MCK
31/03/2015 10:14
DIRECTOR
NOT PRICE SENSITIVE
REL: 1014 HRS Millennium & Copthorne Hotels New Zealand Limited
DIRECTOR: MCK: MCK: Appointment of Aloysius Lee to the Board
Millennium & Copthorne Hotels New Zealand Limited (NZX:MCK) advises that Mr.
Aloysius Lee Tse Sang will join the board effective from 1 April 2015 as a
non-executive director. Mr. Lee was appointed as Millennium & Copthorne
Hotels plc Group Chief Executive Officer with effect as of 1 March 2015.
Mr. Lee's management career spans the Leisure, Information
Technology/Telecommunications and Real Estate sectors. Immediately prior to
his appointment, he was CEO of South Beach Consortium Pte Ltd., a joint
venture established by City Developments Limited and other parties to create
a mixed use real estate development in Singapore, which is scheduled to be
completed in 2015. Prior to that, Mr. Lee held senior leadership positions at
a number of companies, including one of China's leading real estate groups,
Shui On Land, Hong Kong Telecom, Star Cruises and Singapore Airlines. He is a
Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute and a Fellow of the Chartered
Institute of Marketing, and holds management qualifications from Harvard
University, the University of Hong Kong and the University of Hawaii.
MCK Managing Director B K Chiu said, "On behalf of MCK Board and staff, I
welcome Aloysius Lee to the company. With his background in real estate,
hospitality and technology, he will make a excellent contribution to MCK".
MCK confirmed that Mr. Lee is not an independent director and would need to
be re-elected at MCK's next annual meeting of shareholders.
ENDS
Enquiries:
Millennium & Copthorne Hotels New Zealand Limited (09) 353 5058
BK Chiu
Managing Director
End CA:00262523 For:MCK Type:DIRECTOR Time:2015-03-31 10:14:36
