Ettedgui, Edouard
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BORN 12 December 1951. EDUCATION Received an MBA from the ESSEC business school in Paris. CAREER 1977: joins the electronics giant Philips. Goes on to hold various roles, including director for operations in Zambia, Zimbabwe, Peru and Italy. 1990-95: head of finance, BAT Industries, later becoming group finance controller and then director for new business development and group finance controller. 1996: joins board of the newly created British American Tobacco Holdings as business development director. 1996: group finance director, Dairy Farm International. 1998 to now: chief executive, Mandarin Oriental.
Making Of Oriental Bangkok
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In 1994, Kurt Wachtveitl, a general manager almost as famous as the hotel he run, invited us to Bangkok, where I had the privilege of m...
Scent of a Woman
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The Cover Artists
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The Oriental Bikini Scandal
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I need not have any money!
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Grand Oriental Palace Hotel
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Mandarin Oriental Savoy Zurich (former Savoy Baur en Ville)
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Raffles Hotel
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The Mandarin Oriental Bangkok
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Half Moon
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Mount Kenya Safari Club
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