Sentence examples for a role he occupied from inspiring English sources

Katzenberg currently runs digital media firm WndrCo, but once acted as the chairman of Walt Disney Studios and CEO of DreamWorks Animation, a role he occupied when Disney acquired Weinstein's Miramax production company.

In a matter of minutes, Buckley, a long-term associate of INM's 29.9% shareholder Denis O'Brien, had stepped down from the chairman's role he occupied for five-and-a-half years.

George will return to the director of football role he occupied before he took the reins at the Abbey Stadium in February 2011.

In one game he has changed the way Bayern are set up, restoring Javi Martinez to the holding midfield role he occupied when they won the treble.

So why are his public statements sometimes written up as if that's the role he occupies?

Mitchell, a former UN peacekeeper, was promoted to chief whip from his position as international development secretary, a role he also occupied in Cameron's shadow cabinet.

It is a role he has occupied ever since, fueling his phenomenal longevity and relevance, summed up in his recent Tony Award-winning show Springsteen on Broadway.

He has however found himself behind Johnny Sexton in the pecking order at Leinster and Ireland for much of his career, a role he has occupied again since Sexton's return from Racing Metro in the summer.

Promoted flight lieutenant, he was appointed Director of Transport and Equipment at RAAF Headquarters in 1929, effectively making him the Air Force's senior supply officer, a role he would occupy for the next twenty-two years.

Kerslake will now combine his new role with his current job as permanent secretary at Eric Pickles' department for communities and local government – a role he has only occupied for a year, taking it up last November.

He later merged the posts of president and general secretary into a single role, which he occupied after Cannon's death.