Board of Directors

Colm Barrington (Chairman)

Colm Barrington was appointed to the Board on 19 September 2008 and appointed as Chairman on 3 October 2008. He is Chief Executive Officer and a director of Fly Leasing Limited, the NYSE listed, Irish based, aircraft leasing company. He was formerly Managing Director of Babcock and Brown in Dublin from 1994 to 2007. Prior to that he held a number of senior executive management positions in GPA Group Plc from 1979 to 1993 and was appointed President of GE Capital Aviation Services Limited following its acquisition of GPA Group Plc. He has represented Ireland in international yacht racing and in 2007, he completed the Barrington Report on the Irish Private Health Insurance Industry for the Minister for Health and Children.

Colm’s many years of experience in executive leadership positions in the aircraft leasing businesses of GPA, GE, Babcock and Brown and Fly Leasing, have provided him with a range of skills and expertise of direct relevance to his roles as Director and Chairman of Aer Lingus, member of the Remuneration, Appointments and Safety Committee.

Colm has served as a member of the Appointments and Remuneration Committees since November 2008. He has served as a member of the Safety Committee since January of 2009.

Christoph Mueller (Chief Executive Officer)

Christoph Mueller joined Aer Lingus as its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in September 2009. He previously held the position of Executive Aviation Director at TUI Travel plc., a FTSE 100 company. In January 2006, Christoph joined the Executive Committee of TUI AG, a DAX 30 company with responsibility for its flight division.

He served as the Chief Financial Officer of DHL Worldwide from 2002 to 2004 and became a member of the Executive Committee of Deutsche Post AG in 2004 after the acquisition of DHL by Deutsche Post AG.

In January of 2012 Christoph was appointed to the Board of Tourism Ireland, the organisation responsible for the international promotion of the island of Ireland as a tourism destination.

In March of 2013, Christoph was appointed to the role of Chairman of An Post.

Andrew Macfarlane (Chief Financial Officer)

Andrew Macfarlane was appointed Chief Financial Officer and a member of the Board on 3 October 2010. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and holds an MA in Economics from Selwyn College, Cambridge. Andrew originally joined Aer Lingus as Interim Chief Financial Officer on 21 December 2009. Prior to his appointment he most recently served as Chief Financial Officer of Rentokil Initial plc and his career has covered the leisure, business services, real estate and accounting sectors. His early career was with Ernst & Young, where he spent 12 years, reaching the position of Corporate Finance Partner in 1987. In addition he has held the position of Chief Financial Officer at Land Securities Group plc and Holiday Inn.

Andrew’s prior experience as Chief Financial Officer in a number of listed entities has equipped him with the necessary skills and expertise to address the challenges he faces as Aer Lingus Chief Financial Officer and executive director.

David Begg

David Begg was appointed as a non-executive director effective on 28 January 2011. Prior to that he served as an ESOT nominee on the Board since January 2008. He has been General Secretary of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions since 2001. For five years prior to that he was Chief Executive of Concern Worldwide, an international humanitarian organisation working in 27 countries and with offices in Dublin, London, Belfast, New York and Chicago. He is also a governor of the Irish Times Trust and a member of the National Economic and Social Council. He also sits on the Executive Committee of the European Trade Union Confederation.

David has particular skills, expertise and experience in the area of industrial relations together with executive leadership skills and has significantly contributed to the Board in these and in other areas since his initial appointment in January 2008.

David has served as a member of the Safety and Risk Committees since January 2009.

Laurence Crowley

Laurence Crowley was appointed to the Board on 9 January 2009 and is the Senior Independent Director on the Board. He is Chairman of ‘Gaisce – The President’s Award’, the Gate Theatre, The Middletown Centre for Autism, Ecocem Limited and Realex Payments. He is also a member of the Board of the Economic and Social Research Institute, An Bord Gáis, the Advisory Board of the US-Ireland Alliance and a number of other companies. He previously served as Governor of the Bank of Ireland (where he completed his term in 2005) and as Executive Chairman of the Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business at University College Dublin. He is also a past director of Elan Corporation. Previously, he was a partner in KPMG Stokes Kennedy Crowley Chartered Accountants, where he specialised in corporate restructuring and insolvency. Laurence holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from University College Dublin and is Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland. In 2004, he was conferred with an honorary Doctorate in Laws by the National University of Ireland. In 2009 he was awarded an Honorary CBE by Queen Elizabeth II for services to UK-Irish relations.

Laurence’s has vast experience as both a Chartered Accountant and Board member. This experience enables him to make a significant contribution to the Board as both non-executive director and Senior Independent Director. His accounting experience is of particular relevance to his Chairmanship of the Audit Committee.

Laurence has served as Chairman of the Appointments Committee since January 2009. He also served as a member of the Audit Committee since January 2009 and assumed the Chairmanship of that Committee in December 2010.

Danuta Gray

Danuta Gray was appointed to the Board on 25 August 2006. Most recently Danuta was Chief Executive of O2 Ireland, a position she held since 2001. She is a graduate of the University of Leeds. She is a member of the O2 Group Board. She is also a member of the IMI Council and a former Director of Irish Life & Permanent plc.

During Danuta’s many years of experience at executive level in the mobile telecommunications industry, amongst the skills she has developed is an advanced expertise and understanding of the customer. This expertise is of particular relevance to Aer Lingus. Danuta also has significant expertise in the area of Remuneration and has experience of chairing the Remuneration Committee of another listed entity.

Danuta has served as Chair of the Remuneration Committee since January 2009.

Francis Hackett

Francis Hackett was appointed to the Board on 9 February 2006. Francis is a solicitor of over twenty years standing and is Chairman of Trading Emissions plc, a closed end fund currently in wind down mode, He is also a Director at Next Generation Consulting Limited providing regulatory and professional services to corporates mainly in the areas of telecoms, media and clean energy. Francis is a former managing partner of Eversheds O’Donnell Sweeney, Solicitors.

Francis has extensive experience in commercial law, corporate law, regulatory, telecommunications and information technology law and contributes commercial and legal expertise to the Board of Aer Lingus.

Francis has served as Chairman of the Safety Committee since January 2009.

Colin Hunt

Colin Hunt was appointed to the Board on 31 January 2008. Colin is a Managing Director at Macquarie Capital and has responsibility for the firm’s corporate advisory activities in Ireland. Previously he served as Special Adviser to the Ministers for Finance and Transport of Ireland. An economist by profession, he was Research Director and Chief Economist at Goodbody Stockbrokers, Head of Trading Research at Bank of Ireland Group Treasury and a country risk analyst at NatWest. He is a graduate of University College Cork and Trinity College Dublin.

Colin’s experience as an economist, in banking and in executive leadership enables him to contribute significantly to the Board and is particularly relevant to his role as Chairman of the Risk Committee.

Colin has served as Chairman of the Risk Committee since January 2009.

Thomas Moran

Thomas Moran was appointed to the Board on 25 August 2006. Tom has served as Chairman of the Board of Mutual of America Life Insurance Company since June 2005 and has served as its President and Chief Executive Officer since October 1994. He has participated in its growth from a small retirement association to a mutual life insurance company. Tom is a graduate of Manhattan College and has extensive business experience and is a member of the Taoiseach’s Economic Advisory Board, as well as the Boards of the Irish Chamber of Commerce in the USA and the Ireland-United States Council for Commerce and Industry, Inc.

Tom applies his vast experience and expertise in the areas of pension and retirement-related matters, the US market, Irish-United states commerce and executive leadership to his roles as Aer Lingus non-executive director and member of the Audit Committee.

Tom has served as a member of the Audit Committee since October 2011.

Montie Brewer

Montie Brewer was appointed to the Board on 25 January 2010. He is an airline veteran and a recognised industry innovator in airline pricing, sales and distribution strategies. Most recently he was President and CEO of Air Canada. He is currently a Non-executive Director of Allegiant Travel Company, recognised as one of North America’s most innovative airline and travel groups. He holds a BA in Business Administration & Transportation Management from Michigan State University.

Montie’s direct executive level experience in the aviation industry enables him to bring airline specific skills and expertise bear on the Board of Aer Lingus.

Montie has served as a member of the Risk Committee since June 2010.

Nicola Shaw

Nicola Shaw was appointed to the Board on 25 January 2010. Nicola is Chief Executive of High Speed 1, the railway between St Pancras in London and the Channel Tunnel that connects with the international high speed routes between London and Paris, and London and Brussels. Prior to that she served as Director, Bus – UK, Ireland and Germany for FirstGroup plc. She previously worked in senior positions in both the UK Strategic Rail Authority and the Office of the Rail Regulator. She was also a transport consultant with Bechtel and Halcrow Fox and holds a BA in Modern History and Economics from Oxford University and an MSc in Transport from MIT.

Nicola’s significant experience in the transport sector enables her to bring directly relevant skills and expertise to the Board of Aer Lingus. Her understanding of the financial and performance fundamentals of companies in the transport sector make her ideally suited for membership of both the Audit and Remuneration Committees.

Nicola has served as a member of the Audit and Remuneration Committees since June 2010.

Mella Frewen

Mella Frewen was appointed to the Board on 1 January 2011. She is Director General of the Confederation of the Food and Drink Industries of the EU (CIAA) based in Brussels and has worked in the agri-food sector in Europe for over 20 years. She has Bachelor and Master of Science degrees from the National University of Ireland and completed a post-graduate course in marine biology at the Universite Libre de Bruxelles. She also holds diploma in International Operations Management from INSEAD.

Mella has significant experience of the interaction between business and the institutions of the European Union. Her knowledge, expertise and skills in this area contribute to the Board’s understanding in working and interacting with these institutions.

Mella has served as a member of the Risk Committee since October 2011.