He's been CEO of European airline easyJet for the past six years.
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"I like people, and I like travel," Lundgren tells Business Insider in a faint Swedish accent during an interview in central London.
He spent many years at TUI, one of Europe's biggest travel companies, rising to deputy CEO by the time he left in 2015.
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