Staff Appointments w/e 08 April 2010
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GUSTAV BALDUF has been appointed as the first Chief Operating Officer of Air India. An Austrian national, Balduf will be the first expat in the management team of the national carrier. He previously worked for Air Canada and Austrian Airlines. Anil Mathur
MOHAMMED HALAWANI has been appointed director of sales for The Ritz-Carlton hotels in Saudi Arabia. Halawani previous held a senior sales role at The Nile Hotel, Cairo which was a Ritz-Carlton-managed property. He has also worked for Hilton.
JULIA SWANSON has been appointed as Director of Convention Sales for the Melbourne Convention + Visitors Bureau (MCVB). Ms Swanson, who will join MCVB on 6 May, is currently Area Director of Sales and Marketing - VIC/SA/WA with IHG.
IAN CHANG has been appointed Vice President of China Operations and Business Development for Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Chang, a 26-year veteran of Boeing, was previous General Manager of Boeing Tianjin Composite Co.
JAMES YJ KIM has been named as the new General Manager of the Wyndham Grand Plaza Royale Oriental Shanghai. Kim has more than 15 years of hotel management experiences with Marriott, Hilton, Starwood, and Accor.
JOHN ROGERS has been announced as the new General Manager of the Desert Islands Resort & Spa by Anantara. Rogers has held several senior positions with major hotel groups in Canada, Sri Lanka, Bahrain, Hong Kong, China and Spain.
IAN HURST has been appointed General Manager of The Saujana Hotel Kuala Lumpur. Hurst has over 30 years of luxury hotel industry experience, including a 25-year career with Hilton, where he served in various management positions.
AZVIL AZIZ has been announced as the new Director of Sales and Marketing for The Saujana Hotel Kuala Lumpur. Aziz worked for Shangri-La’s Rasa Sayang Resort Penang before becoming the DOSM of the Meritus Pelangi Beach Resort & Spa, Langkawi.
RACHAEL HARMAN has joined The Westin Kuala Lumpur as Director of Sales & Marketing. Ms Harman joins from The Westin Auckland Lighter Quay in New Zealand, where she also held the position of Director of Sales & Marketing.
ANDREW LOCKIE has been named as the new Hotel Manager of the BreakFree on George hotel in Sydney. Lockie was most recently a Hotel Manager with Togo hospitality and previously with worked for Stamford Hotels and Resorts.
IAN TAYLOR-WOODWARD has been appointed General Manager of the Nexus Resort & Spa Karambunai, Kota Kinabalu. With more than 20 years experience, Taylor-Woodward has held senior roles in Thailand, India, Vietnam, Myanmar and the UK.
GIOVANNI PUGLIANO has joined the Eaton Hotel Hong Kong as its new Executive Chef. An Italian national with 10 years’ culinary experience, Chef Giovanni arrives from the Langham Place Hong Kong where he served as Executive Sous Chef.
ROBERTO CONRAD has been appointed Executive Chef at the Siam Kempinski Bangkok Hotel. Chef Roberto Conrad, a Swiss national, has worked at five-star hotels in China, the Philippines, Hong Kong, Thailand and Malaysia since 1994.
MARIO HOFMANN has been announced as the new Executive Sous Chef at the Siam Kempinski Bangkok Hotel. Chef Mario, a German national, who has worked with Kempinski for 12 years in Germany, most recently at the Hotel Adlon Kempinski Berlin.
BRUNO PHILIPPE has been named as the new Executive Pastry Chef at the Conrad Centennial Singapore. A French national, Chef Bruno’s has worked for international hotel chains in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Australia.
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