The world’s leading DF&TR operator Dufry has announced its intention to propose Ms Heekyung (Jo) Min and Ms Claire Chiang as new board members for election at this 28 April’s AGM.

This follows the decisions by two existing current Board members – James Cohen and Lucas Melo not to stand for re-election (for personal reasons) when their terms expire on 28 April.

Juan Carlos Torres Carretero, Dufry Chairman commented: “We would like to thank Mr Cohen and Mr Melo for their commitment and dedication to the Dufry Group. Both have served Dufry with distinction and strongly contributed to the successful development of the company.

“Further, we are pleased to propose Ms Min and Ms Chiang for our Board of Directors. They have a significant management and leadership experience and will complement our Board in an ideal way, particularly in Asia where Dufry seeks to pursue new initiatives and take advantage of synergies stemming from its recent acquisitions.”

PROPOSED MEMBER BACKGROUNDS
Ms Heekyung (Jo) Min gained an undergraduate degree from Seoul National University and her Masters in Business Administration from Columbia Graduate School of Business. Dufry says she has ‘many years of diverse management and leadership experience’, and currently serves as Executive Vice-President at CJ Corporation, a publicly-listed multi-industry Korean conglomerate, with travel retail operations. Ms Min is also serving on the Boards of a number of Asian companies and associations.

Ms Chiang was awarded her undergraduate degree from the University of Singapore, as well as a Masters in Philosophy from the University of Hong Kong. She has many years of international retail experience, being the founder and Managing Director of Banyan Tree Gallery, the travel retail arm of the publicly-listed Banyan Tree Group.

Ms Chiang also has broad Board level experience in a number of Asian companies and associations and was a Member of Parliament for the Government of Singapore from 1997 to 2001.