easyJet has today announced it has appointed Sophie Dekkers as its new Chief Commercial Officer. Sophie has been with easyJet since 2007 in a variety of roles, most recently as Customer Director. During her time at the airline she has looked after the commercial performance of the UK market as UK Country Director as well as having performed roles such as Director of Scheduling and Head of Business.
Sophie will be responsible for Network and Planning, Scheduling, Commercial and Digital. Sophie’s appointment follows the resignation of Robert Carey and she will take over with immediate effect.
Thomas Haagensen, Group Markets Director will take over Robert’s responsibilities for the marketing and customer teams as the airline’s Group Marketing & Markets Director.
Commenting on the appointment, Johan Lundgren, CEO for easyJet said;
“I am delighted to have appointed Sophie Dekkers as Chief Commercial Officer. She has a wealth of experience at easyJet in a diverse range of roles so the huge depth and breadth of knowledge of the airline and commercial acumen will serve us very well going forward. I look forward to welcoming Sophie to the Management Board.”
This post was published on 7 December 2020 4:55 pm