annual report 2009 - Aer Lingus
annual report 2009 - Aer Lingus annual report 2009 - Aer Lingus
10 Board of Directors Aer Lingus Group Plc – Annual Report 2009Board of DirectorsLeft to right: Colm Barrington, Christoph Mueller, David Begg, Montie Brewer, Leslie Buckley, Thomas Corcoran, Laurence Crowley.Colm Barrington (Chairman)(7) (8) (9)Colm Barrington was appointed to the Board on19 September 2008 and appointed as Chairmanon 3 October 2008. He is Chief Executive Officer anda director of Babcock and Brown Air Limited, theNYSE listed, Irish based, aircraft leasing company.He was formerly Managing Director of Babcock andBrown in Dublin from 1994 to 2007. Prior to that heheld a number of senior executive managementpositions in GPA Group Plc from 1979 to 1993 andwas appointed President of GE Capital AviationServices Limited following its acquisition of GPAGroup Plc. He has represented Ireland in internationalyacht racing and in 2007, he completed the BarringtonReport on the Irish Private Health Insurance Industryfor the Minister for Health and Children.Christoph Mueller(Chief Executive Officer)Christoph Mueller was appointed Chief ExecutiveOfficer and a member of the Board in September 2009.Prior to his appointment he was most recently theAviation Director at TUI Travel plc, a leading internationalleisure travel group operating a pan-European airlinewith over 160 aircraft. He has extensive experiencewithin the aviation industry, having held senior positionsin Daimler Benz Aerospace, Lufthansa AG, the SabenaGroup, DHL and Deutsche Post AG, prior to his roles atTUI Travel plc. He served as the Chief Financial Officerof DHL Worldwide from 2002 to 2004 and became amember of the Executive Committee of Deutsche PostAG in 2004. In January 2006, Mr Mueller joined theExecutive Committee of TUI AG with responsibility fortheir flight division. In 2007, TUI AG merged its traveldivision with First Choice Holidays PLC to form TUITravel plc, a leading international travel group listed onthe London Stock Exchange and a member of the FTSE100. Mr Mueller served as Executive Director, Aviation,at TUI Travel plc, where he managed a total of sevenseparate airlines, a fleet of 160 short-haul and long-haulaircraft and a team of 11,000 employees.David Begg(8) (10) (12)David Begg was appointed to the Board on 29 January2008. Mr Begg became General Secretary of the IrishCongress of Trade Unions in 2001. For five years priorto that he was Chief Executive of Concern Worldwide,an international humanitarian organisation working in27 countries and with offices in Dublin, London, Belfast,New York and Chicago. He is also a Director of theCentral Bank (since 1995), a Governor of the IrishTimes Trust, member of the ESRI Council, a memberof the National Economic and Social Council (NESC),and of the Advisory Board of Development CooperationIreland. He also sits on the ExecutiveCommittee of the European Trade UnionConfederation (ETUC).Montie BrewerMontie Brewer was appointed to the Boardon 25 January 2010. He is an airline veteran anda recognised industry innovator in airline pricing,sales and distribution strategies. Most recently hewas President and CEO of Air Canada. He is currentlya Non-executive Director of Allegiant Travel Company,recognised as one of North America’s most innovativeairline and travel groups. He holds a BA in BusinessAdministration & Transportation Management fromMichigan State University.Leslie Buckley (11)Leslie Buckley was appointed to the Board on18 May 2009. He is a founding director of Digicela telecommunications group with over nine millionsubscribers and operations across the Caribbean,Central America and South Pacific. Previously,Mr Buckley was involved in the start-up of EsatTelecom group plc and Esat Digifone Limited andheld the position of acting Chief Operating Officerof Esat Telecom during 1996 and 1997. Mr Buckleyestablished his own consultancy business in 1990and was retained on a number of key public andprivate sector appointments. He is currently theChairman of Saongroup.com and Business RecoveryServices Limited. He is also a director of the IrishMedical Organisation Services Limited. In January 2009Mr Buckley established Haven, a charitable foundationdedicated to building and up-grading houses for thepoorest of the poor, initially in Haiti, through long-termpartnership programmes with communities and anannual Volunteer based “Build-It-Week”. In March 2009Mr Buckley was appointed to the Board of IndependentNews & Media PLC.Thomas Corcoran(7) (10)Thomas Corcoran was appointed to the Board on4 May 2007. Mr Corcoran has extensive and in-depthexperience in the aviation industry worldwide. He iscurrently a Senior Advisor to The Carlyle Group andPresident of Corcoran Enterprises LLC, a managementconsultancy firm. He has held senior executivemanagement positions at General Electric andLockheed Martin. Mr Corcoran is a member onthe Boards of Directors of ARINC Incorporated(A Carlyle Company), L-3 Communications Corporation,REMEC Incorporated, LaBarge Incorporated and SercoPlc. He is also a Director of Aircraft ManagementTechnologies, a privately held Irish company.He is active in the American Ireland Fund wherehe is a Director. He is a graduate of Stevens Instituteof Technology where he is a Trustee and holds anhonorary PhD.Laurence Crowley(4) (6)Laurence Crowley was appointed to the Boardon 9 January 2009 and is the Senior IndependentDirector on the Board. He is Chairman of ‘Gaisce –The President’s Award’, the Gate Theatre, TheMiddletown Centre for Autism, Ecocem Limited andRealex Payments. He is also a member of the Boardof the Economic and Social Research Institute, An BordGáis, the Advisory Board of the US-Ireland Alliance anda number of other companies. He previously served asGovernor of the Bank of Ireland (where he completed
Board of Directors Aer Lingus Group Plc – Annual Report 200911Left to right: Ivor Fitzpatrick, Danuta Gray, Francis Hackett, Colin Hunt, Michael Johns, Thomas Moran, Nicola Shaw.his term in 2005) and as Executive Chairman ofthe Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business atUniversity College Dublin. He is also a past director ofElan Corporation. Previously, he was a partner in KPMGStokes Kennedy Crowley Chartered Accountants, wherehe specialised in corporate restructuring and insolvency.Laurence holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree fromUniversity College Dublin and is Fellow of the Instituteof Chartered Accountants in Ireland. In 2004, he wasconferred with an honorary Doctorate in Laws by theNational University of Ireland. In 2009 he was awardedan Honorary CBE by Queen Elizabeth II for services toUK-Irish relations.Ivor Fitzpatrick(1) (7)Ivor Fitzpatrick was appointed to the Board on5 June 2002. He is a solicitor and the founding partnerof Ivor Fitzpatrick & Co Solicitors. Mr Fitzpatrickpractices and has extensive experience in the legalprofession and is also involved in various commercialand business activities.Danuta Gray(2) (6)Danuta Gray was appointed to the Board on25 August 2006. Ms Gray is Chief Executive of O2Ireland, a position she has held since 2001. Ms Grayis a graduate of the University of Leeds. She is amember of the O2 Group Board. She is also aDirector of Irish Life & Permanent plc and amember of the IMI Council.Francis Hackett(3) (11)Francis Hackett was appointed to the Board on9 February 2006. Mr Hackett is a solicitor of over twentyyears standing and is currently a partner at EvershedsO’Donnell Sweeney, Solicitors. Mr Hackett has extensiveexperience in commercial law, corporate law, regulatory,telecommunications and information technology law.Colin Hunt(5) (9) (11)Dr Colin Hunt was appointed to the Board on31 January 2008. Dr Hunt is Division Director atMacquarie Capital and has responsibility for the firm’scorporate advisory activities in Ireland. Previously heserved as Special Adviser to the Ministers for Financeand Transport of Ireland. An economist by profession,he was Research Director and Chief Economist atGoodbody Stockbrokers, Head of Trading Researchat Bank of Ireland Group Treasury and a country riskanalyst at NatWest. He is a graduate of UniversityCollege Cork and Trinity College Dublin.Michael Johns(9) (10) (12)Michael Johns was appointed to the Board on25 August 2006. He is a solicitor and has been a partnerat Ashurst, solicitors since 1987. He retires from Ashurstat the end of April 2010. Mr Johns is a graduate ofOxford University. He has extensive experience in theareas of commercial, corporate, corporate finance andenergy law. He has provided legal counsel to the Eircomemployee share ownership trust since 2001.Thomas Moran(9) (10)Thomas Moran was appointed to the Board on25 August 2006. Mr Moran has served as Chairmanof the Board of Mutual of America Life InsuranceCompany since June 2005 and has served as itsPresident and Chief Executive Officer since October1994. He has participated in its growth from a smallretirement association to a mutual life insurancecompany. Mr Moran is a graduate of ManhattanCollege and has extensive business experience and isa member of the Taoiseach’s Economic Advisory Board,as well as the Boards of the Irish Chamber of Commercein the USA and the Ireland-United States Council forCommerce and Industry, Inc.Nicola ShawNicola Shaw was appointed to the Board on25 January 2010. She is Director, Bus – UK, Irelandand Germany for FirstGroup plc, the world’s leadingtransport company operating in Europe and NorthAmerica, and transporting approximately 2.5 billionpassengers a year. She previously worked in seniorpositions in both the UK Strategic Rail Authority andthe Office of the Rail Regulator. She was also a transportconsultant with Bechtel and Halcrow Fox and holdsa BA in Modern History and Economics from OxfordUniversity and an MSc in Transport from MIT.(1) Chairman of Audit Committee (7) Member of Remuneration Committee(2) Chairman of Remuneration Committee (8) Member of Safety Committee(3) Chairman of Safety Committee (9) Member of Appointments Committee(4) Chairman of Appointments Committee (10) Member of Risk Committee(5) Chairman of Risk Committee (11) Nominated for appointment by Minister for Transport of Ireland(6) Member of Audit Committee (12) Nominated for appointment by ESOT
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Board of Directors <strong>Aer</strong> <strong>Lingus</strong> Group Plc – Annual Report <strong>2009</strong>11Left to right: Ivor Fitzpatrick, Danuta Gray, Francis Hackett, Colin Hunt, Michael Johns, Thomas Moran, Nicola Shaw.his term in 2005) and as Executive Chairman ofthe Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business atUniversity College Dublin. He is also a past director ofElan Corporation. Previously, he was a partner in KPMGStokes Kennedy Crowley Chartered Accountants, wherehe specialised in corporate restructuring and insolvency.Laurence holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree fromUniversity College Dublin and is Fellow of the Instituteof Chartered Accountants in Ireland. In 2004, he wasconferred with an honorary Doctorate in Laws by theNational University of Ireland. In <strong>2009</strong> he was awardedan Honorary CBE by Queen Elizabeth II for services toUK-Irish relations.Ivor Fitzpatrick(1) (7)Ivor Fitzpatrick was appointed to the Board on5 June 2002. He is a solicitor and the founding partnerof Ivor Fitzpatrick & Co Solicitors. Mr Fitzpatrickpractices and has extensive experience in the legalprofession and is also involved in various commercialand business activities.Danuta Gray(2) (6)Danuta Gray was appointed to the Board on25 August 2006. Ms Gray is Chief Executive of O2Ireland, a position she has held since 2001. Ms Grayis a graduate of the University of Leeds. She is amember of the O2 Group Board. She is also aDirector of Irish Life & Permanent plc and amember of the IMI Council.Francis Hackett(3) (11)Francis Hackett was appointed to the Board on9 February 2006. Mr Hackett is a solicitor of over twentyyears standing and is currently a partner at EvershedsO’Donnell Sweeney, Solicitors. Mr Hackett has extensiveexperience in commercial law, corporate law, regulatory,telecommunications and information technology law.Colin Hunt(5) (9) (11)Dr Colin Hunt was appointed to the Board on31 January 2008. Dr Hunt is Division Director atMacquarie Capital and has responsibility for the firm’scorporate advisory activities in Ireland. Previously heserved as Special Adviser to the Ministers for Financeand Transport of Ireland. An economist by profession,he was Research Director and Chief Economist atGoodbody Stockbrokers, Head of Trading Researchat Bank of Ireland Group Treasury and a country riskanalyst at NatWest. He is a graduate of UniversityCollege Cork and Trinity College Dublin.Michael Johns(9) (10) (12)Michael Johns was appointed to the Board on25 August 2006. He is a solicitor and has been a partnerat Ashurst, solicitors since 1987. He retires from Ashurstat the end of April 2010. Mr Johns is a graduate ofOxford University. He has extensive experience in theareas of commercial, corporate, corporate finance andenergy law. He has provided legal counsel to the Eircomemployee share ownership trust since 2001.Thomas Moran(9) (10)Thomas Moran was appointed to the Board on25 August 2006. Mr Moran has served as Chairmanof the Board of Mutual of America Life InsuranceCompany since June 2005 and has served as itsPresident and Chief Executive Officer since October1994. He has participated in its growth from a smallretirement association to a mutual life insurancecompany. Mr Moran is a graduate of ManhattanCollege and has extensive business experience and isa member of the Taoiseach’s Economic Advisory Board,as well as the Boards of the Irish Chamber of Commercein the USA and the Ireland-United States Council forCommerce and Industry, Inc.Nicola ShawNicola Shaw was appointed to the Board on25 January 2010. She is Director, Bus – UK, Irelandand Germany for FirstGroup plc, the world’s leadingtransport company operating in Europe and NorthAmerica, and transporting approximately 2.5 billionpassengers a year. She previously worked in seniorpositions in both the UK Strategic Rail Authority andthe Office of the Rail Regulator. She was also a transportconsultant with Bechtel and Halcrow Fox and holdsa BA in Modern History and Economics from OxfordUniversity and an MSc in Transport from MIT.(1) Chairman of Audit Committee (7) Member of Remuneration Committee(2) Chairman of Remuneration Committee (8) Member of Safety Committee(3) Chairman of Safety Committee (9) Member of Appointments Committee(4) Chairman of Appointments Committee (10) Member of Risk Committee(5) Chairman of Risk Committee (11) Nominated for appointment by Minister for Transport of Ireland(6) Member of Audit Committee (12) Nominated for appointment by ESOT
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