Tony Tyler joined John Swire and Sons in 1977 and moved to Cathay Pacific in 1978.  He became Chief Executive of the airline in July 2007.  His previous position was Chief Operating Officer of Cathay Pacific, to which he was appointed in January 2005, and prior to that he was Director Corporate Development of the airline for eight years.

Mr Tyler is also Chairman of Hong Kong Dragon Airlines Ltd and a Director of John Swire & Sons (H.K.) Limited, Swire Pacific Limited and Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company Limited.

He is a graduate of Oxford University.