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date: 25 May 2013

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Andrew Harrison
Chief executive officer

Dates of easyJet appointment:
1 December 2005 - 30 June 2010

Official resumé:
Andrew (1957) became chief executive officer on 1 December 2005. He was previously the chief executive of RAC plc prior to its acquisition by Aviva plc in 2005.

Andrew joined Lex Service plc in 1996 as chief executive and led its transformation from a vehicle distribution company into RAC plc, a strongly-branded, consumer-facing services company with 6.5 million members. RAC plc delivered strong growth in a variety of consumer services, which included BSM, financial and legal services, as well as good expansion in business services, winning large contracts. The successful integration of Lex and RAC resulted in a strong rise in profits and a tripling of the share price during Andrew’s tenure as chief executive.

Andrew was a non-executive director at Emap between 2000 and 2008 where he also chaired the Audit Committee. Prior to Lex Service, Andrew was an executive director of Courtaulds Textiles plc.

Other current directorships:

Airline One Limited
Airline Two Limited
Airline Seven Limited
easyJet Airline Company Limited
easyJet Airports Limited
Go-Fly Holdings (No 1) Limited
Avia Invest (UK) Limited
November C D Limited
G B Airways Limited
easyJet Aircraft Company Limited
easyJet Leasing Limited
easyJet Sterling Limited

Historic directorships:

RAC PLC (resigned 20 December 2005)
Multipart Solutions Limited (resigned 20 December 2005)
Multipart (Holdings) Limited (resigned 20 December 2005)
Lex Vehicle Leasing (Holdings) Limited (resigned 16 November 2005)
R.A.C. Motoring Services (resigned 5 May 20054)
Undershaft (No. 13) Limited (resigned 20 December 2005)
EMAP International Limited (resigned 20 March 2008)
Kellett (UK) Limited (resigned 27 September 2004)
Royal Automobile Club Foundation For Motoring Limited (20 September 2005)
RAC Holdings Limited (resigned 20 December 2005)

*Official resumé as posted at easyJet.com, June 2010

Press coverage:

Date		Item

19.06.2011		The Observer: Say hello, wave goodbye: the bosses who cash in loyalty bonuses as they walk out of the door

17.08.2010		Martin Waller comments on Andy Harrison's track record

19.07.2010		The Sunday Times has discovered that easyJet was not well managed by Harrison

11.07.2010		Sunday Times: Stelios hits easyJet with cover-up claim The dispute between Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou and easyJet has intensified after he accused the airline of covering up the alleged abuse of free flights by its communications director. Sir Stelios alleges that Toby Nicol resigned after it was discovered, but is suggesting that the carrier should have prosecuted him, and has sent a letter to his lawyers to that effect.