Duncan Palmer - FIH MI

Regional Vice President – Europe,

The Langham London

After graduating from Westminster College in 1980 Duncan gained experience in various establishments in this country before joining the Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group in 1984, working at their hotels in Macau, Manila and Bangkok and moving on to the Mandarin Oriental, Jakarta in 1989 as General Manager. After a considerable time in the Far East, Duncan returned to London in June 1995 to take up the appointment as General Manager of The Savoy and of The Connaught between 1997 and 2002. After a period at The Sukothai in Bangkok he returned to London to open the refurbished Langham Hotel. He moved to Hong Kong in April 2009 to become Vice President Design for Langham Hotels and Managing Director of the Hong Kong Langham. He moved to the UK in 2014 into his present role.