Annual Report 2011 - Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group
Annual Report 2011 - Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group
Annual Report 2011 - Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group
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Dr Richard Lee<br />
Dr Lee joined the Board in 1987. Dr Lee’s principal<br />
business interests are in the manufacturing of textiles<br />
and apparel in Southeast Asia, and he is chairman<br />
of TAL Apparel. He is also a director of Jardine<br />
Matheson and Hongkong Land.<br />
Robert Léon<br />
Mr Léon joined the Board in 1994. He is a manager<br />
of Qualis and a director of Roc Oil Company and<br />
Bridgeport Energy.<br />
Lincoln K.K. Leong<br />
Mr Leong joined the Board in March 2012. He is a<br />
Chartered Accountant and has extensive experience<br />
in the accountancy and investment banking industries.<br />
Mr Leong is also finance and business development<br />
director of MTR Corporation and a non-executive<br />
director of Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company<br />
and Tai Ping Carpets International.<br />
A.J.L. Nightingale<br />
Mr Nightingale joined the Board in 2006 and was<br />
Managing Director of the Company from 2006 to<br />
March 2012. He held a number of senior positions<br />
since first joining the Jardine Matheson group in 1969<br />
until his retirement from executive office in March<br />
2012. He is also a director of Dairy Farm, Hongkong<br />
Land, Jardine Cycle & Carriage, Jardine Matheson<br />
and Jardine Strategic, and a commissioner of Astra.<br />
Mr Nightingale is also a member of the Commission<br />
on Strategic Development, a member of the Committee<br />
on Strategic Enhancement of Hong Kong as an<br />
International Financial Centre, a vice president of<br />
The Real Estate Developers Association of Hong<br />
Kong, a council member of the Employers’ Federation<br />
of Hong Kong, a Hong Kong representative to the<br />
APEC Business Advisory Council, a member of<br />
Chongqing Mayor’s International Economic Advisory<br />
Council and a member of the UK ASEAN Business<br />
Council Advisory Panel. He is also chairman of The<br />
Sailors Home and Missions to Seamen in Hong Kong.<br />
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Lord Powell of Bayswater kcmg<br />
Lord Powell joined the Board in 1992. He was<br />
previously Private Secretary and adviser on foreign<br />
affairs and defence to British Prime Ministers,<br />
Baroness Thatcher and Rt Hon John Major. He is<br />
a director of Caterpillar, Hongkong Land, LVMH<br />
Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, Matheson & Co,<br />
Capital Generation Partners, Textron Corporation,<br />
Schindler Holding, Northern Trust Global Services<br />
and Magna Holdings. He is co-chairman of the UK<br />
Government’s Asia Task Force and was previously<br />
president of the China-Britain Business Council and<br />
chairman of the Singapore-British Business Council.<br />
James Watkins<br />
Mr Watkins joined the Board in 1997. He was<br />
a director and group general counsel of Jardine<br />
Matheson from 1997 to 2003. Mr Watkins qualified<br />
as a solicitor in 1969 and was formerly a partner<br />
of Linklaters. He is also a director of Advanced<br />
Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation, Asia<br />
Satellite Telecommunications Holdings, Global<br />
Sources, Hongkong Land, IL&FS India Realty<br />
Fund II and Jardine Cycle & Carriage.<br />
Percy Weatherall<br />
Mr Weatherall joined the Board in 2000 and was<br />
Managing Director from 2000 to 2006. He first joined<br />
the Jardine Matheson group in 1976 and retired from<br />
executive office in 2006. He is also a director of Dairy<br />
Farm, Hongkong Land, Jardine Matheson and Jardine<br />
Strategic. He is chairman of Corney and Barrow.<br />
Giles White<br />
Mr White joined the Board in 2009. He is the Jardine<br />
Matheson group general counsel. He was previously<br />
Asia managing partner of Linklaters based in Hong<br />
Kong, prior to which he was the firm’s head of global<br />
finance and projects in London. Mr White is also a<br />
director of Jardine Matheson Limited, Dairy Farm<br />
and Jardine Matheson.<br />
1st April 2012