Tim Clark
President
Mr Clark has been in the civil aviation business for his whole professional career, having joined British Caledonian in 1972. In1975, 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 AirlinePlanning. In2003, he became President of Emirates Airline. Until the COVID-19 pandemic hit the world in early 2020, Emirates was serving over 150 destinations in 85countries with a fleet of 270 wide-bodied aircraft comprising the iconic AirbusA380s, and advanced Boeing 777s. BetweenApril 1998 and March 2008, Mr Clark was also the Managing Director of Sri Lankan Airlines, the latter position resulted from Emirates' acquisition in April 1998of a major stake in the airline with full management control. MrClark 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. He holds a degree in Economics from London University and is a Fellow of the RoyalAeronautical Society. He also holds an honorary doctorate from the University of Middlesex, and an honorary degree from the Newcastle Business School atNorthumbria University. In the2014 Queen’s New Year’s Honours list, Mr Clark was invested as a Knight of theMost Excellent Order of the British Empire (KBE) for services to British prosperity and to the aviation industry. InNovember 2009, he was conferred an “Officier de la Legion d’Honneur” by theFrench government for services to transport and aviation, and he holds the 2009Gold Award from the Royal Aeronautical Society for his contribution to civil aerospace. At the 2011 Airline Business and Flight global Achievement Awards, he was recognised as “Leader of the year”, and in 2013, he received the Center forAviation (CAPA) Legends award and was inducted into the CAPA Hall of Fame.
