easyJet has appointed Stephen Hester as a director and chair designate. Hester will join the Board as a non-executive director on September 1, 2021, and then he will succeed John Barton as the company’s chair on December 1, 2021, at which point Barton will stand down from the Board having completed nearly nine years as Chairman.
Hester is a highly strategic and successful leader with more than 35 years of wide-ranging experience at major businesses, bringing a strong track record of value creation and listed board experience. He has served as Chief Executive of RSA Insurance Group from February 2014 to May 2021, as Chief Executive of Royal Bank of Scotland Group, Chief Executive of British Land, and Chief Operating Officer of Abbey National, as well as holding a number of senior executive roles at Credit Suisse First Boston in London and New York. He currently serves as a Senior Independent Director of Centrica having previously held a senior non-executive position as Deputy Chairman of Northern Rock.
