Aer Lingus 2011 Annual Report Download - page 26

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Aer Lingus Group Plc
Annual Report 2011
24
Colm Barrington (Chairman)
Colm Barrington was appointed to the Board on
19 September 2008 and appointed as Chairman
on 3 October 2008. He is Chief Executive
Officer and a director of Fly Leasing Limited, the
NYSE listed, Irish based aircraft leasing company.
He was formerly Managing Director of Babcock
&Brown in Dublin from 1994 to 2007. Prior to
that he held a number of senior executive
management positions in GPA Group Plc from
1979 to 1993 and was appointed President of
GE Capital Aviation Services Limited following its
acquisition of GPA Group Plc.
Colm’s many years of experience in executive
leadership positions in the aircraft leasing
businesses of GPA, GE, Babcock & Brown and
Fly Leasing, have provided him with a range of
skills and expertise of direct relevance to his
roles as Director and Chairman of Aer Lingus,
member of the Remuneration, Appointments
and Safety committees.
Colm has served as a member of the
Appointments and Remuneration Committees
since November 2008. He has served as a
member of the Safety Committee since January
of 2009.
Christoph Mueller (Chief Executive Officer)
Christoph Mueller was appointed Chief
Executive Officer and a member of the Board on
14 September 2009. Prior to this he was
Aviation Director at TUI Travel plc. He has
extensive experience within the aviation
industry, having held senior executive positions
in Daimler Benz Aerospace, Lufthansa AG, the
Sabena Group, DHL and Deutsche Post AG
prior to his roles at TUI Travel plc. He serves as
anon-executive Board member of Tourism
Ireland.
Christoph’s executive level experience within the
aviation industry has equipped him with the
ideal skills and expertise for the fulfilment of his
role as Aer Lingus Chief Executive Officer and
executive director.
Christoph has served as a member of the Safety
Committee since August 2010.
Andrew Macfarlane (Chief Financial Officer)
Andrew Macfarlane was appointed Chief
Financial Officer and a member of the Board on
3October 2010. He is a Fellow of the Institute
of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
and holds an MA in Economics from Selwyn
College, Cambridge. Andrew originally joined
Aer Lingus as Interim Chief Financial Officer on
21 December 2009. Prior to his appointment he
most recently served as Chief Financial Officer of
Rentokil Initial plc and his career has covered the
leisure, business services, real estate and
accounting sectors. His early career was with
Ernst & Young, where he spent 12 years,
reaching the position of Corporate Finance
Partner in 1987. In addition he has held the
position of Chief Financial Officer at Land
Securities Group plc and Holiday Inn, and also
served as a Non Executive Director of Invensys
plc.
Andrew’s prior experience as Chief Financial
Officer in a number of listed entities has
equipped him with the necessary skills and
expertise to address the challenges he faces as
Aer Lingus Chief Financial Officer and executive
director.
David Begg
David Begg was appointed as a non-executive
director effective on 28 January 2011. From
January 2008 - January 2011 he served as an
ESOT nominee on the Board. He served as the
General Secretary of the Irish Congress of Trade
Unions since 2001. For five years prior to that
he was Chief Executive of Concern Worldwide,
an international humanitarian organisation
working in 27 countries and with offices in
Dublin, London, Belfast, New York and Chicago.
He is also a governor of the Irish Times Trust
and a member of the National Economic and
Social Council. He also sits on the Executive
Committee of the European Trade Union
Confederation.
David has particular skills, expertise and
experience in the area of industrial relations
together with executive leadership skills and has
significantly contributed to the Board in these
and in other areas since his initial appointment
in January 2008.
David has served as a member of the Safety and
Risk Committees since January 2009.
Montie Brewer
Montie Brewer was appointed to the Board on
25 January 2010. He is an airline veteran and a
recognised industry innovator in airline pricing,
sales and distribution strategies. Most recently he
was President and CEO of Air Canada. He is
currently a Non-executive Director of Allegiant
Travel Company, recognised as one of North
America’s most innovative airline and travel
groups. He holds a BA in Business
Administration & Transportation Management
from Michigan State University.
Montie’s direct executive level experience in the
aviation industry enables him to bring airline
specific skills and expertise to bear on the Board
of Aer Lingus.
Montie has served as a member of the Risk
Committee since June 2010.
Leslie Buckley
Leslie Buckley was appointed to the Board on
18 May 2009. He is one of Ireland’s most
successful business consultants having helped
manage the start-up of Esat Telecom Group plc
and Esat Digifone Limited. He held the position
of Chief Operations Officer of Esat Telecom in
1996 and 1997. Leslie established his own
consultancy business in 1990 and has since been
retained on key public and private sector
projects, including the reconstruction of
Waterford Crystal plc, the reconstruction and
sale of Irish Steel plc and consulting business
with Irish Rail.
Leslie is currently the Executive Chairman of
Saongroup.com, one of the fastest growing
online recruitment companies in the world, Vice
Chairman of Digicel, Chairman of Network
Recovery and Chairman of the Cork Science
Innovation & Technology Park (CSITP) Advisory
Group, as well as a director and shareholder of a
number of other Irish companies. In January
2009 Leslie established Haven, a charitable
foundation dedicated to building and up-grading
of houses for the poorest of the poor in Haiti,
through long-term partnership programmes with
local communities and a number of “Build-It-
Weeks’ each year.
Leslie’s vast experience as a board director and
highly successful entrepreneur and business
consultant equips him with a range of skills and
expertise which he brings to the Board of Aer
Lingus. His experience in the technology and
communications sectors is of particular
importance to Aer Lingus.
Laurence Crowley
Laurence Crowley was appointed to the Board
on 9 January 2009 and is the Senior
Independent Director on the Board. He is
Chairman of the Middletown Centre for Autism,
Ecocem Limited and Realex Payments. He is also
amember of the Board of the Economic and
Social Research Institute, An Bord Gáis, the Gate
Theatre and a number of other companies. He
previously served as Governor of the Bank of
Ireland (where he completed his term in 2005)
and as Executive Chairman of the Michael
Smurfit Graduate School of Business at
University College Dublin. He is also a past
director of Elan Corporation. Previously, he was
apartner in KPMG Stokes Kennedy Crowley
Chartered Accountants, where he specialised in
corporate restructuring and insolvency. Laurence
holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from
University College Dublin and is Fellow of the
Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland. In
2004, he was conferred with an honorary
Doctorate in Laws by the National University of
Ireland. In 2009 he was awarded an Honorary
CBE by Queen Elizabeth II for services to UK-
Irish relations.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS