EasyJet CEO resigning to run UK broadcaster ITV

London

EASYJET Plc chief executive officer Carolyn McCall is stepping down from the discount carrier to take up the same role at ITV Plc, the UK broadcaster that's dealing with a slowdown in advertising amid recurrent take-over speculation.

Ms McCall will leave EasyJet around the end of the year and join ITV on Jan 8, the companies said in separate statements on Monday. A search for a successor has already begun, the Luton, England-based airline said.