Bio

Barbara Cassani is a business leader with experience in the US and Europe in starting-up and running companies in the travel and hospitality sectors. Most recently she was Executive Chairman of Jurys Inns – a fast growing private-equity owned mid-sized European hotel group. She also founded the European low cost airline Go for British Airways which in time was merged with easyJet. Highlighting her flexibility and diverse background, she also founded the successful London 2012 Olympic bid and stepped in to chair Spanish airline Vueling after a crisis among Shareholders.