Alan Joyce (executive)

Alan Joseph Joyce, AC (born 30 June 1966) is an Irish businessman. He is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Australian airline Qantas.

Alan Joyce

AC
Born
Alan Joseph Joyce

30 June 1966 (1966-06-30) (age 53)[1]
Tallaght, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
NationalityIrish-Australian[2]
EducationDublin Institute of Technology (BSc)
Trinity College, Dublin (MS)
OccupationBusinessman
OrganizationQantas
Spouse(s)Shane Lloyd[3]

Early life and education

Joyce was born and raised in Tallaght, now a suburb of Dublin, but a separate village at the time of his birth. His mother was a cleaner and his father worked in a tobacco factory. He attended secondary school at St Mark's Community School in Springfield, Tallaght.

Joyce and his three siblings attended university. Joyce attended Dublin Institute of Technology and Trinity College, Dublin. He graduated with Honours, receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Science (Physics and Mathematics) and a Master of Science degree in Management Science. He is a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society.[4]

Career

Joyce worked at Aer Lingus, the flag carrier of Ireland for eight years, where he held a wide spectrum of positions in sales, marketing, information technology, network planning, operations research, revenue management and fleet planning.[4] In 1996, he left Aer Lingus to join the now-defunct Ansett Australia.[5]

In 2000, he joined Qantas.[6] At both Ansett Australia and Qantas, Joyce headed the Network Planning, Schedules Planning and Network Strategy functions.[4] Joyce was appointed CEO of Qantas subsidiary Jetstar Airways in October 2003.[4][7]

CEO of Qantas

Joyce became CEO of Qantas on 28 November 2008. He is a former Director of Orangestar Investment Holdings Pte Limited (holding company of Singapore-based Jetstar Asia Airways and Valuair) and Jetstar Pacific Airlines Aviation Joint Stock Company (in Vietnam).[4][7] On 29 October 2011, as a result of continuing industrial unrest following the announcement of job losses and structural changes at Qantas, Joyce grounded the entire Qantas mainline fleet.[8]

The Australian named Joyce the most influential business leader in 2011.[9] Yet a poll following his controversial 2011 grounding of the Qantas fleet showed the action has increased negative public perception of the airline.[10] In 2011, Joyce's remuneration was increased 71 per cent from $2.92 million in 2009–10 to $5.01 million and he was granted 1.7 million Qantas shares under a long-term incentive plan.[11] His reported comments that his salary was "conservative" were criticized by the Australian and International Pilots Association (AIPA).[12]

In May 2019, Joyce committed to three more years as the chief executive of Qantas.[13] In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Joyce gave up his salary for the rest of the financial year.[14]

Pieing incident

On 9 May 2017, Joyce was delivering a speech to a business breakfast event in Perth, when a lemon meringue pie was pushed into his face by an unknown assailant,[15] later identified as Tony Overheu, a Western Australian farmer and Christian. Overheu, aged 67, gave a false name to police after the incident, but subsequently apologized for humiliating the CEO claiming that he pied the business figure due to his own personal belief that Joyce had overstepped the line in his gay marriage advocacy and the assailant's response simply reflected community push-back. Overheu was later charged with common assault, trespass, damage and giving false details to police.[16][17][18] Along with being banished from his church, he was also banned from flying Qantas (including Qantas' partner airlines).[19][20]

Overheu appeared before Perth Magistrates Court on 7 July 2017, pleaded guilty to charges of assault and trespass, damaging the lapel microphone Joyce was wearing, and giving a false name to police after the incident.[21] Overheu was fined $3,600, as well as ordered to pay $269 in compensation for the lapel microphone and $188 in costs.[21] Overheu's lawyer said his client had had "physical and personal difficulties" in recent years, including mental health issues.[21]

LGBTI advocacy

Joyce supports the LGBTI community and personally donated $1 million towards the campaign to allow same-sex marriage in Australia.[22] He is the patron of the Pinnacle Foundation, an organisation which works with, "disadvantaged and marginalized LGBT Australians".[23] For his work, he has been recognized on a global list of LGBT executives.[24]

Joyce has pledged Qantas will, "continue social-justice campaigning".[25][22][26] In relation to a rugby player sacked by Rugby Australia which is financially supported by Qantas,[27] following his social media postings on homosexuality, Mark Latham has said, "there's no doubt Folau was sacked by Qantas".[28][29]

Honours and awards
  • The Australian named Joyce the most influential business leader in 2011.[9]
  • Joyce is an Ambassador of the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation[30]
  • Joyce named a Companion of the Order of Australia, Australia's highest civil honour, in the 2017 Queen's birthday honours list[31]

This honour awarded for "eminent service to the aviation transport industry, to the development of the national and international tourism sectors, to gender equity, inclusion and diversity, and to the community, particularly as a supporter of Indigenous education"[26]

Personal life

Joyce is openly gay and married his long-term partner, Shane Lloyd, on 2 November 2019.[3] Joyce and Lloyd, a New Zealander, had been in a relationship since 1999.[2] The two live in the inner-Sydney suburb of The Rocks.[2] In 2011, Joyce was successfully treated for prostate cancer.[32]

See also

References
  1. "Researcha". Archived from the original on 11 April 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2010.
  2. Snow, Deborah (8 October 2011). "Staying the course". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
  3. "Qantas boss Alan Joyce marries partner of 20 years". news.com.au. 2 November 2019. Archived from the original on 3 November 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  4. "IATA Official web site". Iata.org. 4 December 2012. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
  5. O'Sullivan, Matt. "Joyce ready for great leap at Qantas", Sydney Morning Herald online retrieved 27 November 2009.
  6. Fenner, Robert (27 July 2008). "Qantas Says Joyce to Succeed Dixon as Chief Executive". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  7. "BusinessWeek web site". BusinessWeek. Investing.businessweek.com. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
  8. Staff writers (29 October 2011) "Shock as Qantas chief Alan Joyce grounds airline's domestic and international fleet". The Daily Telegraph (Sydney). Retrieved 29 October 2011
  9. "Blow for Qantas as talks with Malaysian Airlines end". Reuters. 9 March 2012.
  10. Creedy, Steve (28 February 2012). "Poll undermines Qantas CEO's claim that grounding was 'positive". The Australian.
  11. Christian, Kim (29 October 2011). "Joyce's pay soars as costs mount SMH".
  12. Neuman, Zoe (1 April 2012). "Alan Joyce's $5m pay shot down by Qantas pilots". The Sunday Telegraph.
  13. "Dubliner Alan Joyce commits to Qantas for at least 3 more years". The Irish Times. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  14. Bradley, Grant (9 March 2020). "Coronavirus: Qantas boss Alan Joyce gives up salary for rest of the financial year". NZ Herald. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  15. "Qantas chief Alan Joyce gets pie in face at Perth business breakfast", .www.abc.net.au retrieved 9 May 2017.
  16. "Joyce pieman a church-going National". The Australian. 10 May 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  17. "Man launched pie at Qantas chief Alan Joyce 'to oppose gay marriage'". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 10 May 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  18. "Qantas 'pie thrower' charged with assault, trespassing". WA Today. 11 May 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  19. Menagh, Joanne (7 July 2017). "Alan Joyce pie-thrower Tony Overheu fined, 'banished from church' after attack on Qantas boss". Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  20. "Alan Joyce pie man Tony Overheu banned from Qantas for life". 16 May 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  21. Menagh, Joanna (7 July 2017). "Alan Joyce pie-thrower fined, 'banished from church'". ABC News. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  22. "Alan Joyce takes on new public role with LGBTI organisation". News.com. 18 August 2018.
  23. Hoppe, Andrew (16 August 2018). "Alan Joyce becomes a Patron of The Pinnacle Foundation". The Pinnacle Foundation.
  24. "Qantas boss tops LGBT leaders list for backing same-sex marriage in Australia". The Guardian. 26 October 2017.
  25. Jones, Jesse (9 May 2019). "Alan Joyce Qantas will continue social-justice campaigning". Star Observer.
  26. "Order of Australia: Same-sex marriage support pays off for Qantas, Joyce says". Sydney Morning Herald. 12 June 2017. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
  27. "Qantas chief Alan Joyce breaks his silence on Israel Folau posts". News.com. 10 May 2019.
  28. Johnson, Paul (6 June 2019). "Mark Latham attacks Raelene Castle, Rugby Australia, Alan Joyce over Israel Folau sacking". News.com.
  29. "Mark Latham attacks Raelene Castle, Rugby Australia, Alan Joyce over Israel Folau sacking". Fox Sports. 6 June 2019.
  30. Steffens, Miriam; Hatch, Patrick (11 June 2017). "Order of Australia: Same-sex marriage support pays off for Qantas, Joyce says". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  31. "Joyce named a Companion of the Order of Australia". Australian Aviation. 12 June 2017. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
  32. Easdown, Geoff (10 May 2011). "Qantas chief Alan Joyce back after life-saving surgery". adelaidenow.com.au. Retrieved 16 May 2011.
Business positions
New airline CEO of Jetstar Airways
2003–2008		 Succeeded by
Bruce Buchanan
Preceded by
Geoff Dixon		 CEO of Qantas
2008–present		 Incumbent
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