CTO is a group position, so me thinks EG CTO makes EK CEO a lame duck. I think it is a strategic move to change group's direction without changing leadership.
My hope CM brings
PR spending under control. $2.7 Billion just to keep few fanboys happy. Sport sponsorships are a OK, but recent ad campaigns didn't do any good. Even top subscriptions to rating agencies not resulting in positive feedback. Most of its social media effort is dedicated to putting down negative comments and sanitizing posts.
Employee and customer satisfaction is going down while money is flowing out at a faster rate.
CM's MH experience should help him with dealing state owned enterprises(I know EK is a pure commercial organization), ie., there will be some whom he cannot touch.
With 95,000 total and very few core EK employees, it is very difficult to judge if EG is lean or bloated.
dnata is growing globally and adding rapidly to the employee count.
Hopefully he will increase FC and CC counts.