Hong Kong, China - December 7, 2012, Hong Kong, China - Esprit Holdings Limited announces that Norbert Adolf Platt and Eva Cheng Li Kam Fun have been appointed as independent non-executive directors of the company, effective December 6, 2012.
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In addition, Mr. Platt has been appointed as a member of Audit Committee and Remuneration Committee of the Board and Mrs Cheng has been appointed as a member of Audit Committee and Remuneration Committee of the Board, also with effect from 6 December 2012.
Mr Platt has 40 years of extensive experience in the industry of luxury goods. Mr. Platt was the chief executive officer of the Richemont group from October 2004 to March 2010. Mr. Platt is currently a non-executive director of Compagnie Financiere Richemont SA, the holding company of the Richemont group which is listed in Switzerland, and chairman of Montblanc Simplo GmbH based in Hamburg, Germany.
Prior to acting as chief executive officer of the Richemont group, Mr Platt was the chief executive officer of Montblanc International GmbH (“Montblanc Internationalâ€) between 1987 and 2004. Under his leadership, Montblanc International recorded remarkable growth in its turnover. From 1972 to 1987, Mr Platt held various chief executive positions in Rollei Singapore and Germany.
Mr Platt graduated with a Master of Science Degree in precision mechanical engineering, and attended business management and marketing programmes at Harvard Business School of Harvard University and INSEAD.
Mrs. Cheng was the former corporate executive vice president of Amway Corporation, a global direct selling company which markets consumer products in the health, beauty, homecare and hometech categories. Mrs. Cheng began her career with Amway in Hong Kong in 1977 and had an outstanding track record in the launch and development of Amway markets in the Greater China and Southeast Asia regions.
Mrs. Cheng is best known for leading Amway’s entry into China in 1991, and served as chairperson of Amway China until her retirement in 2011. In 2008 and 2009, Mrs. Cheng was twice listed by Forbes as one of the “World’s 100 Most Powerful Womenâ€. Mrs. Cheng is currently an independent non-executive director of Trinity Limited, a company listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, and a non-executive director of Amway (Malaysia) Holdings Berhad, a company listed on the main market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad.
In Hong Kong, Mrs. Cheng is currently honorary president of the All-China Women’s Federation Hong Kong Delegates Association, honorary president of the Hong Kong Federation of Women, permanent honorary committee member of The Chinese General Chamber of Commerce, and a member of the Council on Human Reproductive Technology. Mrs. Cheng obtained a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Hong Kong.
The Board also announces that with effect from 6 December 2012:
Mr Raymond Or Ching Fai has been re-designated as the Chairman of Nomination Committee and resigned as the Chairman of Remuneration Committee and a member of Audit Committee.
Paul Cheng Ming Fun has been appointed as the Chairman of Remuneration Committee, re-designated as a member of Nomination Committee and resigned as a member of Audit Committee.
Jürgen Alfred Rudolf Friedrich has been appointed as a member of Audit Committee and Remuneration Committee, and resigned as a member of Nomination Committee. ■