Corporate Personnel - Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group Limited:

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Edouard Ettedgui - Group Chief Executive

Email: mohg-gce@mohg.com

Edouard Ettedgui joined Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group as Chief Executive in 1998. The hotel group was, at the time, well recognised for providing award-winning service in its Asian heartland and was beginning to embark upon a global growth strategy. Under his leadership, the Group’s portfolio has increased from 11 to 41 hotels worldwide currently, and is on track to being widely recognised as the best luxury hotel group in the world, operating over 10,000 rooms in key city and resort destinations.

The Group is represented in some of the world’s most desirable and strategic locations and continues to gain momentum. The focus on geographic diversity has complemented the Group’s traditional Asian base, and includes dynamic developments in key business and resort destinations in Asia, Europe and the Americas.

Other strategic milestones during Ettedgui’s tenure include the development of Mandarin Oriental’s exclusive spa concepts, the launch of its residential component, The Residences at Mandarin Oriental, and the development of the Group’s Hideaway Resorts in Chiang Mai, Thailand and Riviera Maya in Mexico.

Mr Ettedgui brings to Mandarin Oriental extensive business development and financial experience. A French national, he obtained his degree from ESSEC in Paris before joining Philips International in the Netherlands. His early career with the company took him to Morocco and France and he soon became a Director for Philips’ operations in Zambia, Zimbabwe, Peru and Italy. Many of these positions were also combined with representing the French Government as Trade Counsellor.

In 1990, he joined BAT Industries PLC in London as Head of Finance and was promoted to Group Finance Controller in 1993. In 1995, he gained the additional responsibility of Director for New Business Development. In January 1996, he joined the board of the newly-created British American Tobacco Holdings as Business Development Director.

In August 1996, Mr Ettedgui moved to Asia as Group Finance Director of Dairy Farm International Holdings Limited, where he remained until his move to Mandarin Oriental.

He is a member of the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) Executive Committee and has also been appointed Advisor of External Trade in Hong Kong by the French Government.

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John Witt - Chief Financial Officer

Email: mohg-fd@mohg.com

John Witt, Chief Financial Officer, joined Mandarin Oriental in August 1998. He is responsible for establishing major corporate financial strategies, objectives, and policies for the company.

Prior to joining Mandarin Oriental, Mr Witt had extensive global financial experience in a variety of consumer industries, previously holding senior management positions in the United Kingdom, France and Indonesia. He has been with the Jardine Matheson Group since 1993.

Mr. Witt obtained an MBA from INSEAD in France (European Institute of Business Administration), and graduated with distinction. He is also a qualified chartered accountant and has a Bachelor of Commerce from Trinity College, University of Toronto, Canada, with a Major in International Relations.

Mr Witt is a Canadian national.

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Michael Hobson - Sales and Marketing Director

Email: mohg-smd@mohg.com

Michael Hobson, Group Sales and Marketing Director, has more than 20 years experience in the hospitality industry, joining Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group in May 1994.

Mr Hobson joined the Group from Omni Hotels Asia-Pacific where he held the position of Vice President of Sales and Marketing Worldwide.

Prior to that he worked with Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts as Group Director of Sales and Marketing. His hospitality career began with Grand Metropolitan in 1978, and in his nine years with the company, he concentrated on sales and development and was stationed in the United Kingdom, Latin America, USA, Singapore and Hong Kong.

A British national, Mr Hobson holds an MBA from the University of Leicester having previously studied Hotel and Catering Operations at Brighton Technical College in the United Kingdom.

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Andrew Hirst - Operations Director, Asia

Email: mohg-odae@mohg.com

Andrew Hirst joined Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group in 1988. He is responsible for the Group’s current and future portfolio in Asia, and for driving the Group’s award-winning customer service initiatives as well as other global operational functions such as Spa and Food & Beverage.

Mr Hirst has over 26 years experience in hotel management of international luxury brand properties, and is well-known within the lodging industry through his roles in associations and societies.

Mr Hirst has held senior management positions in many Mandarin Oriental hotels throughout the Asia Pacific region in his 20 years with the Group. He has spent the past six years as General Manager of The Excelsior, Hong Kong, one of Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group’s most significant assets.

Mr Hirst was educated in London and is a Licentiate member of the Hotel Catering Institute Management Association.

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Terry L Stinson - Development Director and President, The Americas

Email: mohg-dd@mohg.com

Terry L Stinson joined Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group as Group Development Director in 1997. In May 2008 he assumed the title of Development Director and President, The Americas, providing strategic advice to the region’s leadership team. He is primarily responsible for overseeing the Group’s global Development and Technical Services departments and works closely with the Group’s external partners on the continued development and execution of new Mandarin Oriental projects around the world. Mr Stinson is the Group’s most senior representative in The Americas.

He has a wealth of experience in the hotel industry, including ten years with The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company where, as Executive Vice President, he spent four years overseeing all of their development activities. Prior to this he was General Counsel of the company, responsible for all legal affairs, including the negotiation of new joint ventures and management agreements.

Mr Stinson holds an Engineering degree from Vanderbilt University and a J.D. from the University of Tennessee. He is an American citizen.

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Richard Baker - Executive Vice President, US Northern Region

Email: rbaker@mohg.com

Richard Baker joined Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group in May 2006 as General Manager, Corporate and has been responsible for providing operational input to the Group’s hotels under development in The Americas. He is now responsible for the Group’s hotels in the North East, the West Coast and the Mid West of the United States. Prior to joining Mandarin Oriental, Richard held senior management positions with Rosewood Hotels and Resorts and Four Seasons.

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Jorge Gonzalez - Executive Vice President, US Southern Region

Email: jgonzalez@mohg.com

Jorge Gonzalez joined the Group in 1999 as General Manager of Mandarin Oriental, Miami. He took up his Executive Vice President role of the US Southern Region in May 2008, and is now also responsible for overseeing the hotels on the South East Coast of the United States, Mexico, the Caribbean, Central and South America. Jorge previously held senior management roles at Loews Hotels, Ritz Carlton and Hyatt.

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Liam Lambert - Operations Director, Europe

Email: mohg-odeu@mohg.com

Liam Lambert joined Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group in 1991 as General Manager of the Group’s largest hotel, The Excelsior, Hong Kong.

He has over 30 years experience in hotel management across the globe, spending time in Europe, North America, Australia and Asia and is well-known within the lodging industry through his roles in many associations and societies.

Mr Lambert has spent the past five years as General Manager of Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, London, where he oversaw the completion of the hotel’s significant restoration programme in 2000, and has been instrumental in re-positioning the property as one of London’s top-performing luxury hotels. Prior to his move to London, Mr Lambert was General Manager of the Group’s flagship property, Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong from 1995 to 2000.

In his new capacity as Operations Director, Europe, Mr Lambert will oversee the Group’s current and future portfolio in Europe, Middle East and Africa.

An Irish national, Mr Lambert holds an MBA from the University of South Australia, and attended Harvard Business School’s AMP Programme.

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Jill Kluge - Group Director of Brand Communications

Email: mohg-dgc@mohg.com

Ms Kluge joined Mandarin Oriental in 1991 in Hong Kong as Group Public Relations Manager. Prior to joining the Group, she held various sales and marketing positions in a variety of hotel companies in the UK and Asia. Ms. Kluge is now Group Director of Brand Communications and is responsible for overseeing all corporate communications activities including financial communications, global public relations, international advertising and sales and marketing materials.

Ms Kluge transferred to the Group’s corporate office in London in 2001.

Ms Kluge is Welsh and has a BA Honours Degree in History from the University of Wales. She also studied at the Polytechnic of Wales for the Associateship of the Institute of Personnel Management.

Mandarin Oriental
Hotel Group

Corporate Office - Asia

281 Gloucester Road, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong

Telephone:

+852 2895 9288

Facsimile:

+852 2837 3500

Corporate Offices - Americas

345 California Street, Suite 1250, San Francisco, CA 94104, USA

Telephone:

+1 (415) 772 8800

Facsimile:

+1 (415) 782 3778

250 West 57th Street, Suite 1917, New York, NY 10107, USA

Telephone:

+1 (212) 830 9391

Facsimile:

+1 (212) 399 7189

Corporate Office - Europe

Kings Court, 2-16 Goodge Street, London W1T 2QA, United Kingdom

Telephone:

+44 (0)20 7908 7888

Facsimile:

+44 (0)20 7908 7880

Human Resources

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Development - Asia

Development - Americas

10 Tenth Street NE, Suite 350
Atlanta GA 30309-3484 USA

Telephone:

+1 (404) 836 8020

Facsimile:

+1 (404) 836 8028

Development - Europe