Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc (M&C) announced that Ms. Jennifer Fox will be joining the company as Group Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors with effect from June 19, 2018. Ms. Fox has had an extensive career in the hospitality industry, with over 30 years of experience in Australia, Hong Kong, the UK and Europe, the United States, Canada and the Middle East region. She has held senior executive roles in operations, branding and marketing across mid-scale, upscale and luxury segments of the industry.

Most recently she served as President of Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, where she was responsible for the luxury brand's global hotel portfolio, encompassing over 100 properties, including the Raffles and Swissôtel brands outside of North America. Ms. Fox has been an independent non-executive director of Village Roadshow Limited, since November 2015. She will continue that non-executive directorship.

Mr. Tan Kian Seng, who has served as interim Group Chief Executive Officer since February 2017, will remain with the Group as Chief of Staff and assume other executive responsibilities.