Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc announced that Martin Leitch will be joining the Board as an Independent Non-Executive Director with immediate effect. Leitch is also joining the Audit and Nominations Committees. Leitch is an international finance executive with over 30 years' experience in both publicly quoted and private equity owned groups. He has over the last five years provided finance, strategy, corporate finance and other services to a number of international businesses, including Volac International and Constantia Flexibles. Before that he was Chief Financial Officer at Innovia Films, Quest International and Antalis Group. Howard Wu will step down from the Board on August 3, 2017 upon taking up senior executive duties within M&C. As Susan Farr was appointed Chair of the Remuneration Committee on May 5, 2017 and will continue to be a member of the Board and the Nominations Committee, as previously announced, she is stepping down as a member of the Audit Committee on Leitch's appointment.