Kent College, Canterbury – Sir Tim Clark attends Speech Day
17 Aug 2016
Sir Tim Clark was the guest speaker on Speech Day this year. Sir Tim Clark left Kent College in the late 60s. So fitting to have Sir Tim talking to the school in a year which sees Kent College open up a branch of the school in Dubai. We are absolutely delighted that he is able to return to his alma mater.
President and CEO of Emirates
Tim Clark became President of Emirates airline in 2003 after spending 18 years helping build an aviation empire which owes much to the route networks he established soon after joining as Head of Airline Planning.
He joined Emirates in 1985 after establishing a reputation as a talented route planner during four years at Bahrain s Gulf Air, which had recruited him from the now-defunct British Caledonian Airways.
Using this experience, combined with the skills he developed while attaining an economics degree from London University in 1971, he scrutinised demographic data and passenger statistics to identify profitable new routes for Emirates.
Tim Clark saw potential in routes other airlines had passed over and for the first Emirates route, Pakistan was targeted – a nation which had a population of more than 150 million people but just one state carrier. Dubai s strategic location was obvious and services to India soon followed, laying the foundations for him to build a sprawling network which now connects billions of people.
In addition, Sir Tim Clark is the Chairman of the Emirates Airline Foundation, a non-profit charity that he helped found which provides humanitarian, philanthropic aid and services for children in need around the world.
Until 2008, he was the Managing Director of SriLankan Airlines. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society.
Photo: Sir Tim Clark