Ervin Shames - CK Infrastructure Lead Independent Director

CHH Stock  EUR 6.21  0.09  1.43%   

Director

Mr. Ervin R. Shames is Lead Independent Director of Choice Hotels International Inc. Mr. Ervin R. Shames is an independent management consultant. A former lecturer on the faculty of the University of Virginias Darden Graduate School of Business from 1997 to 2007, Shames distinguished business career includes serving in chairman and chief executive positions in many major corporations. Shames was president and CEO of Borden Inc. from 1993 to 1995, and was elected to its board of directors in 1993. He was president and CEO of the Stride Rite Corporationration from 1990 until 1993, and served as chairman of its board of directors from 1992 to 1993. Prior to Stride Rite, Shames served as chairman, president and CEO of Kendall Corporationration from 1989 to 1990. Before joining Kendall, Shames had a 22year career in the food industry, where he rose to president and CEO of General Foods USA and then to president of Kraft USA. His other positions at General Foods included the presidencies of General Foods International, General Foods Europe and Maxwell House. Shames currently serves as a Director on the boards of RiceTec, the Liechtenstein Foundation and Johnsonville Sausage Co. His board experience also includes serving as director of General Foods Stride Rite Borden First Brands Corporationration Online Resources aQuantive and Select Comfort Corporationration, where he was chairman. since 2011.
Age 78
Tenure 13 years
Phone852 2122 3133
Webhttps://www.cki.com.hk
Shames' background as a lecturer at the Darden School of Business exposed him to a variety of ideas and strategies in the area of business management which is valuable to the Board as a basis for enhancing or refining the Company’s management practices and corporate governance procedures.

Ervin Shames Latest Insider Activity

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CK Infrastructure Management Efficiency

CK Infrastructure's management efficiency ratios could be used to measure how well CK Infrastructure manages its routine affairs as well as how well it operates its assets and liabilities.
CK Infrastructure Holdings has accumulated 19.46 B in total debt with debt to equity ratio (D/E) of 0.43, which is about average as compared to similar companies. CK Infrastructure has a current ratio of 1.37, which is within standard range for the sector. Debt can assist CK Infrastructure until it has trouble settling it off, either with new capital or with free cash flow. So, CK Infrastructure's shareholders could walk away with nothing if the company can't fulfill its legal obligations to repay debt. However, a more frequent occurrence is when companies like CK Infrastructure sell additional shares at bargain prices, diluting existing shareholders. Debt, in this case, can be an excellent and much better tool for CHH to invest in growth at high rates of return. When we think about CK Infrastructure's use of debt, we should always consider it together with cash and equity.

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CK Infrastructure Holdings Limited, an infrastructure company, develops, invests in, and operates infrastructure businesses in Hong Kong, Mainland China, the United Kingdom, Continental Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and the United States. CK Infrastructure Holdings Limited is a subsidiary of Hutchison Infrastructure Holdings Limited. CK INFRASTRUCTUR operates under UtilitiesRegulated Electric classification in Germany and is traded on Frankfurt Stock Exchange. It employs 2195 people. CK Infrastructure Holdings (CHH) is traded on Frankfurt Exchange in Germany and employs 2,352 people.

Management Performance

CK Infrastructure Leadership Team

Elected by the shareholders, the CK Infrastructure's board of directors comprises two types of representatives: CK Infrastructure inside directors who are chosen from within the company, and outside directors, selected externally and held independent of CHH. The board's role is to monitor CK Infrastructure's management team and ensure that shareholders' interests are well served. CK Infrastructure's inside directors are responsible for reviewing and approving budgets prepared by upper management to implement core corporate initiatives and projects. On the other hand, CK Infrastructure's outside directors are responsible for providing unbiased perspectives on the board's policies.
BA BA, Deputy Chairman
Scott Oaksmith, Senior Vice President - Finance, Chief Accounting Officer
John Bonds, Senior Vice President - Enterprise Operations and Technology
BSc BSc, Ex Chairman
Tsien Chen, Head Director
BSc BScE, Group Director
MA MBA, Deputy Director
David Pepper, Senior Vice President - Global Development
Liza Landsman, Independent Director
Kee Chan, Chief Officer
Patrick Cimerola, Senior Vice President - Human Resources and Administration
Barbara Alexander, Independent Director
William Jews, Independent Director
Robert McDowell, Chief Commercial Officer
Simone Wu, Senior Vice President Chief Compliance Officer, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary
Monte Koch, Independent Director
Stewart Bainum, Chairman of the Board
Patrick Pacious, President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
Elizabeth Redmond, Chief Accounting Officer, Principal Accounting Officer
John Tague, Independent Director
Dominic Dragisich, Chief Financial Officer, Principal Accounting Officer
LLL MA, Ex Director
FCPA FCCA, CFO Director
Maureen Sullivan, Independent Director
Brian Bainum, Director
Ervin Shames, Lead Independent Director
Yue Chiu, Head Fin

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