PPHE Hotel Group Limited announced that Kevin McAuliffe has been appointed Non-Executive Deputy Chairman of the company and in this role will fulfil the responsibilities of providing leadership of the Board and ensuring effectiveness on all aspects of its duties and roles. Mr. McAuliffe has entered into a new letter of appointment with the Company which has been updated to reflect his appointment as Non-Executive Deputy Chairman of the Company and more generally to reflect prevailing market standards. Mr. McAuliffe was formerly the Senior Independent Director of the Company, a position which he has now relinquished. Nigel Jones has been appointed Senior Independent Director of the Company, taking over the role previously performed by Mr. McAuliffe. Mr. Jones has entered into a new letter of appointment with the Company which has been updated to reflect his appointment as Senior Independent Director of the company and more generally to reflect prevailing market standards; and the Company has updated the terms of reference and composition of its Nomination, Remuneration and Audit Committees.  Each such committee will comprise the Company's three independent non-executive Directors, being Kevin McAuliffe, Nigel Jones and Dawn Morgan. Mr. Jones will chair the Nomination and Remuneration Committees and Dawn Morgan will chair the Audit Committee. The Board welcomes the appointment of Mr. McAuliffe and Mr. Jones to their new positions and believes their impressive breadth of experience and knowledge will complement the balance of skills required to carry out their respective roles on the Board. Although Mr. McAuliffe and Mr. Jones have served as Directors of the Company for over ten years, each are regarded by the Board as being independent of management and free from any business or other relationship that could materially interfere with the exercise of their independent judgement. The independence of the non-executive Directors is considered at least annually by the Company. The company further announces that Chen Moravsky is stepping down as a non-executive Director of the Company and that Roni Hirsch is stepping down as the alternate Director of Eli Papouchado, the Company's Non-Executive Chairman, each with immediate effect.