Maurice Flanagan
Maurice Flanagan
Sir Maurice Flanagan, KBEwas a British businessman, the founding CEO of Emirates and the executive vice-chairman of The Emirates Group...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth17 November 1928
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From the beginning, I got all Emirates cabin crew applicants psychometrically tested. Those who didn't want to be nice to others got rejected.
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It is rather a slap in the face.
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I could have been a professional footballer and trialled with Blackburn Rovers. But I snapped my cruciate ligaments, an injury that has dogged me ever since.
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Dubai has got very little oil; it is Abu Dhabi that has got the oil. Dubai has very small resources, and it is running out, so the government's plan has been to relieve Dubai of any dependency on oil at all by 2010.
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There is no better way to manage than by walking around. Autocracy doesn't work. Talk to people in their offices, find out what's on their minds.