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Appointed as non Executive Director of InterContinental Hotels Group on 1st December 2005. Prior to his retirement he was Vice Chairman of American Express Company, a position he assumed in August 1993 but now acts as advisor to the Chairman of American Express Company.
Mr. Linen joined American Express Company in 1969 as assistant to the chairman. He came to American Express from the United States Army, where he served in Vietnam. He is a graduate of both The Gunnery School (1962) and Williams College (1966). Mr. Linen also graduated from the Management Development Program at Harvard Business School.
He is chairman of the board of the International Golf Association, a trustee of the U.S. Council for International Business and a member of The Council on Foreign Relations. Mr. Linen presides on the Policy Committee of The Travel Business Roundtable and is vice chairman of the Executive Committee of the World Travel & Tourism Council. He serves as a member of the boards at Bausch & Lomb, Yum! Brands, Inc., World Monuments Fund, the U.S. Travel & Tourism Promotion Advisory Board, and an Executive Committee member of NYC & Company. Mr. Linen is a past Chairman and now Honorary Member of the Board of Trustees of the National Urban League. | 