{"id":79480,"date":"2018-02-09T18:28:46","date_gmt":"2018-02-09T11:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/cathay-pacific-and-offshore-marine-business-will-test-incoming-swire-chairman\/"},"modified":"2018-02-09T19:05:35","modified_gmt":"2018-02-09T12:05:35","slug":"cathay-pacific-and-offshore-marine-business-will-test-incoming-swire-chairman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/cathay-pacific-and-offshore-marine-business-will-test-incoming-swire-chairman\/","title":{"rendered":"Cathay Pacific and offshore marine business will test incoming Swire chairman"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nTurning around the fortunes of Swire Pacific\u2019s aviation and offshore marine services divisions will be the two biggest challenges facing incoming chairman Merlin Bingham Swire, according to analysts.
\nMerlin Swire, 44, chief executive of the HK$106 billion (US$13.6 billion) Swire Group, is a sixth-generation descendant of its 19th-century founder, who takes over as chairman of Swire Pacific, Swire Properties and Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering on July 1.
\nJonathan Galligan, head of Asia…
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\nSource : South China Morning Post
\nRead more…Cathay Pacific and offshore marine business will test incoming Swire chairman<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Turning around the fortunes of Swire Pacific\u2019s aviation and offshore marine services divisions will be...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-kFW","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":114876,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/swire-expects-losses-in-first-half-report-as-coronavirus-hits-cathay-pacific-property-units\/","url_meta":{"origin":79480,"position":0},"title":"Swire expects losses in first-half report as coronavirus hits Cathay Pacific, property units","date":"March 12, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Hong Kong conglomerate Swire Pacific expects to record a loss in the first six months this year as the coronavirus batters the airline business of Cathay Pacific Airways, one of the group\u2019s biggest assets.\u201cThe coronavirus has adversely affected our business in Hong Kong and mainland China and the impact\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":95721,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/swire-pacific-first-half-profit-dives-67-per-cent-hurt-by-cathay-pacific-and-marine-services-losses\/","url_meta":{"origin":79480,"position":1},"title":"Swire Pacific first-half profit dives 67 per cent, hurt by Cathay Pacific and marine services losses","date":"August 9, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Swire Pacific, one of Asia\u2019s largest conglomerates, saw underlying profit plunged 67 per cent in the first half as gains in investment property sales failed to offset losses from Cathay Pacific Airways and its marine services business. 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