article_snippet: Tony Douglas, the current chief executive of Abu Dhabi airports, will be in charge of the MoD's equipment programme and will earn £285,000 in salary, with a £250,000 bonus .
article_snippet: Tony Douglas, who will be in charge of the department’s equipment programme, is to be given a £285,000 salary and a £250,000 performance-related annual bonus, it has been revealed.
article_snippet: The Ministry of Defence announced the appointment of Mr Douglas, on Wednesday.
article_snippet: In a statement released by the MoD, Mr Douglas said Mr Douglas would take pride in providing ‘utmost service quality’ and ‘value to the taxpayer’.
article_snippet: – at a time when Mr Douglas department faced huge budget cuts.
article_snippet: Mr Douglas then faced calls to resign after Mr Douglas failed in Mr Douglas efforts to part-privatise the way the MoD buys defence equipment, costing taxpayers millions of pounds.
highlights_snippet: Tony Douglas will head up MoD's equipment programme from September .
  Takes over from Bernard Gray, and will be paid 25 per cent more than Tony Douglas .
  