People: Orient-Express Hotels Ltd (OEH)

OEH on New York Consolidated

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17 May 2013
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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Jesse Lovejoy

 68 2012 Independent Non-Executive Chairman of the Board

John Scott

 47 2012 President, Chief Executive Officer, Director

Georg Rafael

 75 2011 Independent Non-Executive Vice Chairman of the Board

Martin O'Grady

 49 2008 Chief Financial Officer, Vice President - Finance

Filip Boyen

 54 2010 Chief Operating Officer, Vice President

Ralph Aruzza

 56 2013 Vice President, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer

Edwin Hetherington

 63 2006 Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary

Raymond Blanc

 63 2010 Vice President - Gastronomy

Philip Calvert

 60 2010 Vice President - Legal and Commercial Affairs

Roger Collins

 66 2001 Vice President - Design and Technical Services

Shawn Jereb

 38 2013 Vice President - Revenue Management & Distribution

Richard Levine

 51 2012 Chief Legal Officer, Vice President

Peter Massey-Cook

 48 2012 Vice President - Compliance

Maurizio Saccani

 62 2011 Chief of Product Development, Vice President, Italy

Philip Mengel

 68 2012 Independent Director

Harshavardhan Agadi

 50 2011 Non-Executive Independent Director

John Campbell

 70 1994 Non-Executive Independent Director

Mitchell Hochberg

 60 2009 Non-Executive Independent Director

Ruth Kennedy

 48 2013 Non-Executive Independent Director

Prudence Leith

 73 2006 Non-Executive Independent Director
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Biographies

Name Description

Jesse Lovejoy

 Mr. Jesse Robert Lovejoy has resigned as Independent Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Orient-Express Hotels Ltd., effective June 28, 2013. Mr. Lovejoy was appointed Chairman of the Board in 2011 and served as Interim Chief Executive Officer of the Company from July 2011 to May 2012. In 2010, he was Senior Advisor, General Counsel and Partner of Coatue Management LLC, an equity management company. During the four prior years, he was Managing Director of Groton Partners LLC, a private merchant banking firm. In 2000-2005, he was Senior Managing Director of Ripplewood Holdings LLC, a private equity investment firm. Prior to that position he was a Managing Director and Co-Head of General Banking of Lazard Frères & Co. LLC, an investment banking firm, and a General Partner of Lazard's predecessor partnership for over 15 years. Mr. Lovejoy is a lawyer (formerly a partner in the Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP law firm), and also the lead non-executive director of One Liberty Properties Inc., a commercial and industrial real estate investment trust listed on the NYSE.

John Scott

 Mr. John M. Scott, III., is President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of Orient-Express Hotels Ltd., since November 8, 2012. Prior to joining the Company in November 2012, Mr. Scott served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Rosewood Hotels & Resorts from 2003 until the sale in 2011 of Rosewood and related owned hotel assets (including The Carlyle in New York, Mansion on Turtle Creek and Hotel Crescent Court in Dallas, Little Dix Bay in Virgin Gorda, and Inn of the Anasazi in Santa Fe). Prior to joining Rosewood, Mr. Scott served for seven years as Managing Director of Acquisitions and Asset Management at Maritz, Wolff & Co., where he was responsible for acquisitions and asset management for the private equity real estate investment group. Previously, Mr. Scott held management positions in business planning and development at The Walt Disney Company and senior hotel management positions at the Interpacific Group Hong Kong, a private hotel investment and management company operating in the Asia-Pacific region. He also serves as a non-executive director of Cedar Fair Entertainment Company, a theme park and entertainment company operating in the United States and Canada and listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

Georg Rafael

 Mr. Georg R. Rafael is Independent Non-Executive Vice Chairman of the Board of Orient Express Hotels Ltd. Mr. Rafael was Managing Director of Rafael Hotels Ltd., a deluxe hotel owning and operating company that he founded in 1986. Rafael Hotels was sold to Mandarin Oriental Hotels in 2000 and included among others such iconic hotels as The Mark in New York, Turnberry Isle Resort & Club in Miami and the Hôtel du Rhône in Geneva. He continues to serve as Vice Chairman of the Elbow Beach Hotel in Bermuda, a former Rafael Hotel. After the sale of the company, Mr. Rafael served as Vice Chairman of the Executive Committee of Mandarin Oriental Hotels until early 2002 when he joined the Company's board. Before Rafael Hotels, he was Joint Managing Director of Regent International Hotels, a deluxe hotel group that Mr. Rafael established with partners in 1972. While with Regent, Mr. Rafael was responsible for the acquisition, renovation and development of such famous hotels as The Mayfair Regent in New York and Chicago, The Beverly Wilshire in Los Angeles, The Regent Washington, The Dorchester in London, The Regent Hong Kong and, in the Pacific, the Halekulani in Honolulu, The Regent Fiji and The Regent Sydney and many more worldwide. Mr. Rafael was appointed Vice Chairman of the Board of the Company in March 2010.

Martin O'Grady

 Mr. Martin O'Grady is Chief Financial Officer, Vice President - Finance of Orient Express Hotels Ltd., since March 2008. Prior to becoming an officer of the Company, Mr. O'Grady served as Chief Financial Officer of Orion Capital Managers LP, a European private equity real estate investment firm including hotels. From 1999 until 2005, he worked for Security Capital European Realty, where he served as Chief Financial Officer of Access Self Storage, a retail self-storage operator in the United Kingdom, France and Australia. From 1992 until 1998, Mr. O'Grady held a number of senior finance and accounting positions with Jardine Matheson Group, an Asian-based conglomerate, including Group Financial Controller of Mandarin Oriental Hotels from 1992 to 1995. Mr. O'Grady began his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers in the U.K. and the U.S., and is an Associate Chartered Accountant in England and Wales.

Filip Boyen

 Mr. Filip J.M. Boyen is Chief Operating Officer, Vice President of Orient Express Hotels Ltd. Mr. Boyen held positions with Marco Polo Hotels, Sun International Hotels and Ramada Renaissance before he joined OEH in 1997. Initially, he served as General Manager of Bora Bora Lagoon Resort until 1999, when he became Managing Director of OEH's hotel and tourist train operations in Peru. He was appointed Vice President-Hotels, Africa, Australia and South America of the Company in September 2005, and Vice President-Operations in September 2007. In November 2008, Mr. Boyen settled an investigation into alleged insider dealing in shares of a mining company publicly traded in the United Kingdom brought by the Financial Services Authority, an independent non-governmental body that regulates the financial services industry in the United Kingdom (“FSA”).

Ralph Aruzza

 Mr. Ralph Aruzza is Vice President, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer of Orient-Express Hotels Ltd., since February 26, 2013. Mr. Aruzza joined the Company from Rosewood Hotels & Resorts where he was Vice President of Sales and Marketing since early 2006. During his seven years at Rosewood, he oversaw all strategic brand initiatives and global sales networks, as well as directing the channel management and customer relationship management functions. Mr. Aruzza has over 35 years of experience in the luxury travel market, starting his career at Hyatt Hotels and Resorts and holding various senior marketing positions at Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts. He later became the Corporate Director of Marketing for the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, and went on to become Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Camberley Hotel Company and Coastal Hotel Group.

Edwin Hetherington

 Mr. Edwin S. Hetherington is Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary of Orient Express Hotels Ltd., since December 2006. Mr. Hetherington started with Orient-Express Hotels Inc. as Counsel and Secretary in 1980, and was appointed the Company's Secretary in 1994. He is a New York-licensed lawyer. Until the end of 2006, he was also Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Sea Containers while it was listed on the NYSE.

Raymond Blanc

 Mr. Raymond R.A. Blanc is Vice President - Gastronomy of Orient-Express Hotels Ltd. Mr. Blanc is the chef-patron of Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons which he founded in 1984 and whose restaurant has achieved two stars in the influential Michelin Guide for 28 years. He began his career in the restaurant business in 1969 and opened the first of a series of restaurants in the U.K. in 1977. Over the years, working with the chefs in his various restaurants, more than 25 of those chefs have subsequently achieved Michelin star status. A prolific food writer, Mr. Blanc often appears on food-related television programs. He has been honored by the British government with the award of an OBE for services promoting culinary excellence and food ethics, and by the French government as a Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur. He began his association with the Company when it acquired Le Manoir in 2002.

Philip Calvert

 Mr. Philip A. Calvert is Vice President - Legal and Commercial Affairs of Orient Express Hotels Ltd. Mr. Calvert joined OEH in October 2008 as Director of Legal Services. He held a similar position with Sea Containers Ltd., formerly an NYSE-listed leasing and transport company and the former parent of the Company, having joined in 1983 and worked on many OEH matters while Sea Containers was a shareholder in the Company. Mr. Calvert is an English barrister and a New York-licensed lawyer.

Roger Collins

 Mr. Roger V. Collins is Vice President - Design and Technical Services of Orient Express Hotels Ltd., since June 2001. Mr. Collins, an engineer during his entire career, has worked in the hotel industry since 1979 with Grand Metropolitan Hotels, Courage Inns and Taverns, and Trusthouse Forte Hotels, having joined Orient-Express Hotels Inc. in 1991.

Shawn Jereb

 Mr. Shawn K. Jereb is Vice President - Revenue Management & Distribution of Orient Express Hotels Ltd. Mr. Jereb's entire career has been in the hotel industry, principally in revenue management and sales. He has worked at various locations for Morgans Hotel Group, Starwood Hotels and Resorts, and Marriott Hotels and Resorts. He joined OEH in 2008.

Richard Levine

 Mr. Richard M. Levine is Chief Legal Officer, Vice President of Orient Express Hotels Ltd., since February 2012. Mr. Levine joined OEH after eight years with Kerzner International Holdings Ltd., a global resort development and management business operating primarily under the One&Only and Atlantis brands, where he served as Executive Vice President and General Counsel working in business development and restructuring while the legal, regulatory and compliance department. Previously he worked in the private equity investment business as General Counsel at Hellman & Friedman LLC (1998-2003) and Credit Suisse First Boston (1996-1998). Mr. Levine is a New York-licensed lawyer.

Peter Massey-Cook

 Mr. Peter Massey-Cook is Vice President - Compliance of Orient Express Hotels Ltd., since January 2012. Mr. Massey-Cook joined OEH in 2012 from the UBS AG where he served at Executive Director, Employee Compliance for Europe, Middle East and Asia. Previously in 1996-2009, he worked in various capacities at BP plc where he established and headed BP's compliance program in Europe as Regional Director. His commercial background has included export selling, strategic marketing and business development in the steel, chemicals and energy industries based at various times in Germany, Japan, Belgium and the U.K.

Maurizio Saccani

 Mr. Maurizio Saccani is Chief of Product Development, Vice President, Italy of Orient Express Hotels Ltd., since December 2011. Mr. Saccani joined Orient-Express Hotels Inc., an NYSE-listed predecessor of the Company, in 1978 as Food and Beverage Manager of the Hotel Cipriani. After serving as Manager, Italy, of the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express, he became Managing Director of the Villa San Michele in 1985. By 2007, he had assumed responsibility for all of the Company's hotels in Italy, most recently the two acquired in Sicily in 2010. While continuing to oversee the Italian properties, Mr. Saccani acts as the Company's Chief of Product Development.

Philip Mengel

 Mr. Philip R. Mengel has resigned as Independent Director of Orient-Express Hotels Ltd., effective June 28, 2013. Mr. Mengel served as Interim Chief Executive Officer of the Company from May to November 2012. He joined Snow Phipps Group LLC in 2007, a private equity firm focused on small- and mid-market investments. Before that position, he served as Chief Executive Officer and director of United States Can Corporation in 2005 and 2006 when the company was sold following financial reorganization. Mr. Mengel served as Chief Executive Officer of English, Welsh and Scottish Railway Ltd. in 1999 to 2003, the principal rail freight operator in Great Britain following privatization by the British government, and as Group Chief Executive of Ibstock PLC in 1995 to 1999, a British-based building products supplier, prior to the sale of that company. Mr. Mengel has been a director since 1999 of The Economist Group Ltd., a privately owned company that publishes ''The Economist'' magazine and other current affairs periodicals.

Harshavardhan Agadi

 Mr. Harshavardhan V. Agadi is Non-Executive Independent Director of Orient Express Hotels Ltd. Mr. Agadi is Executive Chairman of Quizno's Global LLC, a privately-owned group of mainly franchised restaurants in 40 countries with a brand recognition. Previously in 2010 to early 2012, he was Chairman and Chief Executive of Friendly Ice Cream Corporation, a private company operating restaurants principally in the eastern United States. Friendly entered Chapter 11 reorganization proceedings in the United States in October 2011 and emerged in financially and operationally restructured form in January 2012. In 2004 to 2009, Mr. Agadi was President and Chief Executive of Church's Chicken Inc., another branded restaurant group in over 20 countries. In 2000 to 2004, he was an Industrial Partner of Ripplewood Holdings LLC, a private equity investment firm, and in the 1990s held executive positions with other branded restaurant groups. Mr. Agadi is also a non-executive director of Crawford & Company, an international insurance services firm listed on the New York Stock Exchange, and the non-executive Chairman of Krystal Company, a privately-owned U.S.-based convenience restaurant group. He is on the Board of Visitors of the Fuqua Business School at Duke University.

John Campbell

 Mr. John D. Campbell is Non-Executive Independent Director of Orient-Express Hotels Ltd., since 1994. Mr. Campbell was a member of the Bermuda law firm of Appleby until March 1999 (where he served as Senior Partner from 1987 to 1999) and retired as Senior Counsel in July 2003. He is a non-executive director, Chairman of the Nominations and Governance Committee and Chairman of the Succession Planning Committee of Argus Group Holdings Ltd., a public company listed on the Bermuda Stock Exchange engaged principally in the insurance business. In May 2012, Mr. Campbell retired after seven years as non-executive Chairman of the Board of HSBC Bank Bermuda Ltd. (formerly named The Bank of Bermuda Ltd.), a subsidiary of HSBC Holdings plc. He had served as a director of the bank for 25 years and as Chairman of the bank's Audit Committee for 20 years until 2008.

Mitchell Hochberg

 Mr. Mitchell C. Hochberg, CPA., is Non-Executive Independent Director of Orient-Express Hotels Ltd. Mr. Hochberg has been the Managing Principal of Madden Real Estate Ventures since March 2007. In 2012, he was appointed President of Lightstone Group LLC, a privately-owned U.S.-based real estate company owning and managing a diversified portfolio of commercial, industrial, multi-family residential, and hospitality properties. He was President and Chief Operating Officer of Ian Schrager Company, a developer and manager of innovative luxury hotels and residential projects in the United States, in 2006 and early 2007. Mr. Hochberg founded, and for 20 years to December 2005, was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Spectrum Communities and its successor, developers of luxury home communities in the northeastern United States. Mr. Hochberg is also currently the non-executive Chairman of Orleans Homebuilders Inc., a developer of single-family residences in seven U.S. states. He is a lawyer and a certified public accountant.

Ruth Kennedy

 Ms. Ruth Kennedy is Non-Executive Independent Director of Orient Express Hotels Ltd. Ms. Kennedy founded Kennedy Dundas in 2009, a brand and business consultancy advising clients in the luxury goods and services sectors to meet their business development objectives. In 2006-2009, she served as head of Quinlan Private UK, a Dublin-based real estate and private equity group managing commercial and residential properties in Europe including luxury hotels. Ms. Kennedy was responsible for opening offices in the United Kingdom and establishing the firm's private client business in Europe. Before that position, Ms. Kennedy was 16 years with David Linley and Co., the bespoke furniture and design business in the U.K. where she served as Managing Director responsible for business development as well as day-to-day operations. She began her career at S.G. Warburg as an investment banker.

Prudence Leith

 Ms. Prudence M. Leith is Non-Executive Independent Director of Orient-Express Hotels Ltd. Ms. Leith was the founder, owner and Managing Director of Leith's Group which, from 1960 until its sale in 1995 to Accor, grew to encompass restaurants, a prestigious London-based chef school, contract catering, and event and party catering. Past consulting activities have included Compass Group PLC, a food service business with operations principally in the United Kingdom, Continental Europe and North America. Ms. Leith has served at various times as a non-executive director on the boards of British Railways, Whitbread PLC, Halifax PLC, Safeway PLC, Woolworths Group PLC, Nations Healthcare Ltd. and Omega International Group PLC. She has been honored with the award of a CBE by the British government for services to the catering industry.

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