Simon Keswick, Chairman

Mr Simon Keswick joined the Board and became Chairman in 1986. He joined the Jardine Matheson group in 1962 and is also chairman of Hongkong Land, Mandarin Oriental, and a director of Jardine Lloyd Thompson, Jardine Matheson and Jardine Strategic.

A J L Nightingale*, Managing Director

Mr Nightingale joined the Board and was appointed as Managing Director in 2006. He has served in a number of executive positions since joining the Jardine Matheson group in 1969. He is chairman of Jardine Cycle & Carriage, Jardine Matheson Limited, Jardine Motors Group and Jardine Pacific; and a commissioner of Astra. He is also managing director of Hongkong Land, Jardine Matheson, Jardine Strategic and Mandarin Oriental. Mr Nightingale is chairman of the Business Facilitation Advisory Committee established by the Financial Secretary in Hong Kong, a council member of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, a Hong Kong representative to the APEC Business Advisory Council and a member of the Greater Pearl River Delta Business Council.

Michael Kok*, Group Chief Executive

Mr Kok joined the Board and was appointed Group Chief Executive in April 2007.  He joined Dairy Farm in 1987 and has extensive experience in the retail industry in Asia.  As a director of Dairy Farm Management Services since 1997, he had prime responsibility for the Group’s retail businesses in South and East Asia.

Howard Mowlem*, Group Finance Director

Mr Mowlem was appointed as Group Finance Director in 2001. He joined the Group in 2000 as finance director, North Asia. He previously held a number of senior financial positions in the Australian retail sector. Mr Mowlem is a Fellow of the Australia Society of CPAs.

Ronald J Floto

Mr Floto joined the Board in 1997 and was Group Chief Executive until he retired from executive office in March 2007. His extensive experience in the retail industry included senior positions in Kmart Corporation and Super Kmart in the United States.

Jonathan Gould

Mr Gould joined the Board in 2004. He is the Jardine Matheson group general counsel. Having qualified as an English solicitor in 1976 and as a Hong Kong solicitor in 1988, he was previously a senior corporate partner of Allen & Overy based in Hong Kong and London.  Mr Gould is also a director of Jardine Matheson Limited and Mandarin Oriental.

Mark Greenberg

Mr Greenberg joined the Board in 2006.  He is group strategy director of Jardine Matheson.  He had previously spent 16 years in investment banking with Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein in London.  He is also a director of Jardine Matheson Limited, Hongkong Land, Jardine Cycle & Carriage and Mandarin Oriental; and a commissioner of Astra and Bank Permata.

George J Ho

Mr Ho joined the Board in 1998. He was previously engaged in private law practice in San Francisco and is currently engaged in the broadcasting, multi-media and telecommunications industries. Mr Ho is also chairman of Hong Kong Commercial Broadcasting Company and executive director of ABC Communications (Holdings).

Henry Keswick

Mr Henry Keswick joined the Board in 1988. He is chairman of Jardine Matheson, having first joined the Jardine Matheson group in 1961, and is also chairman of Jardine Strategic. He is a director of Hongkong Land, Mandarin Oriental and Rothschilds Continuation Holdings. He is also vice chairman of the Hong Kong Association.

Dr George C G Koo

Dr Koo, a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, was appointed as a Director in 1990. He is the founder and managing director of the Hong Kong Lithotripter Centre and a member of the Political Consultative Committee of Chekiang Province of the People’s Republic of China. He is also a director of Jardine Strategic.

R C Kwok

Mr Kwok is a Chartered Accountant and has been a Director since 1986. He joined the Jardine Matheson group in 1964 and is a director of Jardine Matheson Limited, Hongkong Land, Jardine Matheson, Jardine Strategic and Mandarin Oriental.

Lord Leach of Fairford

Lord Leach joined the Board in 1987. He is deputy chairman of Jardine Lloyd Thompson, and a director of Hongkong Land, Jardine Matheson, Jardine Strategic, Mandarin Oriental and Rothschilds Continuation Holdings. He joined the Jardine Matheson group in 1983 after a career in banking and merchant banking.

James Riley

Mr Riley joined the Board in 2005. He is group finance director of Jardine Matheson.  A chartered accountant, he joined the Jardine Matheson group from Kleinwort Benson in 1993.  He was appointed chief financial officer of Jardine Cycle & Carriage in 1994, and from 1999 to 2005 he was responsible for the businesses grouped under Jardine Pacific. He is a director of Jardine Matheson Limited.

Percy Weatherall

Mr Weatherall joined the Board in 2000 and was Managing Director from 2000 to 2006. He held a number of senior positions since first joining the Jardine Matheson group in 1976 until his retirement from executive office in 2006. He is also a director of Hongkong Land, Jardine Matheson, Jardine Strategic and Mandarin Oriental.