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Paul Griffiths was born on 16 October, 1957 in London, England, is a Chief Executive Officer of Dubai Airports Company. Discover Paul Griffiths's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 66 years old?

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Occupation Chief Executive Officer of Dubai Airports Company
Age 66 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 16 October, 1957
Birthday 16 October
Birthplace London, England
Nationality United Kingdom

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1957

Paul Griffiths CMG (born 16 October 1957) is a British businessman and musician, CEO of Dubai Airports, a company based in the United Arab Emirates and wholly owned by the Dubai government. He is also a Vice President and former Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Royal College of Organists.

1977

Following the advice of his father, he decided against a full-time career in music and entered the travel industry in 1977 as a Contracts Executive with the OSL/Wings travel group, which was owned by the Rank Organisation. He later joined Reed International as Marketing and Research Manager in 1983. In 1986, he moved to Hong Kong and became Marketing Manager of the then start-up airline Dragonair.

1982

Griffiths was a student of Malcolm Hicks and Stephen Farr. He is a licentiate of the Royal Academy of Music, an associate of the Royal College of Music. He also became an associate of the Royal College of Organists in 1982 and a fellow two years later. In 2000 he was appointed to the Board of Trustees of the Royal College of Organists and became Chairman of the Executive Committee in 2002. In 2007 he became a Vice President of the college.

1984

He was born in London and educated at Parkside Preparatory School. After a brief period at The Latymer School, he moved with his family to Hertfordshire where he attended Richard Hale School in Hertford. At the age of ten, he started to study church music and became an organist, winning many prizes in local competitions. He became a fellow of the Royal College of Organists in 1984.

1989

In 1989, he returned to the UK and established a software company which developed proprietary information management systems for the airline industry. One of his contracts was for Virgin Atlantic. Upon seeing the capability of the systems he had developed, he was asked by Richard Branson to join Virgin Atlantic as its Executive Director, Commercial in 1991. In 1994, he joined the main board of the Virgin Travel Group. During his ten years with Virgin, he was responsible for the strategic growth of the airline and many of its notable commercial successes, including the sale of 49% of Virgin Atlantic to Singapore Airlines in 2000. In 2001, he became a board director of the Virgin Rail Group and oversaw the launch of new fleets; Class 390 Pendolinos on the InterCity West Coast franchise and Class 220 Voyagers and 221 Super Voyagers on the Virgin CrossCountry franchise.

2004

In 2004, he joined BAA and in 2005 became Chairman and Managing Director of Gatwick Airport Limited. In 2007 he was appointed by Sheik Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum as the first Chief Executive Officer of the newly formed Dubai Airports Corporation. Dubai Airports owns and operates Dubai International Airport, currently ranked first in the world for passenger traffic and sixth in cargo traffic. Dubai Airports is also developing Dubai World Central (DWC), 35 km south of central Dubai, as part of a 148 sq km "Aerotropolis". Construction of the first phase of the project was completed in June 2010 and freight operations commenced with 17 cargo airlines using the airport. Plans for DWC allow for the development of five runways and 12 separate concourses, capable of accommodating 240 million passengers per annum, which makes it the world's largest airport project.

2016

In 2016, he was inspired by the book 'Play it Again' by Alan Rusbridger, who, whilst editor-in-chief of the Guardian newspaper, decided to master Chopin's First Ballade, Op 23, in 12 months. Griffiths decided to set himself the challenge of learning the three complex and contrasting movements of Maurice Duruflé's Suite, Opus 6, against the deadline of performing the work at a solo recital in Westminster Abbey in August 2017. In February 2019 he played the organ for the Papal Mass held in Abu Dhabi, marking the visit of Pope Francis as the first visit by a leader of the Roman Catholic Church to the Arabian Peninsula. In August 2019, during a recital tour of the US and Europe, he appeared as an organ soloist at St Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim, Norway, in the St Olavs Festival, during which he also accompanied a performance of the Duruflé Requiem by the Utopia and Reality Chamber Choir.

2017

Griffiths has combined a business career with active participation in music and has appeared in solo recitals and orchestral performances throughout the world. Griffiths was organ and harpsichord accompanist for the Surrey-based Waverley Singers and Organist to the Cathedral Singers at Guildford Cathedral. He continues to participate in concerts and recitals both in Dubai and abroad, with appearances in 2017 at St Paul's Cathedral, The Temple Church and Westminster Abbey in London. He has given organ recitals at St Paul's Cathedral, Westminster Abbey and St John's, Smith Square in London as well at the English Cathedrals of Ely, Wells, Bristol, Guildford, Coventry, Truro & Peterborough. Griffiths was featured as a soloist in the St Albans International Organ Festival and has appeared at Birmingham Symphony hall as soloist in Poulenc's Organ Concerto.