Corporate Governance
|Board Members
KWEK LENG BENG, 68
Chairman and Chairman of the Nominations Committee
Kwek Leng Beng has been the Chairman of Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc since its
incorporation.
He is the Executive Chairman of the Hong Leong Group of Companies Singapore, and City
Developments Limited. He is also Chairman and Managing Director of Hong Leong Finance Limited
and City e-Solutions Limited and the Chairman of Hong Leong Asia Ltd.
Mr Kwek's achievements have also captured the attention of the academic institutions. He was
conferred:
Honorary Doctorate of Business Administration in Hospitality from Johnson & Wales
University (Rhode Island, US), where students have an opportunity to pursue career education in
business, hospitality, culinary arts or technology;
Honorary Doctorate from Oxford Brookes University (UK) whose citation traced how Mr
Kwek, who joined the family business in the early 1960s, had gone on to establish an international
reputation for his leadership of the Hong Leong Group, as well as being an active supporter of
higher education in Singapore.
Mr Kwek also serves as a Member of the INSEAD East Asia Council. France-based INSEAD is one
of the world' leading and largest graduate business schools which bring together people, cultures
and ideas from around the world.
Mr Kwek is a Member of the Action Community of Entrepreneurship (ACE), which involves both
the private and public sectors to create a more entrepreneurial environment in Singapore for small
and medium enterprises.
Mr Kwek has distinguished himself in property investment and development, hotel ownership and
management, financial services and industrial enterprises. Today, he sits on the flagship of a
multi-billion empire worth over US$20 billion in diversified premium assets worldwide, with an
annual turnover of US$4.55 billion and stocks traded on six of the world' stock markets. He
currently heads worldwide staff strength of over 40,000 across a range of businesses in
Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, Europe and North America. Mr Kwek also played a pivotal advisory
role in Las Vegas Sands Corporation's successful bid for Singapore's high profile Integrated
Resort project at the Marina Bay.
RICHARD HARTMAN, 63
Group Chief Executive Officer
Richard Hartman joined the Board of Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc on 7 May
2008. He has over 30 years experience in the hotel and restaurant industry. From 1999
he has held senior positions at InterContinental Hotels Group (formerly known as Six Continents
Hotels Group and Bass Hotels & Resorts) where he was a main Board Director from 2003 until
2007, most recently as Managing Director of InterContinental Hotels Group, Europe, Middle East and
Africa with responsibility for 620 hotels. Previously he was Managing Director of
InterContinental Hotels Group Asia Pacific between 1998 and 2003, where he increased the company
portfolio, making it the second largest hotel chain in Asia Pacific.
Prior to joining InterContinental Hotels Group in 1998 he was President of ITT Sheraton North America between 1992 and 1998, where he led a turnaround in performance, repositioning the Sheraton North America as the premier brand of choice, and President of ITT Sheraton Asia Pacific between 1985 and 1992.
During his tenure as President of the Asia Pacific Division, he successfully executed an
aggressive development strategy, growing the Division, substantially increasing earnings and firmly
establishing Sheraton as one of the three leading hotel chains in Asia and the market leader in
Australia, New Zealand and South Pacific.
WONG HONG REN, 57
Executive Director
Wong Hong Ren joined Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc as a non-executive Director at the
flotation of the Group. He is a non-executive Director of City e-Solutions Limited
and Executive Vice President (Group Investment) of Hong Leong Management Services Limited
in Singapore. Mr Wong was appointed as an Executive Director of the Company in April 2001.
KWEK LENG JOO, 55
Non-Executive Director
Kwek Leng Joo joined Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc at the flotation of the Group. He
is the Managing Director of City Developments Limited. He holds directorships in most of
the listed companies within the Hong Leong Group, including Hong Leong Finance
Limited. He also serves as an executive director for City e-Solutions Limited. An
Honorary President of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Mr Kwek also
serves in many public and civic institutions.
KWEK LENG PECK, 52
Non-Executive Director
Kwek Leng Peck joined Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc at the flotation of the
Group. He holds directorships on most of the listed companies within the Hong Leong Group,
including City Developments Limited, Hong Leong Finance Limited and Tasek Corporation
Berhad. He also serves as an Executive Director for Hong Leong Asia Limited and City
e-Solutions Limited.
CHRISTOPHER SNEATH, 75
Independent Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee
Christopher Sneath joined Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc in March 1999. He is a
Chartered Accountant and, until his retirement in 1994, he was a senior partner of KPMG. He was a
non-executive director of Spirax-Sarco Engineering plc until 2002.
CHRISTOPHER KELJIK OBE, 60
Senior Independent Director
Christopher Keljik was appointed to the Board in May 2006. He retired as a Director of
Standard Chartered plc in 2005, after 29 years, during which time he held a number of senior
positions in London, Hong Kong, New York and Singapore. He is a Chartered
Accountant and is also a non-executive Director of Foreign & Colonial Investment
Trust plc, Henderson TR Pacific Investment Trust plc and Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc.
CONNAL RANKIN, 67
Independent Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Remuneration Committee
Connal Rankin was appointed to the Board in December 2007. He has had an extensive
career at HSBC Group (“HSBC”) spanning 45 years until his retirement in December 2005. He held a
number of senior positions including a Group General Manager of HSBC in Hong Kong and Chief
Executive of HSBC Singapore for 5 years until 2000. Between 2000 and 2005, Connal held the
senior position of Group General Manager of Human Resources based in London. He is a Director
of Neptune Orient Lines Ltd, a publicly quoted company listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange.
SHAUKAT AZIZ, 60
Independent Non-Executive Director
Shaukat Aziz was Prime Minister of Pakistan from 2004 to 2007 having previously been Pakistan’s Finance Minister from 1999. He had a long and successful career with Citibank, which he joined in 1969, and held a number of senior positions including Corporate Planning Officer for Citicorp, Head of Corporate and Investment Banking for Asia, Chief Country Officer in Malaysia and in Jordan and as a board member of various Citibank subsidiaries, including Citicorp Islamic Bank and the Saudi American Bank.
ALEXANDER WAUGH, 45
Independent Non-Executive Director
NICHOLAS GEORGE, 55
Independent Non-Executive Director
