MAG Executive Committee
Ken O'Toole FCA
Group Chief Executive, MAG
Ken O’Toole was appointed MAG’s Chief Executive Officer in October 2023. He previously served as Deputy Chief Executive, and prior to that was the Group’s Chief Development Officer. During his time at MAG, Ken has also held the role of Chief Executive of London Stansted Airport and Chief Executive of Manchester Airport.
He spent six years with Ryanair Holdings plc, joining initially as Head of Revenue Management and latterly as Director of New Route Development. A qualified Chartered Accountant, his previous experience includes Musgrave Group, a leading Irish and UK based retailer and Credit Suisse First Boston.
Jan Bramall ACA
Chief Financial Officer, MAG
Jan Bramall joined MAG in 2018 as Group Finance Director, prior to taking on the role as Chief Financial Officer in December 2020.
Jan previously held VP Finance roles across listed International business including JCI and Tyco with responsibility across Europe, North America, South America and Canada.
Jan qualified with PwC and specialised in Corporate Finance and M&A transactions post qualification.
Jenny Cochrane
General Counsel, MAG
Jenny Cochrane was appointed General Counsel and Company Secretary in April 2020. Jenny has been with MAG since 2013 having previously held the position of Legal Director with responsibility for the legal function across the Group. Prior to joining MAG Jenny worked in private practice and specialised in corporate finance.
Tim Hawkins
Chief of Staff, MAG
Tim Hawkins leads the Group’s strategy, public affairs, external communications and CSR teams. He has been with MAG since 2013.
Prior to that, Tim was a part of London Stansted Airport’s senior leadership team with responsibility for economic regulation and long term planning. Tim led the airport’s engagement with the CAA during the regulatory review which led to Stansted being de-regulated.
Before joining Stansted in 2011, Tim held a number of positions with BAA, working on a wide range of regulatory, competition and policy issues.
Emma Crossland
Chief People Officer, MAG
Emma was appointed MAG’s Chief People Officer in September 2023.
Before joining MAG, Emma worked as HR Director at Matalan. As a member of the Executive Team, she was responsible for leading the People and Transformation agenda and worked closely with the Board to ensure the end-to-end colleague experience supported the business strategy and was for the benefit of everyone. Prior to that, Emma led the Recruitment and HR Operations teams at Jet2.com and Jet2holidays, where she supported the business through a period of significant growth and transformation.
During Emma’s early career she worked across the full range of HR specialisms, predominantly within the Retail sector. She has a passion for Learning and Development and has an ongoing drive to ensure all colleagues can grow and develop into long-term careers within an organisation.
Nicholas Woods
Chief Information Officer, MAG
Nicholas Woods joined MAG in 2016 to lead Technology for the £1bn Manchester Transformation Programme. He was promoted to Chief Technology Officer in 2017 and was subsequently appointed CIO in September 2018.
Prior to joining MAG, Nicholas worked in consulting for Accenture, where he specialised in the delivery of complex systems integration and transformation programmes. He studied Computer Science and Management Science at the University of Edinburgh.
Martin Jones
Chief Executive, CAVU
Martin Jones is CEO of CAVU - MAG's airport products and services company, formed out of MAG US and MAG-O
Prior to this, Martin was CEO of MAG USA, where he led the opening of multiple Escape Lounges, and the acquisition of Airport Parking Reservations, ParkSleepFly.com, ShuttleFinder.com and AirportParking.com.
Martin also held role as Commercial Director and Deputy CEO for Manchester Airport Group (MAG) at London Stansted Airport.
Before joining MAG, Martin was UK Sales Director for Vodafone UK, and also spent 15 years at Marks and Spencer.
Paul Willis
Chief Development Officer, MAG
Paul is the Chief Development Officer for Manchester Airports Group. He joined MAG in 2015 and has held several senior positions including Group Engineering Services Director, and most recently Strategy and Group Aviation Director.
Paul has over 30 years’ experience in airport management and prior to joining MAG, was the Global Head of Aviation for Arcadis where he held a number management posts, including Technical Advisor to Abu Dhabi International Airport for the development of Terminal 3 and Programme Director for the construction of of Lima Airport, Peru.
Steve Griffiths
Managing Director, East Midlands Airport
Steve was appointed Managing Director of East Midlands Airport in October 2022. Prior to this, he was Managing Director at London Stansted Airport having joined MAG as the airport’s Chief Operating Officer in 2018.
He previously worked for Virgin Atlantic as Chief Operating Officer and was Chief Operating Officer at London Underground, where he was accountable for the safe, secure and efficient delivery of the London tube network operations and customer service.
Steve is also a Non-Executive Director of a leading low-cost airline in Turkey.
Gareth Powell
Managing Director, London Stansted Airport
Gareth was appointed Managing Director of London Stansted Airport in October 2022.
Gareth joined MAG from Transport for London (TfL), where he spent 19 years. His most recent roles were Deputy Commissioner and Chief Customer and Strategy Officer, which saw him lead TfL’s recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.
During his time at TfL, Gareth was also Managing Director of Surface Transport, Chief Operating Officer of London Rail and Director of Strategy and Service Development for London Underground, managing around £5bn of revenue and a workforce of more than 3,000 people, as well as maintaining key stakeholder relationships including with the Mayor of London.
Prior to TfL Gareth worked for WS Atkins the infrastructure consultant and started his career as a customer operations graduate trainee for Thames Water.
Chris Woodroofe
Managing Director, Manchester Airport
Chris was appointed Managing Director of Manchester Airport in June 2022.
He previously served as Chief Operating Officer of London Gatwick Airport where he led numerous successful people, process and system change programmes. Prior to that, he held a number of senior positions at the airport including Head of Engineering and Head of Security.
Chris is a chartered chemical engineer who left Imperial College, London, with a first class masters degree to join Nestlé UK’s graduate scheme. He also holds an MBA with distinction from the University of Warwick.