwirth
Independent Non-Executive Director
Andreas (1971) was appointed to the Board
of easyJet on 22 July 2014. Andreas is
currently Chief Executive Officer of T-Mobile
Austria GmbH, a position he has held since
1 September 2012.
Andreas previously served as a Member of
the Board at Austrian Airlines AG between
2008 and 2012, where he held the role of
Chief Commercial Officer. Between 2006
and 2008, Andreas served as Vice President
Marketing of Deutsche Lufthansa AG
(Frankfurt). Prior to this, Andreas was first
Deputy Managing Director and later Managing
Director at Germanwings between October
2002 and September 2006. During this time
the foundation and the business launch of
Germany’s first low-cost airline took place.
Andreas trained as a banker and economist
as well as being licensed as a commercial pilot.
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 Chair of the
Remuneration and Nominations Committees.
He is currently Non-Executive Chairman of
Genesis Housing Association and NetNames
and Senior Independent Director at Merlin
Entertainments plc.
Charles’ career has been spent primarily in the
travel, tourism and leisure industries, where he
has held a number of senior positions including
Chief Executive of Thomson Travel Group Plc,
Director of TUI AG, Executive Chairman of 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 and Tragus, a Non-Executive
Director at Whitbread plc, and an advisory
Board member of Alpitour. Charles is Deputy
Chairman of the National Trust and a trustee
of the Migration Museum project.
John Browett
Independent Non-Executive Director
John (1963) was appointed to the Board of
easyJet on 27 September 2007 and is the
Chair of the IT Governance and Oversight
Committee. He is currently Chief Executive
Officer of Monsoon Accessorize and was
previously Senior Vice President of Retail at
Apple Inc. Prior to joining Apple in 2012, John
was Chief Executive Officer of Dixons Retail plc
for four years and also held a number of
Executive Director positions at Tesco PLC,
including Operations Development Director,
Group Strategy Director, and running
tesco.com from 2000 to 2004 where he was
responsible for formulating and delivering its
strategy from launch to profitability. Between
1993 and 1998, John was at the Boston
Consulting Group.
John is a graduate of Cambridge University
and Wharton Business School.
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.
Carolyn joined the Burberry plc board as a
Non-Executive Director in September 2014.
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 has also sat on the Royal
Academy of Arts Corporate Board since
September 2008.
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.
Professor Rigas Doganis
Independent Non-Executive Director
Rigas (1939) was appointed to the Board of
easyJet on 1 December 2005 and is Chair of
the Safety Committee. 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.
He is a former Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer of Olympic Airways and was formerly a
Non-Executive Director of South African Airways.
Rigas was Professor and Head of the Air
Transport Department at Cranfield University
and is still a Visiting Professor there. He is also
the author of books on aviation economics
and management.
Rigas is stepping down from the Board on
1 December 2014.
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