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Calm after the stormCalm after the storm
John Rimmer
1-Aug-2006
Alpha Airports Group's new CEO Peter Williams is the latest—and most prominent—high street recruit to the travel-retail industry. The former CEO of Selfridges has spent his first two months at the company fighting fires, but is now determined to turn around Alpha's fortunes in its home market and build mass in its international business. In the DFNI Interview, he explains how he plans to achieve it
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Most would call it a baptism of fire. Peter Williams' arrival as CEO of Alpha Airports Group coincided with the company's lowest point since intra-EU duty-free abolition. Following concerns over
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