Shai Weiss is sitting in a Florida hotel function room, picking apart the decor. “It’s stylised, rather than stylish … It looks cheap. Look at the cushions.”
Soft furnishings may seem an unlikely part of an airline chief executive’s repertoire, but being “multi-dimensional” is a key asset, says the Virgin Atlantic boss. He is a former banker, tank commander and tech company leader – not, he stresses, just “the finance guy”.
