Item 1 of 2 The company logo is seen on the tail of an Easyjet plane at Manchester Airport in Manchester, Britain January 20, 2020. REUTERS/Phil Noble/File Photo
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- Jan De Raeymaeker to be CFO from Jan. 20
- To replace Kenton Jarvis as he moves to become CEO
- Raeymaeker has worked as CFO at Lineas, Brussels Airlines
Oct 14 (Reuters) – EasyJet (EZJ.L)opens new tab has hired Jan De Raeymaeker as its finance chief from European rail freight operator Lineas, replacing Kenton Jarvis as he moves to become the budget airline’s CEO.
The company said on Monday that Raeymaeker, a Belgian national, would take up his role on Jan. 20. Prior to working as chief financial officer (CFO) at Lineas, he was CFO at Brussels Airlines.
“As CFO, Jan will lead the company’s finance function as well as several other key business areas, including strategy, fleet, analysis and reporting, and risk and assurance,” an easyJet spokesperson said.
Earlier this year, easyJet said chief executive Johan Lundgren, who led the carrier’s recovery from the pandemic, would step down early in 2025 when he will have served seven years as CEO.
It said Jarvis, who analysts saw as a candidate that would provide continuity in strategy, would become CEO on Jan. 1.
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Reporting by Joanna Plucinska in London and Shanima A in Bengaluru; Editing by Eileen Soreng and Mark Potter
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Joanna reports on airlines and travel in Europe, including tourism trends, sustainability and policy. She was previously based in Warsaw, where she covered politics and general news. She wrote stories on everything from Chinese spies to migrants stranded in forests along the Belarusian border. In 2022, she spent six weeks covering the war in Ukraine, with a focus on the evacuation of children, war reparations and evidence that Russian commanders knew of sexual violence by their troops. Joanna graduated from the Columbia Journalism School in 2014. Before joining Reuters, she worked in Hong Kong for TIME and later in Brussels reporting on EU tech policy for POLITICO Europe.
