Chief Executive Tony Tyler (Cathay Pacific)

Tony Tyler joined John Swire & Sons in 1977 and moved to Cathay Pacific in 1978. He became Chief Executive of the airline in July 2007. His previous position was Chief Operating Officer of Cathay Pacific, to which he was appointed in January 2005, and prior to that he was Director Corporate Development of the airline for eight years.

Mr Tyler is also Chairman of Hong Kong Dragon Airlines Ltd and a Director of John Swire & Sons (H.K.) Limited and Swire Pacific Limited. He was elected Chairman of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Board of Governors with effect from June 2009.

He is a graduate of Oxford University.