25th Aug 2005 09:01
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC25 August 2005 25 August 2005 InterContinental Hotels Group PLC Board Appointments InterContinental Hotels Group PLC (IHG) today announces that Jonathan ("Jon")Linen and Jennifer Laing have been appointed as additional independentnon-executive directors of the company. Jennifer Laing will join the IHG boardwith effect from today. Jonathan Linen will join the IHG board with effect from1 December 2005. Jon Linen, aged 61, is Vice Chairman of the American Express Company, a positionhe has held since 1993, and a member of the American Express Global Leadershipand Global Management Teams. He was formerly President and Chief OperatingOfficer of American Express Travel Related Services Company Inc. He joined theAmerican Express Company in 1969 and held a range of positions in New ProductDevelopment, Service Establishment, Marketing and Sales, and Travel Servicesbased in both the US and the UK. He also served as President and Chief ExecutiveOfficer of Shearson Lehman Brothers, when it was owned by American Express inthe early 1990s. Jon is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and is onthe executive committee of The Travel Business RoundTable, The World Travel andTourism Council and NYC&Company. He is a director of Bausch and Lomb, Yum!Brands, Inc. and the US Travel and Tourism Promotional Advisory Board. Jennifer Laing, aged 58, is Associate Dean, External Relations at the LondonBusiness School, a role which encompasses the development and enhancement of theLondon Business School brand globally. She has held this position since 2002.Prior to this she was with Saatchi & Saatchi, most recently as Chairman and CEOof their North American Operations. In the late 1980s she ran and then acquiredan advertising agency which became Laing Henry Limited, before selling thebusiness to Saatchi & Saatchi in 1995. She then became Chairman, Saatchi &Saatchi Advertising UK and later progressed to the board of Saatchi & SaatchiWorldwide. Jennifer is a non-executive director of Hudson Highland Group Inc., aUS human resources company, and was formerly a non-executive director of Remployand a non-executive director of the Great Ormond Street Hospital for ChildrenNHS Trust. She is also a Fellow of the Marketing Society and a Fellow of theInstitute of Practitioners in Advertising. Commenting on their appointments, David Webster, IHG's non-executive chairman,said "I am delighted that Jon and Jennifer have agreed to join our board and wevery much look forward to welcoming them at this important time in the strategicdevelopment of the company. Their depth of experience in their respectiveprofessional fields, worldwide travel and advertising (associated with brandsuccess), mean they will both become invaluable members of the non-executiveteam". Jon Linen and Jennifer Laing will serve on the remuneration and audit committeesrespectively of the IHG board and both will serve on the nomination committee. -ends- For further information, please contact: Investor Relations - InterContinental Hotels Group +44 (0) 1753 410 176 (Gavin Flynn, Paul Edgecliffe-Johnson): +44 (0) 7808 098 972 Media Enquiries - InterContinental Hotels Group +44 (0) 1753 410 425 (Leslie McGibbon): +44 (0) 7808 094 471 Notes to Editors InterContinental Hotels Group PLC of the United Kingdom (LON:IHG, NYSE:IHG(ADRs) is the world's largest hotel group by number of rooms. InterContinentalHotels Group owns, manages, leases or franchises, through various subsidiaries,more than 3,500 hotels and 535,000 guest rooms in nearly 100 countries andterritories around the world. The Group owns a portfolio of well recognised andrespected hotel brands including InterContinental(R) Hotels & Resorts, CrownePlaza(R) Hotels & Resorts, Holiday Inn(R) Hotels and Resorts, Holiday InnExpress(R), Staybridge Suites(R), Candlewood Suites(R) and Hotel IndigoTM, andalso manages the world's largest hotel loyalty programme, Priority Club(R)Rewards, with over 25 million members worldwide. In addition to this,InterContinental Hotels Group has a 47.5% interest in Britvic, one of the twoleading manufacturers of soft drinks, by value and volume, in Great Britain. For the latest news from InterContinental Hotels Group, visit our online PressOffice at www.ihgplc.com/media. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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