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AIRPORT COORDINATION LIMITED
Board of Directors
ACL is governed by a board of
four independent non-executive
directors, directors nominated by
our members and two executive
directors.
Meet our Board
I n dep en dent Di rec to r I n dep en dent D i re c to r
Ailsa Beaton OBE Catherine Brown
ABOUT AILSA A B O U T C AT H E R I N E
Appointed 1 October 2018 Appointed 31 October 2017
Ailsa Beaton OBE was a Alongside a career that
Chair Management Board member included senior roles in the
at the Metropolitan Police public and private sector,
Lesley Cowley OBE Service, the Chief Information Catherine has extensive
Officer at ICL plc and a Senior experience as a non-executive
Partner at PA Consulting Board Member. As a qualified
Group. She started her career accountant and an ex member
as an accountant before of the senior civil service,
moving into information Catherine brings to the board
ABOUT LESLEY
technology with General a focus on governance and
Appointed 1 January 2020 Electric (USA). strategy and an awareness
She now has a portfolio of of effective regulation
non-executive roles. These gained in her previous role
Lesley is a portfolio non-executive director and include being a non-executive as Chief Executive of the
independent Chair. Her experience includes chairing the director on the board of the Food Standards Agency, the
boards of the DVLA, The National Archives and Companies Information Commissioner’s regulator for the UK food
House. She was previously CEO of Nominet, the .uk domain Office, being a governor of the industry.
name registry, a role she held from 2004 to 2014. She Legal Education Foundation
has a Masters degree in Business Administration (MBA), and sitting as a magistrate in
awarded with distinction in 1997 from the Bristol Business London. Ailsa was formerly an
School, University of the West of England. In 2015, she was independent non-executive
awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Technology by director in the UK payments
the University of the West of England. Lesley was made an industry.
OBE for services to the Internet and e-commerce in 2011. In
October 2019, she was named as Non-Executive Director of
the year in the Institute of Directors (IoD) Awards.
Ind epe n d e nt D i re c tor Nominated Director Nominated Director Nominated Director
Valerie Gordon-Walker Sophie Dekkers Julian Homerstone David Lawrence
A B O U T VA L E R I E ABOUT SOPHIE ABOUT JULIAN A B O U T DAV I D
Appointed 1 October 2018 Appointed 22 February 2017 Appointed 16 December 2016 Appointed 3 May 2018
Named by Cranfield’s FTSE Sophie has been with easyJet Julian has been General David has worked in the
Board Report as one of over 12 years, currently in the Counsel at Virgin Atlantic aviation industry for more
the 100 Senior Women to role of Director of Scheduling since 2014. At Virgin Atlantic, than 30 years, at British
Watch, Valerie is a former for the airline. Prior to this he has responsibility for legal Airways, Malaysia Airlines
Managing Director, Executive she led easyJet in the UK affairs, company secretariat, and Tui Airways, and bring a
Committee Member and as UK Country Director risk and insurance and the wide range of commercial,
Group Head of People. Valerie for 5 years where she was data protection/compliance operational and regulatory
has a strong non- executive responsible for driving the functions. Julian is also a experience. His current role
portfolio career in the private airline’s commercial success member of Virgin Atlantic’s is General Manager Aviation
and public sector. Valerie is and strategic direction in the senior leadership group and Planning at Tui.
a Non- Executive Director UK. This role also involved acts as principal advisor on
at Tokio Marine Kiln, Lloyd’s representing aviation at both a broad spectrum of legal
Managing Agents and a Board House of Lords and House of issues.
member and Chair of the Commons Select Committees,
Remuneration Committee for focusing on Brexit and the Julian was highlighted as one
BPDTS Ltd. (at the DWP). impact on the industry. of the most influential in-house
Valerie has been an Previous roles include Head lawyers in business by the
Independent Senior Advisor of Change Management and Legal 500 in its UK GC Power
to the Financial Conduct Customer Insight at easyJet. list in 2016 and in 2020 he was
Authority and the Prudential Sophie is easyJet’s business recognised by the Legal 500
Regulation Authority at the lead on Diversity & Inclusion, a as its In-house Counsel of the
Bank of England and a Senior founding member of easyJet’s Year (Transport).
Board Advisor to multinational Women’s Network, and is
corporations focusing passionate about inspiring
on strategy, governance, young women to achieve
regulation and culture, board more than they thought
and executive mentoring. possible in aviation.
Nominated Director Nominated Director ACL CEO AC L F i n a n c e D i re c to r
Chris Groom Gavin Molloy Neil Garwood Jo Clarke
ABOUT CHRIS ABOUT Gavin ABOUT Neil ABOUT JO
Appointed 29 July 2020 Appointed 1 March 2021 Appointed 1 February 2021 Appointed 1 October 2014
Chris is the General Manager Gavin Molloy is Head of Neil was appointed as the Jo has been the Finance
in Commercial Planning at Infrastructure and Airport CEO of Airport Coordination Director at Airport Coordination
Jet2.com and Jet2holidays. Development at British Limited in March 2021 and Limited. since 2011. Jo is a
Chris has worked for Jet2 for Airways (BA). Gavin serves as is the first ACL CEO with qualified accountant with over
nearly ten years developing the Chair of the London Airport an airport management 30 years of airline industry
a wealth of experience in Consultative Committee background. Neil was experience. Her background
commercial planning and where he leads airline formerly Managing Director includes commercial, financial
market development. He community engagement with of Southampton Airport, and engineering roles. Jo
has a first-class Masters in Heathrow. where he had been for ten started her career as an
Aeronautical and Aerospace Before joining BA, Gavin years, having risen through aircraft engineer. She has a
engineering gained from the worked for United Airlines as the ranks after initially joining Masters degree in Business
University of Leeds. vice president of corporate them as Terminal Operations Administration from Lancaster
real estate and environmental Manager in 2010. Neil was University and a BEng in Air
affairs and as managing promoted across several Transport Engineering.
director of strategic sourcing roles at Southampton
at United Airlines. While there, Airport including Head
Gavin served as founding of Customer Service and
President of EQUAL– a group then Head of Operations
for the LGBTQ+ community– before becoming Managing
and was recognised as one Director.
of Chicago’s most influential
LGBTQ+ executives in 2018 by
Crain’s Chicago.
Gavin has spent his career in
the aviation including time
at City Jet and Amadeus and
Virgin Atlantic Airways,
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