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Ex-RBS boss Stephen Hester appointed as next easyJet chair

Former Royal Bank of Scotland and RSA chief executive joins the budget airline

Incoming easyJet chair Stephen Hester was previously the CEO of real estate company British Land and chief operating officer of Abbey National
Incoming easyJet chair Stephen Hester was previously the CEO of real estate company British Land and chief operating officer of Abbey National Photo: Bloomberg via Getty Images

Former Royal Bank of Scotland chief executive Stephen Hester has been named as the next chair of budget airline easyJet.

EasyJet told the stock market on 23 August that Hester would take over from John Barton as the company's chair on 1 December. He will join the board as a non-executive director on 1 September.

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