Appointment to Board of Directors (9534F)
22 Giugno 2012 - 12:00PM
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RNS Number : 9534F
Diageo PLC
22 June 2012
22 June 2012
DIAGEO ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT TO ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Diageo has announced the appointment of Mr Ho KwonPing to its
Board as a non-executive director, effective 1 October. His
responsibilities will include membership of the Audit, the
Nomination and the Remuneration Committees.
Mr Ho is Executive Chairman and founder of Banyan Tree Holdings,
Ltd. Listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange, the group develops,
owns and operates lifestyle facilities including 30 hotels and
resorts, over 60 spas and 80 retail galleries as well as two golf
courses in close to 30 countries worldwide. Mr Ho is also an
advisor to the global investment bank Moelis & Co.
Previously, Mr Ho has served as a non-executive director at
Singapore Airlines Ltd and Standard Chartered Plc as well as
Chairman of MediaCorp Pte Ltd and Singapore Power Ltd.
Commenting on the appointment, Diageo Chairman Dr Franz Humer
said:
"Mr Ho has wide experience of building a leading luxury brand in
Asia. He brings to Diageo valuable new perspectives and a deep
understanding of the Asian consumer. He also has substantial
international experience. I look forward to welcoming him to the
Board and look forward to his contributions to our
deliberations."
ENDS
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Angela Ryker Gallagher
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investor.relations@diageo.com
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Notes to Editors
About Mr Ho
Mr Ho KwonPing is Executive Chairman of Banyan Tree Holdings,
Ltd., which owns both listed and private companies engaged in the
development, ownership and operation of hotels, resorts, spas,
retail galleries and other lifestyle properties around the
world.
Ho KwonPing was educated in Tunghai University, Taiwan; Stanford
University, California and the University of Singapore. He worked
as a journalist and was the Economics Editor of the Far Eastern
Economic Review. He joined the family business in 1981. In 1994 he
launched Banyan Tree Hotels and Resorts. Banyan Tree has grown to
more than 30 hotels and resorts, over 60 spas and over 80 retail
galleries, as well as two golf courses. With a strong presence in
China, Banyan Tree will double its number of properties by
2015.
In May 2000, Mr Ho was conferred an honorary doctorate by
Johnson & Wales University, and later received the London
Business School 2005 Entrepreneurship Award. In 2008, he was named
CEO of the Year at the Singapore Corporate Awards. In 2009, he was
the recipient of the Hospitality Lifetime Achievement Award at the
China Hotel Investment Summit in Shanghai. As Chairman of Singapore
Management University (SMU), Mr Ho was awarded the Singapore
Government's Meritorious Service Medal for his contribution in the
founding of SMU. In 2010, he became the first Asian to receive the
ACA (American Creativity Association) Lifetime Achievement Award in
recognition of his creativity and innovation in various spheres of
endeavour. In 2011, he was voted top Thinker in Singapore in the
Yahoo! Singapore 9 Awards, a testament to his business innovations
and leadership in civic causes.
Mr Ho was born in 1952. He is married to Claire Chiang, Senior
Vice President, Banyan Tree Holdings Limited. They have three
children - two sons and a daughter.
About Diageo
Diageo is the world's leading premium drinks business with an
outstanding collection of beverage alcohol brands across spirits,
wines and beer categories. These brands include Johnnie Walker,
Crown Royal, J B, Buchanan's, Windsor and Bushmills whiskies,
Smirnoff, Ciroc and Ketel One vodkas, Baileys, Captain Morgan, Jose
Cuervo, Tanqueray and Guinness.
Diageo is a global company, with its products sold in more than
180 countries around the world. The company is listed on both the
New York Stock Exchange (DEO) and the London Stock Exchange (DGE).
For more information about Diageo, its people and its brands, visit
www.diageo.com. For Diageo's global resource that promotes
responsible drinking through the sharing of best practice tools,
information and initiatives, visit www.DRINKiQ.com.
Celebrating life, every day, everywhere.
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