Tony Douglas, who this weekend oversaw the opening of the biggest ever infrastructure project in the emirate – the $7.2bn (£4.5bn) Khalifa Port complex – said Britain risked being left behind by more enterprising rivals if it dithered over the investments required for a competitive economy.
"The UK Government needs a blueprint, a strategic vision," he said. "But if you ask anyone in the street what is the blueprint, you'll get confusion on a good day and cluelessness on every other." Mr Douglas, who is chief executive of the Abu Dhabi Ports Company, is an infrastructure veteran. In a former job as chief executive of Heathrow Airport, he led the construction of Terminal 5, while he has also played leading roles in building the Olympic Park and the Thames Gateway port project on the Isle of Grain.
Mr Douglas admitted that the UK and oil-rich Abu Dhabi "could not be more different in terms of infrastructure investment".
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