Tim Clark

President Emirates Airline & Managing Director Sri Lankan Airlines

Tim Clark has been in the civil aviation business since 1972 when he joined British Caledonian.

In 1975 he moved to Gulf Air in Bahrain and subsequently in 1985 to Dubai where he became a member of the founding team of Emirates as Head of Airline Planning. 

He is now the President of Emirates Airline and the Managing Director of SriLankan Airlines. The latter position resulted from Emirates' acquisition in April 1998 of a major stake, which currently represents 43.6 per cent of the equity and a 10-year management contract, in SriLankan Airlines.  

Mr. Clark is Chairman of the Emirates Airline Foundation which he was instrumental in founding.  The Foundation strives to improve the welfare of disadvantaged children of the world.

Mr. Clark is an Economics graduate from London University and a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society.

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