Directorate Change

easyJet plc

Directorate Change

easyJet plc announces that Julie Southern will join the Board as a Non-Executive Director on 1 August 2018.   Julie was part of the management team of Virgin Atlantic for 13 years, latterly as Chief Commercial Officer responsible for driving strategy, revenue and commercial planning.

John Barton, Chairman of easyJet, commented:

"I am delighted that Julie will be joining the Board.  Her commercial and depth of financial expertise, combined with her aviation sector experience, will further strengthen the diverse mix of skills and experience on the Board.  We very much look forward to her joining us."

Julie has held a number of commercially oriented finance and related roles.  She was Chief Commercial Officer of Virgin Atlantic Limited between 2010 and 2013, responsible for Commercial Strategy, Fleet and Network Development, Revenue Management and Pricing, Marketing, Loyalty Programmes, Ancillary Sales, Human Resources, Legal and Sustainability.  Prior to this, Julie was Chief Financial Officer of Virgin Atlantic Limited for 10 years from 2000 to 2010.  Before Virgin, Julie worked in several industry sectors with roles at Porsche Cars Great Britain, WH Smith, PWC and Mars.

Julie is a Chartered Accountant, having trained with Price Waterhouse and has a BA (Hons) in Economics from Cambridge University.

The easyJet Board's Nominations Committee led the recruitment process on behalf of the Board. For the purposes of Listing Rules 9.6.13, Julie is currently a non-executive director of: Stagecoach Group plc, Rentokil Initial plc, DFS Furniture plc, Cineworld Group plc, and NXP Semiconductors N.V. There is no further information to be disclosed pursuant to Listing Rule 9.6.13.

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