Morgans Hotel Group Co.

Fred J. Kleisner is our President, Chief Executive Officer and one of our Directors. Mr. Kleisner has been one of our Directors since February 2006 and has been our President and Chief Executive Officer (including interim President and Chief Executive Officer) since September 2007. From March 2000 to August 2005, Mr. Kleisner was the Chief Executive Officer of Wyndham International, a hotel company that owned, leased, managed and franchised hotels and resorts in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean and Europe. Mr. Kleisner also served as the Chairman of Wyndham International s board from October 13, 2000. From August 1999 to October 2000, Mr. Kleisner served as President and from July 1999 to March 2000, Mr. Kleisner also served as Chief Operating Officer. From March 1998 to August 1999, he served as President and Chief Operating Officer of The Americas for Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. Hotel Group. His experience in the industry also includes senior positions with Westin Hotels and Resorts, where he served as President and Chief Operating Officer from 1995 to 1998; Interstate Hotels Company where he served as Executive Vice President and Group President of Operations from 1990 to 1995; The Sheraton Corporation, where he served as Senior Vice President, Director of Operations, North America Division East from 1985 to 1990; and Hilton Hotels, where for 16 years he served as General Manager of several landmark hotels, including The Waldorf Astoria and The Waldorf Towers in New York, The Capital Hilton in Washington, D.C., and The Hilton Hawaiian Village in Honolulu. Mr. Kleisner is also a director of Kindred Healthcare, Inc., a healthcare services company, and serves on that company s audit committee and compliance and quality committee. Mr. Kleisner, who holds a B.A. degree in Hotel Management from Michigan State University, completed advanced studies at the University of Virginia and Catholic University of America.

Mr. Smail joined us in 2006. Previously he was Executive Vice President and Group General Counsel of Havas S.A., a Euronext Paris and Nasdaq-listed global advertising and communications services company. Prior to joining Havas S.A., David was a partner of the law firm of Hogan & Hartson L.L.P in Paris and Washington D.C., where he engaged in a broad corporate and securities transactional practice. David received his law degree from Harvard Law School in 1991.

Scott Williams is our Executive Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer. Williams oversees all of Morgan Hotel Groups brand strategy, marketing, advertising, market research and public relations. Williams joins us from Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide where he served as the Chief Creative Officer, Senior Vice President Advertising since 1999. He set the company's global visual and verbal communications strategy and oversaw all of Starwood's advertising, marketing and creative products. Prior to Starwood, Williams was Vice President of Programming and Creative Director for CBS Eye on People, Vice President Creative Services at ESPN Classic Sports Network and, from 1991 to 1995, Williams was responsible for both the development and production of original, award-winning programming and advertising and promotion at HBO. He received a B.A. in Theatre from the University of Washington, holds an M.F.A. from the American Conservatory Theater, and completed the General Manager Program at Harvard Business School in 2002.

Tim Miller is our Chief Branding Officer and Executive Vice President of Brand. Since originally joining us in 1989, Tim has launched each of our hotels into its marketplace. Tim held operational positions in all of our hotels and served as General Manager at several of our properties. Tim was the Founder and President of Alden Hotels and rejoined MHG in 2006 to lead the expansion of our brands. Tim previously worked in the entertainment industry working as an actor on stage and screen in New York, Los Angeles and around the U.S. Tim holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Cincinnati.

David Weidlich plays a crucial role in the continued success of Morgans Hotel Group, from ensuring the brand vision informs every detail of every property, to carrying that vision into an ever-expanding network of extraordinary hotels. He came to the task after four years as Regional Vice President and General Manager for the West Coast, which grew out of his successful tenure managing Mondrian, the premier southern California location for Morgans Hotel Group. Prior to Morgans, Mr. Weidlich served as Executive Director at one of the world’s legendary sites: The Plaza Hotel. He began his career in hospitality at the University of Nevada, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree from the Las Vegas School of Hotel Administration. He has said: “Our mission is to ensure that the devotion to the guest experience is inherent in the DNA of Morgans Hotel Group and is carried out in every interaction with every guest in every single hotel.”

Kathy joins us from Bowne Global Solutions, where she was Senior Vice President. In her role, Kathy assessed the business development and design company development programs for the CEO, performed the full range of HR functions and implemented structural changes that impacted profitability, values and the working climate. Prior to Bowne Global Solutions, Kathy gained a solid background in the creative and hospitality industries, working in music, film, publishing and hotels. At Morgans Hotel Group, Kathy is responsible for overseeing the ongoing, company-wide Human Resources initiative. In addition to keeping Morgans Hotel Group's service culture fortified, Kathy will focus on the growth of Morgans Hotel Group and insuring the ongoing development of the company's valuable human capital.

T. Blake Danner is our Senior Vice President of Sales. Mr. Danner joined us in 1998 and since that time has served as Director of Sales and Marketing at the St. Moritz, the Regional Director of New York Sales and Marketing, and the Corporate Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Prior to joining us, Mr. Danner was with Regal Hotels International (currently known as Millennium Copethorne) for 14 years, where he last served as the Senior Corporate Director, sales and marketing. Mr. Danner holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Oklahoma State University.

Tom is accountable for developing, implementing, and overseeing MHG's Customer Marketing and Revenue Management programs/systems. Prior to joining MHG in 1999, he was a Manager in Ernst & Young, LLP's Hospitality Services Group. Tom has extensive operations experience in the hospitality industry, notably with Accor's Asia Pacific Division. He holds a Masters of Management in Hospitality from Cornell University and a Bachelors of Science in Psychology and Business from Ithaca College. He is a member of Phi Kappa Phi, a national interdisciplinary honor society. Tom has been a guest speaker at HITEC, BizBash, various Revenue Management conferences, New York and Columbia Universities and the Australian International Hotel School. He is Vice Chair of the Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association's Revenue Management Advisory Board and a member of Pegasus Solution's Reservations Customer Advisory Board. He is also a Certified Revenue Management Executive, a distinction bestowed by the Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International.

David Freiberger is our Director of Brand Integrity. Mr. Freiberger joined us in 1989 in the housekeeping department and has been involved in the opening of all our hotels except Morgans, working in both housekeeping and front office. Currently, Mr. Freiberger's responsibilities include maintaining our brands as well as the integrity of their design. Mr. Freiberger received a Bachelor of Science from New York University

James Zito is our Vice President Interactive Marketing where he oversees all development of Morgan Hotel Group's E-Marketing/E-Commerce initiatives. Before joining us in 2006 Mr. Zito spent over 16 years with Denihan Hospitality Group where he directed all areas of E-marketing and developed and managed an award winning CRM program. A respected industry expert on Internet marketing, serving as 2006-2008 Co-Chair of the North America HSMAI Internet Marketing special-interest group. Speaking at events such as Ad Tech, HITEC, Hospitality CIO Summit, HEDNA, TravelCom, National Center for Database Marketing (NCDM) and guest lecturing for New York University's Masters in Hospitality. Mr. Zito has a Bachelor of Arts from William Paterson University.

Tom is accountable for developing, implementing, and overseeing MHG’s Customer Marketing and Revenue Management programs/systems. Prior to joining MHG in 1999, he was a Manager in Ernst & Young, LLP’s Hospitality Services Group. Tom has extensive operations experience in the hospitality industry, notably with Accor’s Asia Pacific Division. He holds a Masters of Management in Hospitality from Cornell University and a Bachelors of Science in Psychology and Business from Ithaca College. He is a member of Phi Kappa Phi, a national interdisciplinary honor society. Tom has been a guest speaker at HITEC, BizBash, various Revenue Management conferences, New York and Columbia Universities and the Australian International Hotel School. He is Vice Chair of the Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association’s Revenue Management Advisory Board and a member of Pegasus Solution’s Reservations Customer Advisory Board. He is also a Certified Revenue Management Executive, a distinction bestowed by the Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International.

Mr. Tamis was appointed to the VCA in January 2008. He is the Area Vice President for Morgans Hotel Group, which operates the Delano and The Shore Club in Miami Beach. He is also involved with new property development in Florida, the Bahamas and Caribbean, which includes Mondrian South Beach and The Gate, both located on Miami Beach. Mr. Tamis has been in the hotel business for over 20 years. He is involved in numerous civic activities including the founding of Dads for Giving, www.dadsforgiving.net, and participation on the Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce Board of Governors, City of Miami Beach Citizens Police Commission, Miami Beach Jewish Community Center (JCC) Board of Directors, and the Special Olympics Board of Directors for Miami Dade County. Mr. Tamis holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Hotel Administration from Cornell University. Mr. Tamis is a resident of Miami Beach. He has been married to his wife Amanda for 18 years and they have three children, Isabella, Harry, and Ricky, that all attend North Beach Elementary in Miami Beach.

Kim Walker is our Director of Creative Services. Ms. Walker joined us in 1991 and her responsibilities include the strategy, planning and management of all marketing and hotel collateral, promotional material, advertising, and uniform programs for all our properties. In addition, Ms. Walker is responsible for overseeing public relations and special events. Ms. Walker received a Bachelor of Science from Boston University.

A 24-year veteran of the hospitality industry, Rebecca has successfully led the development of high-impact strategies for specific challenges within hotel operations including growing revenues, search engine marketing and optimization, effecting customer share shift and retention, improving marketing and operations efficiencies, strengthening guest loyalty and driving brand awareness. Rebecca is a strong advocate of maintaining a global perspective while concurrently focusing on local and regional markets to achieve successful results. As the founder of Momentum Hospitality, Rebecca is responsible for leading the development and execution of strategies for the Optimal*ogy division. Armed with a degree in Finance from California State University, Hayward, Rebecca's career in hotel sales and marketing include a range of senior sales director and marketing management roles with Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts; Ian Schrager Hotels (now Morgans Hotel Group) and Rosewood Hotels and Resorts. In 2004, Rebecca founded Interim, a management group that advised under-performing hotel assets on improving bottom-line performance while simultaneously implementing on-property strategies. With Interim came immediate success and the company's subsequent name change to Momentum Hospitality in order to better reflect the sustainability of client's new found revenues.

Thomas L. Harrison is one of our Directors. Mr. Harrison is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Diversified Agency Services ("DAS"), a group of marketing services companies. A division of the Omnicom Group, DAS provides a broad range of marketing communication services. Mr. Harrison has been the President of DAS since 1997 and was named Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in 1998. Prior to joining DAS, Mr. Harrison was Co founder and Chairman of Harrison & Star Business Group. Mr. Harrison serves on the boards of The Children's Hospital at Montefiore and the New York Chapter of the Arthritis Foundation. He is a member of the President's council at Tulane University School of Medicine and was a member of the Dean's council at Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. He is also the chairman of the Dean's council of The Steinhardt School at New York University. He has served as co chairman of the New York Chapter of the U.S. Olympic Committee. Mr. Harrison holds an advanced degree in cell biology and physiology from West Virginia University.

Jeffrey M. Gault is a member of our Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee, our Audit Committee and our Compensation Committee and has been one of our Directors since December 2007. Mr. Gault serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Solus Property Company. He previously served as Division President of KB Urban, a division of KB Home, from September 2005 to June 2007. His more than 30 years of experience in real estate development and investment activities also includes senior positions with Empire Companies, a Southern California land developer, where he was President and Chief Operating Officer from May 2002 to March 2005; Helios Partners, an affiliate of the Pritzker family interests of Chicago, where he was managing partner from 1994 to 1998; Sun America Realty Partners, an affiliate of Sun America, Inc., where he was managing principal from 1990 to 1994; and Home Savings of America, F.A., where he was Executive Vice President and Director of Real Estate from 1985 to 1990. Mr. Gault earned a Bachelor s Degree in Architecture from the University of California at Berkeley and has a Master s Degree in Environmental Design from Yale University s School of Architecture. Mr. Gault is a licensed architect and general building contractor in the State of California, a member of the American Institute of Architects, American Institute of Certified Planners, and Urban Land Institute, and the Chairman of the University of California at Berkeley Fisher Center for Urban Economics and Real Estate Policy Advisory Board.

Michael D. Malone is a member of our Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee and our Audit Committee and has been one of our Directors since January 2008. He currently serves as the Managing Director of Fortress Investment Group LLC, a global alternative investment and asset management firm. Mr. Malone retired from Bank of America in November 2007, after nearly 24 years of service as Senior Executive Banker and Managing Director. Over those years Mr. Malone worked in and ran a number of investment banking businesses for the bank and its subsidiary, Banc of America Securities. Those included: real estate, gaming, lodging, leisure, and the financial sponsors businesses. Mr. Malone received a Bachelor of Science degree in General Studies from the University of Kentucky.

Robert Friedman is a Co-Chairman of our Compensation Committee and Chairman of our Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee, and has been one of our Directors since February 2006. Mr. Friedman is President of Media & Entertainment for Radical Media, a multi-disciplinary integrated media company. From 1991 to 2003, Mr. Friedman held a variety of senior positions at AOL Time Warner, including as Head of Corporate Marketing for Time Warner and President of AOL, Interactive Marketing & TV. Mr. Friedman was President of New Line TV and Co-Chairman of Worldwide Theatrical Marketing, Licensing and Merchandising. Mr. Friedman was a member of the original development team of MTV Networks from 1981 to 1989. Mr. Friedman serves on the board of directors of Vassar College, Columbia Business School, The Mount Sinai Medical Center and The Big Apple Circus. Mr. Friedman also serves on the International Advisory Board for New Zealand. Mr. Friedman received a Bachelor of Arts from Vassar College and a Master of Business Administration from Columbia University.