Dart Group PLC announced that Stephen Heapy, Chief Executive Officer - Jet2.com and Jet2holidays, and Gary Brown, Group Chief Financial Officer, are to join the board of directors of the company as executive directors with immediate effect. Stephen Heapy has been with Dart Group since 2009 and is the CEO of Jet2.com and Jet2holidays. He has extensive experience in the travel industry having held roles with My Travel PLC, Thomas Cook and Libra Holidays.

Stephen is a Fellow of the Institute for Travel and Tourism. Prior to joining Dart Group, Gary was Global CFO of Umbro PLC and subsequently, following the sale of the Umbro business to Nike Inc., Umbro International Limited. The company also announced that Trevor Crowley, senior independent non-executive director, and Brian Templar, independent non-executive director, have resigned from the Board with immediate effect.

Mark Laurence, who joined the Company as a non-executive director in May 2009, remains on the Board. The company will appoint a further non-executive director in due course.