Aer Lingus

Dick Butler joined the Cargo Department of Aer Lingus in 1970, and progressed through a range of supervisory roles within Cargo Operations with responsibility for Cargo Terminals at Dublin, Cork and Shannon. Mr Butler was appointed manager of the Catering Department in 1994, then Dublin Station Manager in 1996 with responsibility for all areas of customer and operational delivery at Dublin airport. Mr Butler was appointed Commercial Operations Manager in 1999. In January 2005, he was appointed to the Senior Management Team as Head of Operations and in March 2006 was appointed Ground Operations Director.

Enda Corneille joined Aer Lingus in 1986 as an Interline Revenue Analyst. He was promoted to Pricing Distribution in 1989, contributing to the design and implementation of Aer Lingus worldwide pricing policy. Mr Corneille has held Commercial Management positions in Switzerland, the Netherlands, UK and Ireland. He was appointed Head of European Sales in 2002, with overall responsibility for sales in the Irish, UK, and wider European region. During this time he implemented a significant change programme to drive sales in Ireland/UK/Continental Europe onto aerlingus.com. Mr Corneille was appointed to the Senior Management Team in March 2006 as Commercial Director.

Greg O'Sullivan was appointed to the Board on 25 August 2006. Mr. O'Sullivan, a chartered accountant, and a graduate of University College Dublin, joined Aer Lingus as Group Financial Controller in August 1997. Prior to this, he worked with PricewaterhouseCoopers in Ireland and the United States where he advised listed clients on mergers and acquisitions, due diligence and accounting matters. From October 2001 to August 2006, Mr O'Sullivan was also Company Secretary of Aer Lingus. In January 2005, Mr O'Sullivan was appointed to the Senior Management Team as Head of Finance and was appointed Finance Director in March 2006.

Liz White joined Aer Lingus in 2002 as Human Resources Director and a member of the Senior Management Team. Immediately Prior to joining the Company, Ms White worked for eircom from 2000 to 2002 as Head of Compensation and Benefits, and Head of HR (Retail). She worked for Vauxhall UK from 1999 to 2000 as Head of Human Resources (Sales, Marketing and After Sales), for IBC Vehicles (a subsidiary of General Motors Europe) from 1991 to 1998 primarily as Employee Relations Manager and Director of Human Resources, and for Ford Motor Company from 1987 to 1991 primarily as Employee Relations Officer and Education Development Specialist.

Stephen Kavanagh is a graduate of University College Dublin and joined the Company in 1988. He undertook a number of analytical and management roles in fleet scheduling and business planning departments before being appointed Operations Planning Manager in 2003. In this position, Mr Kavanagh was responsible for the integration of network, aircraft and crew planning, with a focus on improved productivity and asset utilisation. Mr Kavanagh was appointed to the Senior Management Team in March 2006 as Planning Director.

Michael Johns was appointed to the Board on 25 August 2006. He is a solicitor and has been a partner at Ashurst, solicitors since 1987. Mr Johns is a graduate of Oxford University. He has extensive experience in the areas of commercial, corporate, corporate finance and energy law. He has provided legal counsel to the Eircom employee share ownership trust since 2001.

Thomas Moran was appointed to the Board on 25 August 2006. Mr Moran 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. Mr Moran is a graduate of Manhattan College and is a member of the Taoiseach's Economic Advisory Board.