Mr. 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 to Dubai in 1985 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 Managing Director of Sri Lankan Airlines. The latter post resulted from the acquisition of a 40% stake in Sri Lankan Airline by Emirates during April 1998.
Mr. Clark is an economics graduate from London University and a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society.