Christopher Dale Pratt (),

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, was the

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and executive director of Cathay Pacific Airways Limited and Swire Pacific Limited.

Background

Christopher Dale Pratt joined the John Swire & Sons Limited in 1978 and had worked with the group in

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

, as well as Australia and

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean n ...

. He was the chairman and executive director of Cathay Pacific and Swire Pacific, and had held the position from 1 February 2006; following the sudden

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of David Turnbull, less than a year after he succeeded James W. J. Hughes-Hallett. Pratt was also the chairman of Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company Limited (HAECO), John Swire & Sons (H.K.) Limited, Swire Beverages Limited and Swire Properties Limited, and a director of Air China Limited and

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. Pratt retired from the Swire group in March 2014. Pratt served as the executive director of the Swire Pacific's Trading and Industrial Division between 2000 and 2005. In addition, he served as a director of Steamships Trading Company Limited from 1995 and became the chairman in 2000, and continued to serve until his

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from the company on 27 February 2006.

Education

Pratt has an

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from the

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Awards and honours

Pratt is awarded the

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(CBE) (Civil Division) in the

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for his services to the community in Papua New Guinea.

References

External links

Cathay Pacific Airways

Swire Group

Swire Pacific

Bloomberg via Youtube: Swire & China - An Interview with Christopher Pratt Aug 6 2009 23:10ET
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pratt, Christopher Dale Cathay Pacific Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Place of birth missing (living people) Living people Alumni of the University of Oxford 1956 births

Background

Education

Awards and honours

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