Johan Lundgren (businessman)

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Johan Lundgren
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Johan Peter Lundgren

(1966-10-04) 4 October 1966 (age 58)
Härnösand, Sweden
Alma mater Stockholm School of Economics
International Institute for Management Development
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Johan Peter Lundgren (born 4 October 1966) is a Swedish businessman, the chief executive officer (CEO) of the British airline easyJet from December 2017 to January 2025, when Kenton Jarvis overtook the role of easyJet's Chief Executive Officer.

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Early life

Johan Peter Lundgren was born in Sweden [1] on 4 October 1966. [2] He lived in Bondsjöhöjden, and went to school in Härnösand, on the eastern coast of mid-Sweden in Ångermanland. He left school at 16 to concentrate solely on music. From 1982 to 1985 Lundgren studied classical trombone in Sweden, the UK and the USA. He aspired to become a trombonist after listening to Christian Lindberg. He auditioned for the Royal Academy of Music, but was not accepted to the conservatoire as that year it was not accepting any trombone players. [1]

Lundgren then moved to Gothenburg. He worked as a tour guide. [1] He attended courses at the Stockholm School of Economics in 1993 and completed the Programme for Executive Development at the International Institute for Management Development (IMD) in Switzerland in 1996.

Career

TUI Group

In 1986, he joined Fritidsresor, a Swedish travel operator, which was later bought by TUI Group (TUI Sverige) in 2001.

He later worked for Fritidsresegruppen i Norden and Svenska Fritidsresor.

In October 2010, he became managing director of TUI Travel UK & Ireland (Tourism Union International).

He became the deputy chief executive of TUI Group on 20 October 2011, where he was paid £605,000 in 2011. He resigned as deputy chief executive of the company in 2015, frustrated with its restructuring. [1]

EasyJet

Lundgren became the CEO of EasyJet on 1 December 2017, [3] [4] [5] replacing Carolyn McCall. One of his first duties was to hire a chief data officer. [6] [7] He also hired a former colleague from TUI to create a hotel and loyalty scheme to grow bookings through easyJet's online websites. [8] Another one of his first moves was EasyJet's take over of Air Berlin. [9] Regarding his rumored annual pay of £740,000, it is believed he asked the board that it be reduced to £706,000, his predecessor's last salary. [10] In September 2018, he suggested there should be a law to favour more women pilots in the industry. [11]

In June 2018, he announced that EasyJet would be using electric planes within 10 years. [12] [13]

In July 2018, he reiterated easyJet's interest in acquiring a controlling stake in Alitalia. [14]

In May 2019, he faced criticism for raising the price of the ticket to Madrid to £1,500 after two British teams were qualified for the finals of the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League. [15]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Profile - Johan Lundgren. BBC Sounds. 11 June 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  2. ↑ Collingridge, John (1 December 2019). "Interview with Johan Lundgren: easyJet is going green — with package holidays too" . The Sunday Times. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  3. ↑ James Sillars (10 November 2017). "Travel veteran Johan Lundgren named new easyJet boss as Carolyn McCall takes flight". Sky News. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
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Business positions
Preceded by CEO of EasyJet
2017–2025		Succeeded by
Kenton Jarvis
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