Anthony Y. L.
Eng - Mr. Anthony Y. L. Eng was President and Chief Executive Officer of
Allied Holdings Ltd. from 1979 to 1991 and has been President and Co-Chief
Executive Officer since 1991. He serves on the board of several companies within
the Allied Holdings Group. Mr. Eng has been involved with numerous real estate
projects in Canada and the United States. Mr. Eng specializes in real estate
development and investment strategy and has presided over the successful
marketing of various real estate developments. He has an educational background
in urban land economics and is a Fellow of the Real Estate Institute of Canada.
Peter Y. L. Eng
- Mr. Peter Y. L. Eng is a founding shareholder of the Allied Holdings Group
which has been engaged in the business of real estate investment and development
in Western Canada since 1968 and in the hospitality business since 1986. He has
been a director of Allied Holdings Ltd. since 1973, was its President and Chief
Executive Officer from 1973 to 1979, the Chairman of its Board from 1979 to
1991, and has been its Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer since 1991. Mr.
Eng has also been involved with numerous real estate projects in Asia and the
United States. Mr. Eng holds an M.A. degree from the University of Hong Kong, an
M.B.A. degree from Pepperdine University and an honorary Doctorate of Laws from
Simon Fraser University. He is currently a director of HSBC Bank Canada, HSBC
North America Inc. and the Vancouver International Airport Authority.
Dato' Eng Tee Ng - Dato' Ng was President of King George
Development Corporation from 1985 until its amalgamation with AHPI in the fall
of 1999. He remains on the Board, representing C.T. Management Corporation, a
major shareholder of AHPI. Dato' Ng is a director of C.T. Management Corporation
and its parent, Chee Tat Holdings (S) Pte Ltd, a private investment company
based in Singapore. He is currently Executive Director/Deputy Chairman of United
Malayan Land Bhd, a real estate development and investment company listed on the
Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange. Dato' Ng is a founding life member of the
President's Club of Simon Fraser University.
Syed Abu Bakar bin Syed Mohsin Almohdzar - Mr. Syed Abu
Bakar is a Fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants
(England) and a member of the Malaysia Institute of Accountants. He is a
director of United Malayan Land Berhad, a real estate development and investment
company listed on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange. In addition, he sits on the
board of several private companies in Malaysia, Singapore and the United
Kingdom.
Michael F.
Chan - Mr. Michael F. Chan, was appointed President and Director of AHPI
on September 1, 2003, and prior to that time he held the position of Vice
President, Corporate Development and Corporate Secretary. Since 1993, he has
held various executive positions within the Allied Holdings Group and has been
involved in hotel and real estate development, mergers and acquisitions, and
financial analysis. He also holds the position of President of Allied Pacific
Properties and Hotels Ltd. He is also a Director of Allied Holdings Ltd. and a
public representative on the Board of Directors of the Registered Nurses
Association of British Columbia. Mr. Chan holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree
from the University of British Columbia, an MBA in International Management from
the Asia Pacific International Graduate School of Management, and is a member of
the Institute of Chartered Accountants of B.C.
John R. Ellen
- Vice-President Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary. John
has been with the Company since 1992 and has been a Vice-President and Chief
Financial Officer since 1996. In 2003 John was appointed Corporate Secretary.
John is also Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary of Allied Pacific
Properties and Hotels Ltd., a TSX Venture company. Prior to moving to Canada he
worked for Ernst & Young, Chartered Accountants, initially in Edinburgh,
Scotland and then in Europe and North Africa. John holds a bachelor degree in
Accounting (1st class Hons) from the University of Stirling in Scotland and is a
member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) and the
Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia. He is the Alumni
representative for the University of Stirling for Western Canada and is also the
contact for ICAS members in British Columbia.
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Vice President, Hotel Operations of Allied Hotel Properties Inc has been
working in various hospitality operations since 1990 and was General Manager of
the Crowne Plaza Hotel Georgia from 2000-2002. Mr. Eng served as an Asset
Manager for the company prior to his current position. In addition, Mr. Eng
serves as a member on the board of the Crowne Plaza Brand Committee and on the
Canadian Committee of the International Association of Holiday Inns. Mr. Eng has
a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of Chicago.
Francis A. Wong is the principal shareholder and
chairman of Genesis Hotel Development, an international, full service hotel
development company with offices in Indian Wells, California. Mr. Wong, in
partnership with others, developed and owned several hotels in Hawaii, including
the Maui Marriott Resort and Fairmont Kea Lani Resort and Spa. Currently, as a
principal, he is involved in La Quinta, California in the development of a
mixed-use project, which will include a Homewood Suites by Hilton, condominiums,
a medical office building and surgical centre. Mr. Wong has had a distinguished
political career, including being a member of the staff of U.S. Senator John F.
Kennedy and is a retired Hawaiian State Senator. He was also a named partner in
his Hawaiian law firm of Rice Lee & Wong, a graduate of Georgetown College
and Georgetown University Law Centre.