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www.easyJet.com 55
Governance
Chris Kennedy
Chief Financial Officer
Chris (1964) joined easyJet on 1 July 2010 as
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 spending two years
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.
Keith Hamill OBE
Independent Non-Executive Director
Keith (1952) was appointed to the Board of
easyJet on 1 March 2009. He has considerable
experience as a director of listed companies
and is currently a Non-Executive Director of
Samsonite International SA and Max Property
Group plc, as well as being chairman of a
number of private equity-financed and AIM
Listed companies.
He was previously Chairman of Go (prior
to its acquisition by easyJet in 2002) and
Travelodge. He was Chairman of Tullett Prebon,
Collins Stewart, Heath Lambert and the
Council of The University of Nottingham and a
Non-Executive Director of Electrocomponents
and Cadmus Communications Corp. He was
Finance Director of WHSmith, Forte and
United Distillers and a partner in Price
Waterhouse from 1986 to 1988.
Keith is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered
Accountants.
Adèle Anderson
Independent Non-Executive Director
Adèle (1965) was appointed to the Board of
easyJet on 1 September 2011 and was appointed
Chair of the Audit and Finance Committees on
12 June 2014 and 1 July 2014, respectively. 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 and is a member of the
Remuneration Committee. She is 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.
Andy Martin
Independent Non-Executive Director
Andy (1960) was appointed to the Board of
easyJet on 1 September 2011. He is currently
Group Chief Operating Officer-Europe, UK
and Japan for Compass Group PLC.
Prior to joining Compass Group in 2004 as
Group Finance Director, Andy was a partner
in Arthur Andersen and held senior financial
positions with Forte PLC and Granada Group
PLC. Following the disposal of the Hotels
Division in 2001, Andy joined First Choice
Holidays PLC (now TUI Travel PLC) as Group
Finance Director.
Andy graduated from Manchester University
with a BA in Economics and is a member
of the Institute of Chartered Accountants.
David Bennett
Independent Non-Executive Director
David (1962) was appointed to the Board of
easyJet on 1 October 2005. He is currently
Chairman of Homeserve Membership Ltd and
a Non-Executive Director of Jerrold Holdings
Ltd, PayPal (Europe) S.a.r.l et Cie, S.C.A. 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 Abbey National, Alliance
& Leicester, Cheltenham & Gloucester, Lloyds
TSB and the National Bank of New Zealand.
David stepped down from the Board on
1 October 2014.
François Rubichon
Independent Non-Executive Director
François (1963) was appointed to the Board
of easyJet on 22 July 2014.
François is currently serving as the Executive
Vice President of Human Resources, General
Affairs and Organisation at Société Française
du Radiotéléphone (SFR), a position which
he has held since September 2013.
Prior to this, François was Deputy Chief
Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer
of Aéroports de Paris for seven years. Between
2002 and 2005, he worked in a number of
advisory positions within government for the
Minister of Transport, Infrastructure, Housing,
Tourism and Maritime Affairs, and as a social
advisor to the French Prime Minister. François
also formerly held the positions of Chairman
of Publi-Trans (La Poste Group), Chief
Executive Officer of GeoPost Logistics,
and Managing Director of Sofipost (holding
company for La Poste subsidiaries). François
graduated from the Paris Institut d’Études
Politiques (1985) and the École Nationale
Supérieure, Post et Télécommunications (1989).