Sydneyc
Do be a little cautious thinking your previous experience will make you 'more attractive' to the airlines. I don't wish to be offensive, just give you the advantage of hindsight from someone he's been there. Airlines are interested only in flying experience i.e. how many hours have you got at the controls and how big was the aircraft you were flying and weather you have command hours amongst these and what type of flying were you doing.
Your management experience etc will be excellent for discussion at interview where the interviewer is looking for three things from you - Determination, Responsibility and Flexibility. These three headings cover all the qualities that an airline want from a pilot. Unfortunately, passing the interview is not the hard part, getting the interview in the first place is by far the trickiest task you will be faced with once qualified, just read the numerous threads from people desperate to secure even one positive reply from their hundreds of CV's. People do get interviews with low hours once qualified, but even they will agree that they are the exception, not the rule, so it's all hours, hours, hours.
Best of luck anyway.
PP