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easyJet plc
Annual report
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David (1962) was appointed to the Board of easyJet on 1 October 2005
and is Chairman of the Audit Committee. He is currently Chairman of
Pacnet, a Pan-Asian provider of telecommunications / internet systems
connectivity, and a Non Executive Director of CMC Markets plc, Jerrold
Holdings Ltd and Clarity Commerce, a software solutions provider.
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.
John (1963) was appointed to the Board of easyJet on 27September
2007. He is currently Chief Executive Officer of Dixons Retail plc, a position
he has held since December 2007.
Prior to joining Dixons Retail, John was the Operations Development
Director of Tesco plc. He joined Tesco as Group Strategy Director in 1998
and held a number of Executive Director positions in the company
including 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.
Rigas (1939) was appointed to the Board of easyJet on 1 December 2005.
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 and a Non Executive Director of GMR Hyderabad
International Airport, India.
He is a former Chairman / CEO of Olympic Airways and was formerly
aNon Executive Director of South African Airways.
Rigas is also a visiting Professor at Cranfield University and the author of
books on aviation economics and management.
Keith (1952) was appointed to the Board of easyJet on 1 March 2009
andisChairman of the Remuneration Committee. He has considerable
experience as a Director of listed companies and is currently the Chairman
of Tullett Prebon. He is also is Deputy Chairman of Travelodge, which he
previously chaired for eight years, and a Director of Samsonite.
He was previously Chairman of Go, prior to its acquisition by easyJet in
2002, Alterian, Collins Steward, Heath Lambert, Luminar, and Moss Bros
and Director of Electrocomponents, Cadmus Communications Corp. He
was Finance Director of WH Smith, Forte and United Distillers and a
partner in PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Keith is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and also chairs
the Board of the University of Nottingham.
Andy (1960) was appointed to the Board of easyJet on 1September 2011.
He is currently Group Finance Director of Compass Group PLC.
Prior to joining the Compass Group in 2002, Andy was a partner with
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 of England & Wales.
David Bennett
Independent Non Executive Director (1962)
John Browett
Independent Non Executive Director (1963)
Professor Rigas Doganis
Independent Non Executive Director (1939)
Keith Hamill
Independent Non Executive Director (1952)
Andy Martin
Independent Non Executive Director (1960)