BOARD OF DIRECTORS

WONG HONG REN (Chairman & Non-Executive Director)

Non-executive Director of the Company since February 1992.  He is also an Executive Director of Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc.  Mr. Wong is also a non-executive director of Millennium & Copthorne Hotels New Zealand Limited.  He is the Executive Vice President (Group Investment) for the Hong Leong Group of Companies in Singapore.


B K CHIU (Managing Director / Member of the Audit Committee)

Appointed Managing Director in May 2005.  Mr. Chiu is also the Managing Director of Millennium & Copthorne Hotels New Zealand Limited.  Prior to his appointment, Mr. Chiu was Regional Vice - President and Managing Director, Asia of Merisant Company.  He holds a Masters degree in agricultural economics and marketing from Massey University, Palmerston North.

VINCENT YEO (Non-Executive Director)

Appointed as a non-executive director in April 1993. Mr. Yeo is presently Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of M&C REIT Management Limited. He is also an Executive Director of City e-Solutions Limited. From 1993 to 1998, he was Managing Director of the Australian and New Zealand operations of CDL Investments New Zealand Limited and of CDL Hotels New Zealand Limited (now Millennium & Copthorne Hotels New Zealand Limited). From 1998 to 2000, Mr. Yeo was an Executive Director of Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc in London, before being appointed Chief Executive Officer of City e-Solutions Limited and President, Millennium & Copthorne Hotels Asia Pacific Region. 

 ROB CHALLINOR (Independent Non-Executive Director / Chairman of the Audit Committee)

Appointed to the Board in 2005. Mr. Challinor has over 25 years experience as a director of numerous public and private companies. He is currently Chairman of Kingfish Limited, Barramundi Limited and Marlin Global Limited and a director of The Warehouse Group Limited. He has been a partner in Deloitte and worked as a corporate finance advisor and was most recently a partner and director of investment bankers Northington Partners Limited. Rob is an Accredited Fellow of the Institute of Directors and a Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants.

JOHN HENDERSON (Independent Non-Executive Director / Member of the Audit Committee)

Appointed to the Board in 2006.  Mr. Henderson is presently Managing Director of Henderson Resources Limited.  He spent 28 years with the Starwood Hotels and Resorts Group holding various senior management positions including VP Director of Operations Asia and Area Manager South Pacific Region.  John is Chairman of the Industry Advisory Board for New Zealand Management Academies.