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...Dame Deirdre Hutton, chair of the CAA, said it had been in contact with more than 2,200 hotel and accommodation providers to give them financial guarantees, to make sure Monarch’s Atol protected customers...
...Its former finance director, Deirdre Mahlan, was sent to turn round the US business and was replaced in November by Kathryn Mikells, former finance director at Xerox....
...Ivan Menezes, the low-key replacement for Paul Walsh, has been hampered by tough markets....
...For example, finance director Deirdre Mahlan says Captain Morgan rum is now too far ahead of the competition in the US....
...Deirdre Mahlan, finance director, said: “Trading conditions – especially in emerging markets – have been tough, so our overall results are mixed.” There were some bright spots in emerging markets....
...Paul Walsh, chief executive until Mr Menezes took over last July, made a number of acquisitions in his 12 years at the helm....
...Dame Deirdre Hutton, CAA’s chairman, said: “The challenge for Heathrow is to maintain high levels of customer service while reducing costs....
...Deirdre Mahlan, Diageo’s chief financial officer, said there were continued pockets of weakness in Brazil and Nigeria within the broadly strong performance from emerging markets....
...“In Europe, trading has been quite difficult,” said Deirdre Mahlan, chief financial officer. “We have had a significant decline in our businesses in southern Europe, especially in Greece and Spain.”...
...British Airways chief, Willie Walsh, welcomed the lifting of the flight bans, which he said did not need to have been so sweeping....
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