Tony Douglas (businessman)
Tony Douglas (born 1963) is a British businessman. He was Chief Executive of Abu Dhabi Airports Company and became Chief Executive of Defence Equipment and Support in September 2015.
Career
Douglas was educated at Wigan Road Comprehensive School in Ormskirk and started his career as an apprentice toolmaker at General Motors in 1979.[1] He joined British Aerospace in their regional jet production facilities in 1990, became manufacturing and logistics director at Kenwood plc in 1996[2] and then joined BAA plc in 1998 becoming Group Supply Chain Director, then Group Technical Director, then Managing Director of Heathrow Terminal 5 and finally Chief Executive of Heathrow Airport.[3]
Douglas went on to be Chief Operating Officer at Laing O'Rourke in August 2007.[4] After that he became Chief Executive of the Abu Dhabi Ports Company (in which role he led the Khalifa Port and Industrial Zone project) in June 2010[5] and Chief Executive of Abu Dhabi Airports Company (in which role he led the early stages of the Midfield Terminal Building project) in March 2013.[6] He will become Chief Executive of Defence Equipment and Support in September 2015.[6]
References
- ↑ "Britain's master builder tackles new mega-project: After Heathrow T5 and London's Olympic Stadium, Tony Douglas takes on massive Abu Dhabi terminal". This is money. 12 November 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
- ↑ "Directorate Change". BAA plc. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
- ↑ "Tony Douglas". Aerospace Summit. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
- ↑ "Douglas quits as O’Rourke stays on". FT. 10 November 2009. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
- ↑ "Ex O’Rourke boss Tony Douglas takes Abu Dhabi job". Construction Enquirer. 28 June 2010. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
- 1 2 "Fattest cat in Whitehall: MoD chief's £530,000 deal to sort out botched reforms after 22,000 soldiers are axed". Daily Mail. 27 March 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2015.