Gatwick appoints new chairman

London Gatwick Airport appointed (15-Dec-2016) Sir David Higgins as chairman, succeeding Sir Roy McNulty from 01-Jan-2017. Sir Roy will remain on the board as deputy chairman. Sir David is chairman of the UK's HS2 project and a board member of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia. Sir David said: "Whilst the case for Gatwick expansion in the future remains very strong, the challenge for Gatwick now is to continue to invest so it can maximise the use of its existing facilities and so can do even more for Britain in the coming years". [more - original PR]