Tim Clark (manager)

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Sir Timothy Charles Clark , KBE (born November 22, 1949 in Aruba , the Netherlands ) is a British executive and the current President of Emirates Airline and Chairman of the Emirates Foundation. Until 2008 he was also the managing director of Sri Lankan Airlines . Clark studied economics at the University of London and is a member of the Royal Aeronautical Society .

Life

Tim Clark's civil aviation career began in 1972 when he was with British Caledonian Airways . In 1975 he moved to Bahrain for Gulf Air and in 1985 to Dubai as part of the founding team of Emirates. From 1998 to 2008 he was also Managing Director of Sri Lankan Airlines, Emirates after an agreement with the Government of Sri Lanka had concluded that the Gulf airline 40% had transferred the shares. Clark has served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Emirates since 2003.

Clark also chairs the Emirates Foundation, a nonprofit that advocates the interests of children in the world. On New Years Day 2014, he was named Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II for his contributions to the UK's prosperity and the aviation industry .

The aviation magazine Aviation Week & Space Technology named Clark Person of the Year 2013.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tim Clark . The Emirates Group. July 9, 2009. Retrieved November 17, 2010.
  2. ↑ Face to Face With Emirates' Tim Clark . Aviation Week. May 18, 2007. Retrieved November 17, 2010.
  3. ↑ Emirates Airline Foundation signs contract with NGO to manage new floating hospital in Bangladesh | Emirates . AMEinfo.com. March 30, 2007. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 17, 2010. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ameinfo.com
  4. ^ Preeti Kannan: Two British expats in UAE honored by Queen Elizabeth. In: The National. December 31, 2013, accessed on January 29, 2014 (English): "Sir Timothy was awarded the honor of Knight of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (KBE) for his services to British prosperity and to the aviation industry."
  5. ↑ Emirates President Tim Clark Is Person Of The Year . Aviation Week. January 13, 2014. Retrieved January 13, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Clark, Tim
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Clark, Sir Timothy Charles (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British manager, President of Emirates Airline and Chairman of the Emirates Foundation
DATE OF BIRTH November 22, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Aruba , Netherlands