Corporate Governance
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KWEK LENG BENG, 71
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.
WONG HONG REN, 60
Chief Executive Officer
On 27 June 2011, Mr Wong Hong Ren was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the
Company. Mr Wong joined Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc as a non-executive
Director at the flotation of the Group in 1996 and since April 2001, held the position of Chief
Financial Officer and Executive Director.
KWEK LENG PECK, 55
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.
KWEK EIK SHENG, 30
Non-Executive Director
Kwek Eik Sheng was appointed to the Board in May 2011. He has been with the Hong Leong
Group since 2006, before joining City Developments Limited in 2009, where he is currently Head,
Corporate Development.
CHRISTOPHER KELJIK OBE, 63
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.
HIS EXCELLENCY SHAUKAT AZIZ, 63
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, 48
Independent Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Remuneration Committee
NICHOLAS GEORGE, 58
Independent Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee
Nicholas George is a Chartered Accountant and is a Director of LGT Capital Partners (UK) Limited, he also sits on the Boards of GK Goh Holdings Limited and euNetworks Limited, both of which are listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange. He has over 30 years experience in investment banking and was a Managing Director of JP Morgan Securities (previously Jardine Fleming) in Asia from 1993 to 2002 and a Managing Director of HSBC Securities in Asia from 2002 to 2003.
IAN BATEY, 76
Independent Non-Executive Director
Mr Batey was appointed to the Board in August 2011. An accomplished brand specialist, he launched his advertising agency, Batey Ads, in Singapore in 1972. Under his leadership, Batey became SE Asia's largest independent advertising group, responsible for the development of many iconic Asian brands including Singapore Airlines and Raffles Hotel. The agency has since become part of Grey Singapore, a subsidiary of WPP Plc.
Mr Batey has been widely recognised for his contribution to the advertising industry and to the wider community, culminating in 1999 with the first Lifetime Achievement Award to be bestowed by the Institute of Advertising Singapore.
