Daniel Marie Ghislain Desbaillets

Mr Desbaillets has an extensive portfolio in the hospitality industry with 43 years of experience. Mr Desbaillets was appointed to the board of Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc (prior to its privatisation) in 2016 as an Independent Non-Executive Director and had served in the Audit & Risk, Remuneration and Risk Committees. In 2010, he was the Independent Non-Executive Director of M&C REIT Management Limited, the manager for CDL Hospitality Real Estate Investment Trust (H-REIT) and also of M&C Business Trust Management Limited, the trustee-manager for CDL Hospitality Business Trust (HBT) and had served in their Nominating and Remuneration Committees. Both H-REIT and HBT are comprised as a stapled group in CDL Hospitality Trusts, which is listed on Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited.

Since 1973, he has held senior positions with international hotel chains including InterContinental Hotel Group, Hilton, Shangri-La, Millennium & Copthorne Hotels Group, Fullerton Hotels and Resorts and TCC Hotels Thailand and has worked in various countries around the world. His responsibilities in the Corporate offices included regional hotel operations, finance, marketing, human resource, food & beverage (F&B) and asset management. Currently, Mr Desbaillets is the Executive Chairman of family-owned businesses in the F&B industry, FreshCreation Holdings Pte. Ltd. and Salad Stop Pte. Ltd., which have 65 outlets in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam and Spain that are owned, franchised and under joint ventures.

He holds a Diploma in Commercial Studies from Ecole Benedict Geneva, Switzerland and a Certificate with Distinction in Service, Food Production and Administration from Lausanne Hotel School, Switzerland.