Directorate Change

RNS Number : 4507E

Hongkong Land Hldgs Ld

21 December 2009

 



To: Business Editor                                                                                                                           For immediate release

JOHN WITT APPOINTED CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OF HONGKONG LAND

21st December 2009 - Hongkong Land Holdings Limited today announced the appointment of John Witt as Chief Financial Officer with effect from 1st April 2010. He will succeed Geoffrey Brown following his appointment as Finance Director of Jardine Matheson Group companies Jardine Pacific and Jardine Motors.

Mr Witt has been Chief Financial Officer of Mandarin Oriental, also a subsidiary of Jardine Matheson, since 2000, having been appointed as director of corporate finance in 1998. Before then, Mr Witt had held a number of finance positions within the Jardine Matheson Group, which he first joined in 1993.

"Geoffrey has played an important role in Hongkong Land's development over the past five years. We would like to thank him for his contribution and wish him well in his new role," said Hongkong Land's Chief Executive, Y K Pang. "We are also pleased to welcome John to the Board of Hongkong Land," he added.

Mr Witt is a Canadian national and is married with four children. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant and has a bachelor degree from the University of Toronto, Canada as well as an MBA from INSEAD in France.

Hongkong Land is one of Asia's leading property investment, management and development groups with premium commercial and residential developments throughout the region. The Group owns and manages some five million sq. ft of commercial space in Hong Kong that defines the CBD, while in Singapore it has a number of major developments. Its 77%-owned affiliate, MCL Land, is a Singapore-listed residential developer. Hongkong Land Holdings Limited is incorporated in Bermuda and its shares are listed in London, Bermuda and Singapore. It is a member of the Jardine Matheson Group.

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For further information, please contact:

Hongkong Land Limited
Neil M McNamara   (852) 2843 8227

GolinHarris
Kennes Young   (852) 2501 7987

This and other Group announcements can be accessed through the Internet at 'www.hkland.com'.

 

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