Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc announced that Shaukat Aziz has been appointed Senior Independent Director following the retirement from the Board of Nicholas George, as previously announced. Susan Farr has been appointed Chair of the Remuneration Committee, following the retirement from the Board of the former Chair, Alexander Waugh, as previously announced. Gervase MacGregor has been appointed Chair of the Risk Committee, replacing Kwek Leng Peck. Mr. MacGregor is stepping down as a member of the Remuneration Committee, but is remaining on the Audit Committee. Mr. Kwek will continue to be a member of the Board and the Nominations Committee. Daniel Desbaillets has been appointed a member of the Audit, Remuneration and Risk Committees. The company also announced that following Howard Wu's appointment to the Board as an Independent Director on 17 February 2017, it has been determined that Mr. Wu's experience and skills can be utilised most effectively in an executive capacity. Accordingly, Mr. Wu will take up the role of Chief Technology Officer and other senior executive duties in August 2017. As the Board no longer deems Mr. Wu to be independent under the UK Corporate Governance Code in light of the change in role, Mr. Wu will step down from the Risk Committee with effect from May 5, 2017 and from the Board upon joining the senior executive management team. The following changes to its Board of Directors and Board Committees, effective from the close of annual general meeting, held on May 5, 2017.