13th Dec 2007 07:27
Millennium & Copthorne Hotels PLC13 December 2007 For immediate release 13 December 2007 Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc Appointment and Retirement of Non-Executive Directors Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc, the international group with a globalportfolio of over 110 hotels, is pleased to announce the appointment of ConnalRankin as an independent non-executive Director of the Company with immediateeffect. Connal, aged 66, has had an extensive career at HSBC Group ("HSBC") spanning 45years until his retirement in December 2005. He held a number of seniorpositions including a Group General Manager of HSBC in Hong Kong and ChiefExecutive of HSBC Singapore for 5 years until 2000. Between 2000 and 2005, Connal held the senior position of Group General Managerof Human Resources based in London. His experience gained managing humanresources within one of the leading global banks will be invaluable toMillennium & Copthorne. He is a director of Neptune Orient Lines Ltd, a publicly quoted company listedon the Singapore Stock Exchange. The Board also announces the retirement of John Sclater as an independentnon-executive director with effect from 31 December 2007. John joined the Boardimmediately prior to the flotation of the Group in 1996. Kwek Leng Beng, Chairman, commenting on the board changes said: "I am delighted to welcome Connal to the Board as he brings a wealth ofexperience of matters across a range of different areas important to Millennium& Copthorne. In particular, Connal's experience of HR will be invaluable to sucha service focussed business as ours, as we look to ensure the highest ofstandards from all our staff across the Group. "I would like to express my sincere gratitude to John for his experience andexpertise throughout his time here and wish him well for the future. Hiscontribution has been invaluable." There is no further information required to be disclosed under paragraph 9.6.13Rof the Listing Rules of the Financial Services Authority. For more information please contact: Millennium & Copthorne 020 7872 2444Kwek Leng Beng, ChairmanWong Hong Ren, Interim Group Chief Executive Buchanan Communications 020 7466 5000Tim Anderson, Charles Ryland This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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