Sentence examples for appointed as general manager from inspiring English sources

Initially appointed as general manager, and two years later as managing director, he wrought a retailing revolution that turned the store into a showcase for rising young talents and set the trend for the era of swinging London.

Keyvan Nilforoushan, former managing partner at VC firm NextStage, has been appointed as General Manager of onefinestay's Paris operation.

Following Nigeria's independence from Great Britain in 1960, he returned to Nigeria with his wife, and became the first Nigerian appointed as general manager of telecommunications for Eastern Nigeria.

When Alexander Pereira was appointed last week as general manager of Teatro alla Scala, starting in 2015, the presumption was that he would remain in his current post, artistic director of the Salzburg Festival, until his contract ended in 2016.

They initially appointed Millstein as general manager and executive vice president to handle day-to-day business operations on their behalf.

At the beginning, it relied upon American pilots, technicians, administrators and accountants; even its General Managers were from TWA. Minister of Works and Communications Fitawrari Tafasse Habte Mikael became EAL first president and chairman, whereas H. H. Holloway —who was American— was appointed by TWA as general manager.

Crunican was appointed as BART general manager on August 31, and has entered a firestorm messy enough to make even a seasoned veteran throw in the towel.

*Parcells could say goodbye to the Jets and on his way out the door appoint a successor as general manager, who would then hire his own head coach.

Investigators found the appointment enabled Savile to use his influence to appoint a close associate as general manager in charge of Broadmoor for the next eight years.

The 51-year-old's time in charge has had its difficulties and relations with the president of the US Soccer Federation, Sunil Gulati, have been strained of late, not least over the governing body's apparent reluctance to appoint a Bierhoff-like figure as general manager.

Last month they appointed the former Montreal Impact technical director Matt Jordan as general manager.