<b>Mehdi Amjad</b> , the founder and chairman of , said today he did not play to hire a new chief executive after the former one left during a senior management shake-up. Angela Giuffrida reports today that Mr Amjad plans to take a "hands-on" role in the steering of the company in the rough economic waters. Here are some choice quotes: Of the two senior staff cuts - Peter Walichnowski, chief executive, and Alex Andarakis, director of sales and marketing: Some previous coverage of Omniyat Properties in The National and . The company has been quite proactive about telling the public their strategy for surviving the downturn.