The board of directors of Cathay Pacific announced that Mr. CHU Kwok Leung Ivan, an Executive Director and the current Chief Executive of the company, will be re-designated as a Non-Executive Director on his appointment as Chairman of John Swire & Sons (China) Limited. At the same time, he will step down as Chairman of Hong Kong Dragon Airlines Limited (Cathay Dragon). Mr. Rupert Bruce Grantham Trower HOGG, an Executive Director and the current Chief Operating Officer of Cathay Pacific, will be appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Cathay Pacific.

He will become Chairman of Cathay Dragon and will remain the chairman of the executive committee of Cathay Dragon. All these changes will take with effect from 1 May 2017. The board of directors also announced that with effect from, June 1, 2017, Mr. LOO Kar Pui Paul will be appointed as an Executive Director of Cathay Pacific on his appointment as Chief Customer and Commercial Officer of Cathay Pacific.

Mr. Gregory Thomas Forrest HUGHES will be appointed as an Executive Director of Cathay Pacific on his appointment as Chief Operations and Service Delivery Officer of Cathay Pacific. Mr. Martin James MURRAY, an Executive Director of Cathay Pacific, will be retitled from Finance Director to Chief Financial Officer of Cathay Pacific but without any change in his responsibilities. Mr. YAU, Ying Wah (Algernon) will resign as an Executive Director of Cathay Pacific on his appointment as Director Service Delivery of Cathay Pacific.

He will remain as Chief Executive Officer of Cathay Dragon. Mr. Chu joined the John Swire & Sons Limited (Swire) group in 1984 and has worked with the group in Hong Kong, Mainland China, Taiwan, Thailand and Australia. Mr. Rupert Bruce Grantham Trower HOGG joined the Swire group in 1986 and has worked with the group in Hong Kong, Southeast Asia, Australia and the United Kingdom.

Mr. LOO Kar Pui Paul has been Director Corporate Development & IT of Cathay Pacific since June 2016. Mr. Gregory Thomas Forrest HUGHES joined the Swire group in 1987 and worked with Cathay Pacific in Hong Kong, Korea, Indonesia, Japan and Australia from October 1989 to August 2009.