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Board Of Directors

The following table sets forth certain information concerning the directors of Ryanair Holdings and Ryanair as of December 31st, 2012:


Name

Age

Positions

David Bonderman (a)(b)

69

Chairman of the Board and Director

Michael Horgan (d)

75

Director

Klaus Kirchberger (e)

54

Director

Charles McCreevy (c)

62

Director

Declan McKeon (c)

61

Director

Kyran McLaughlin (a)(b)

68

Director

Michael O'Leary (a)(b)(f)

51

Director and Chief Executive Officer

James Osborne (a)(c)(e)

63

Director

Julie O'Neill

57

Director

Louise Phelan

46

Director

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(a) Member of the Executive Committee.
(b) Member of the Nomination Committee.
(c) Member of the Audit Committee.
(d) Member of the Air Safety Committee.
(e) Member of the Remuneration Committee.
(f) Mr. O’Leary is also the chief executive officer of Ryanair Holdings and Ryanair. None of the other directors are executive officers of Ryanair Holdings or Ryanair.


David Bonderman (Chairman). David Bonderman has served as a director since August 1996 and has served as the chairman of the Board of Directors since December 1996. In 1992, Mr. Bonderman co-founded TPG (formerly known as Texas Pacific Group), a private equity investment firm. He currently serves as an officer and director of the general partner and manager of TPG. Mr. Bonderman is also an officer, director and shareholder of 1996 Air G.P. Inc., which owns shares of Ryanair. He also serves on the boards of directors of the following public companies: CoStar Group, Inc. and General Motors Company. Mr. Bonderman is a U.S. citizen.


Michael Horgan (Director). Michael Horgan has served as a director since January 2001. A former Chief Pilot of Aer Lingus, he has acted as a consultant to a number of international airlines, civil aviation authorities, the European Commission and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Mr. Horgan is the Chairman of the Company’s Air Safety Committee. Mr. Horgan is an Irish citizen.


Klaus Kirchberger (Director). Klaus Kirchberger has served as a director since September 2002. He also serves as a director of a number of German corporations. Mr. Kirchberger is a German citizen.


Charles McCreevy (Director). Charles McCreevy has served as a director since May 2010. Mr. McCreevy has previously served as EU Commissioner for Internal Markets and Services (2004-2010) and has held positions in several Irish Government Ministerial Offices, including Minister for Finance (1997-2004), Minister for Tourism & Trade (1993-1994) and Minister for Social Welfare (1992-1993). Mr. McCreevy is an Irish citizen.


Declan McKeon (Director). Declan McKeon has served as a director since May 2010. Mr. McKeon is a former audit partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers and continues to act as a consultant to PricewaterhouseCoopers. He is currently a director, chairman of the audit committee, and a member of the compensation committee of Icon plc. Mr. McKeon is an Irish citizen.


Kyran McLaughlin (Director). Kyran McLaughlin has served as a director since January 2001, and is also Deputy Chairman and Head of Capital Markets at Davy Stockbrokers. Mr. McLaughlin also advised Ryanair during its initial flotation on the Dublin and NASDAQ stock markets in 1997. Mr. McLaughlin serves on the Board of Directors of Elan Corporation plc, and he also serves as a director of a number of other Irish private companies. Mr. McLaughlin is an Irish citizen.


Michael O’Leary (Executive Director). Michael O’Leary has served as a director of Ryanair since 1988 and a director of Ryanair Holdings since July 1996. Mr. O’Leary was appointed chief executive officer of Ryanair on January 1, 1994. Mr. O’Leary is an Irish citizen.


James Osborne (Director). James Osborne has served as a director of Ryanair Holdings since August 1996, and has been a director of Ryanair since April 1995. Mr. Osborne is a former managing partner of A & L Goodbody Solicitors. He is also a former Chairman of Independent News and Media plc and a director of James Hardie Industries NV. He also serves as a director of a number of Irish private companies. Mr. Osborne is an Irish citizen.


Julie O'Neill (Director). Julie O'Neill has served as a director of Ryanair Holdings since December 2012. She previously served as Secretary General of the Department of Transport, Ireland from 2002 to 2009 and, in a career that spanned 37 years in the Irish public service, worked in strategic policy development and implementation in 8 Government Departments. She is now an independent strategic management consultant and serves as a Director of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland and the Irish Museum of Modern Art. She also Chairs the Audit Committee, Trinity College Dublin. Ms O'Neill is an Irish citizen.


Louise Phelan (Director). Louise Phelan has served as a director of Ryanair Holdings since December 2012. She is Vice President of Global Operations for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) at PayPal. Louise leads a team of 1,800 people in Dublin, Dundalk and Berlin. Prior to joining PayPal, Louise was a member of the Senior Management Team for GE Money, a division of General Electric (GE). Louise is on the Board of the American Chamber of Commerce Ireland and is a member of the Dublin Chamber of Commerce, Contact Centre Management Association Ireland and the Women’s Executive Network (WXN). She was awarded the 2012 Sir Michael Smurfit Business and Philanthropic Achievement Award in recognition of her role in PayPal’s recent decision to locate an additional 1,000 employees in Ireland. Ms Phelan is an Irish citizen.

 
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