Chris Browne to leave easyJet
EasyJet chief operating officer Chris Browne has taken early retirement due to her husband’s ill health.
Her resignation comes in the same week that easyJet Holidays’ announced that general mananger Mandy Round has also resigned.
The airline has appointed director of flight operations David Morgan as interim head of operations, however it said Browne will ‘remain available’ to the airline for the next three months.
She joined easyJet in 2016 from TUI where she had been managing director of both First Choice Airways and Thomson Airways.
EasyJet chief executive Johan Lundgren said: "Chris has contributed immensely to the airline in her time here and I am very grateful for all her dedication, hard work and inspirational leadership."
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