Dubai-based Emirates Group has announced major changes in its senior management. 'Our expansion demands that we have an efficient [management] structure for the years to come. We look to give more authority to the various units under the Emirates group,' Emirates Group chairman Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed al-Maktoum said on 13 July.
The shake-up follows the carrier's $19,000 million order for 41 new aircraft from Europe's Airbus and lease agreements for 26 aircraft from the US' Boeing, announced at the Paris Le Bourget Air Show in mid-June (see next page).
Under the new management structure, presidents have been appointed for the three main units of the of Emirates group.
The appointments are:
Vice-chairman and group president- Maurice Flanagan;
President, Emirates Airlines - Tim Clark;
President, groupsupport services (finance, IT, human resources, legal, procurement and logistics)- Dermot Mannion;
President, Dnata & associated companies (Dnata airport services, Dnata agencies, Galileo, Emirates flight catering, MMI and other joint venture companies and partnerships) - Gary Chapman;
Executive vice-president, commercial operations - Ghaith al-Ghaith;
Executive vice-president, Emirates engineering & operations - Adel al-Redha;
Executive vice-president, human resources - Abdulaziz al-Ali;
Executive vice-president, Dnata - Ismail al-Banna.
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