A new Managing Director has been appointed at East Midlands Airport (EMA). Clare James MBE replaces Karen Smart who is leaving EMA to take up a similar role at Manchester Airport, which is also owned by MAG (Manchester Airports Group).
For the past year Clare has held the position of Operational Excellence Director at MAG where she led the group’s restart and recovery programme in response to COVID-19. Clare joined MAG from NATS, the national body responsible for managing the UK’s airspace. There she had responsibility for Air Traffic Control across some of the UK’s busiest airports, including Manchester and London Stansted. Previous roles include Airfield Operations Director for Serco...more
