New GMs @ Mandarin Oriental Hotels in KL and Shanghai

Mr Pierre Barthes has been appointed as General Manager of the Mandarin Oriental Pudong, Shanghai with effect from 1 January 2012.

A French national, Mr Barthes has more than 20 years experience in the hospitality industry. He joins the group’s eagerly anticipated hotel in Shanghai from Mandarin Oriental, Kuala Lumpur, where he has held the position of General Manager for the past four years.

Succeeding Mr Barthes as General Manager of Mandarin Oriental, Kuala Lumpur is Frank Stocek.

 Mr Stocek joined Mandarin Oriental in 1983 as a management trainee. He swiftly worked his way towards a number of senior management positions within the group’s Asian portfolio, before being appointed as General Manager of Elbow Beach, Bermuda, a post he has held since 2001.

It has not yet been unveiled who will replace Mr Stocek in Bermuda.

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