Saad Hammad

Saad joined Key Travel as Group CEO in November 2017. He brings considerable international executive and non-executive experience, both from the travel industry and other sectors.

Previously, Saad was Group CEO of Flybe, Europe’s largest regional airline, where he led a turnaround which in 2016 returned the business to profit for the first time since its flotation on the London Stock Exchange in 2010. From 2005 to 2009 he was Chief Commercial Officer at easyJet plc, where he was responsible for the airline’s commercial transformation. He has also been a Non-Executive Director of three international airlines in Europe, North America, and Turkey.

Saad has held a number of leadership positions in private equity, third party logistics, the automotive sector, consumer goods, and retailing, and was also Non-Executive Director of a London listed medical imaging technology company.

Saad grew up in Beirut, Lebanon, and is a UK national. He holds a BA (Hons) in Politics, Philosophy, and Economics from Oxford University and an MBA from INSEAD.