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CHIU KWOK HUNG, JUSTIN Chairman and Director
Mr. Chiu Kwok Hung, Justin is the
Chairman of the Manager. He is also the
Chairman and Non-executive Director of
ARA Asset Management Limited ("ARA"),
the holding company of the Manager,
the Chairman of ARA Asset Management
(Fortune) Limited (the "manager of
Fortune REIT") and the Chairman of ARA
Asset Management (Prosperity) Limited
(the "manager of Prosperity REIT"). ARA
is listed on Singapore Exchange Securities
Trading Limited (the "SGX-ST"), Fortune
REIT is dual-listed on SGX-ST and the Main
Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong
Kong Limited ("SEHK"), and Prosperity
REIT is listed on the Main Board of SEHK.
Mr. Chiu is also a Director of ARA Fund
Management (Asia Dragon) Limited as
the manager of the ARA Asia Dragon
Fund. Mr. Chiu is a member of the 11th
Shanghai Committee of the Chinese
People's Political Consultative Conference
of the People's Republic of China, a Fellow
of The Hong Kong Institute of Directors,
a Fellow of Hong Kong Institute of Real
Estate Administrators and a member of
the Board of Governors of Hong Kong
Baptist University Foundation.
Mr. Chiu has more than 30 years of
international experience in real estate
in Hong Kong and various countries
and is one of the most respected
professionals in the property industry
in Asia. Mr. Chiu is an Executive Director
of Cheung Kong (Holdings) Limited (“Cheung Kong”), a company listed on
the Main Board of SEHK. He joined
Cheung Kong in 1997 and has been an
Executive Director since 2000, heading
the real estate sales, marketing and
property management teams. Prior to
joining Cheung Kong, Mr. Chiu was with
Sino Land Company Limited from 1994
to 1997 and Hang Lung Development
Company, Limited (now known as Hang
Lung Group Limited) from 1979 to 1994
responsible for the leasing and property
management in both companies. Both
Sino Land Company Limited and Hang
Lung Group Limited are listed on the
Main Board of SEHK.
Mr. Chiu holds Bachelor degrees in
Sociology and Economics from Trent
University in Ontario, Canada.
LIM HWEE CHIANG, JOHN Director
Mr. Lim is a Director of the Manager.
He is also the Group Chief Executive
Officer and an Executive Director of
ARA, the holding company of the
Manager, which is listed on the SGX-ST.
He has been the Group Chief Executive
Officer and a Director of ARA since
its establishment in 2002. He is also a
Director of the manager of Fortune REIT,
the manager of Prosperity REIT, Am ARA
REIT Managers Sdn Bhd, the manager of
Malaysia-listed AmFIRST REIT, ARA-CWT
Trust Management (Cache) Limited,
the manager of Singapore-listed Cache
Logistics Trust and the Chairman of APM
Property Management Pte. Ltd., Suntec
Singapore International Convention
& Exhibition Services Pte. Ltd and the
management council of Management
Corporation Strata Title Plan No. 2197
(Suntec City). In addition, Mr. Lim is an
Independent Director and member of
the audit committee of Singapore-listed
Teckwah Industrial Corporation Limited.
He is also the Vice President of the Hong
Kong-Singapore Business Association,
the Senior Vice President of the Asian
Public Real Estate Association, a council
member of the Singapore Chinese
Chamber of Commerce & Industry and a
member of the Valuation Review Board
of the Ministry of Finance of Singapore.
Mr. Lim has close to 30 years of experience
in real estate. Prior to founding ARA,
from 1997 to 2002, he was an Executive
Director of GRA (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Prudential
(US) Real Estate Investors. From 1996 to
1997, he founded and was the Managing
Director of The Land Managers (S)
Pte. Ltd., a Singapore-based property
and consulting firm specialising in
feasibility studies, marketing and leasing management in Singapore, Hong Kong
and China. He was the General Manager
of the Singapore Labour Foundation
Management Services Pte. Ltd. from
1991 to 1995, and was with DBS Land
Limited (now part of CapitaLand
Limited) from 1981 to 1990.
Mr. Lim holds a Bachelor of Engineering
(First Class Honours) in Mechanical
Engineering, a Master of Science in
Industrial Engineering, as well as a
Diploma in Business Administration,
each from the National University
of Singapore.
IP TAK CHUEN, EDMOND Director
Mr. Ip Tak Chuen, Edmond is a Director of
the Manager. He is also a Non-executive
Director of ARA, the holding company
of the Manager, and a Director of the
manager of Fortune REIT. ARA is listed
on SGX-ST and Fortune REIT is duallisted
on SGX-ST and the Main Board
of SEHK.
Mr. Ip has been an Executive Director
of Cheung Kong since 1993 and
Deputy Managing Director since 2005,
responsible for overseeing all financial
and treasury functions of Cheung Kong
and its subsidiaries, particularly in the
fields of corporate and project finance.
He has been an Executive Director of
Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings
Limited ("CK Infrastructure") since
its incorporation in 1996 and Deputy
Chairman since 2003, and the Senior Vice
President and Chief Investment Officer
of CK Life Sciences Int'l., (Holdings)
Inc. ("CK Life Sciences") since 2002. He
oversees matters relating to corporate
finance, strategic acquisition and
investment of both CK Infrastructure
and CK Life Sciences. Mr. Ip is also a
Non-executive Director of TOM Group
Limited ("TOM"), AVIC International
Holding (HK) Limited ("AVIC"), Excel
Technology International Holdings
Limited ("Excel"), Ruinian International
Limited ("Ruinian") and Shougang
Concord International Enterprises
Company Limited ("Shougang").
Cheung Kong, CK Infrastructure, CK
Life Sciences, TOM, AVIC, Ruinian and
Shougang are listed on the Main Board
of SEHK. Excel is listed on the Growth
Enterprise Market (GEM) of SEHK. Prior
to joining Cheung Kong, Mr. Ip held a
number of senior financial positions
in major financial institutions and
has extensive experience in the Hong
Kong financial market covering diverse
activities such as banking, capital
markets, corporate finance, securities
brokerage and portfolio investments.
Mr. Ip holds a Bachelor of Arts degree
in Economics and a Master of Science
degree in Business Administration.
TAN KIAN CHEW Independent Director
Mr. Tan is an Independent Director
and Chairman of the audit committee
of the Manager. He is currently the
Group Chief Executive Officer of NTUC
FairPrice. He served in the Republic
of Singapore's Navy from 1976 to
1983 and held the position of head
of naval operations from 1980 – 1983.
He left the Navy to join the Singapore
Government's elite Administrative
Service in 1983 and served in the
Ministry of Trade and Industry. At that
time he was also appointed to the
board of directors of NTUC FairPrice
Co-operative Ltd. In 1988, he was
posted to the Prime Minister's Office
where he served as the Principal Private
Secretary to the then Deputy Prime
Minister, Mr. Ong Teng Cheong.
Mr. Tan left the Administrative Service
to join NTUC FairPrice in 1992 as its
Assistant General Manager and was
subsequently promoted to Chief
Executive Officer in 1997.
Mr. Tan obtained an Honours degree (First
Class) in Mechanical Engineering from
the University of Aston in Birmingham,
UK. He has also completed the Advance
Management Program at Harvard
University in 2000. Mr. Tan was awarded
a SAF (Overseas) Scholarship in 1972
and was a recipient of the Singapore
Public Administration Medal (Silver)
in 1991.
SNG SOW MEI (ALIAS POON SOW MEI) Independent Director
Mrs. Sng is an Independent Director
and member of the audit committee of
the Manager. Mrs. Sng, who has been
appointed as the Independent Non-executive
Director and member of the audit
committee of Cheung Kong Infrastructure
Limited, is also an Independent Director
and member of the audit committee of
the manager of Fortune REIT, the manager
of Prosperity REIT, a Director of Hutchison
Port Holdings Management Pte. Limited
and a Director of INFA Systems Ltd, a
subsidiary of Singapore Technologies
Electronics Ltd. Since 2001, she has been
the Senior Consultant (International
Business) of Singapore Technologies
Electronics Ltd. Concurrently she is the
Advisor of InfoWave Pte Ltd.
Prior to her appointments with Singapore
Technologies Pte Ltd, where she was
Director, Special Projects (North East Asia)
in 2000 and a Consultant in 2001, Mrs. Sng
was the Managing Director of CapitaLand
Hong Kong Ltd for investment in Hong
Kong and the region including Japan and
Taiwan. In Hong Kong from 1983 to 1997, Mrs. Sng was the Centre Director and
then Regional Director of the Singapore
Economic Development Board and Trade
Development Board respectively. She
was Singapore's Trade Commissioner in
Hong Kong from 1990 to 1997.
Mrs. Sng, with a Bachelor of Arts
degree from the Nanyang University of
Singapore, has wide experience in various
fields of industrial investment, business
development, strategic and financial
management, especially in property
investment and management. In 1996,
Mrs. Sng was conferred the title of PPA(P)
– Pingat Pentadbiran Awam (Perak),
the Singapore Public Administration
Medal (Silver).
LIM LEE MENG Independent Director
Mr. Lim is an Independent Director and
member of the audit committee of
the Manager. He is currently a Senior
Partner of RSM Chio Lim LLP, a member
firm of RSM International. Mr. Lim
is also an Independent Director of
Teckwah Industrial Corporation Ltd
("Teckwah"), Datapulse Technology
Limited ("Datapulse"), Tye Soon Ltd,
Europtronic Group Ltd ("Europtronic")
and the manager of Fortune REIT. He
also serves as the Chairman of the
audit committee of each of Teckwah,
Datapulse, Europtronic and the manager
of Fortune REIT.
Mr. Lim is a practising member of the
Institute of Certified Public Accountants
of Singapore, an associate member of
the Institute of Chartered Secretaries
and Administrators and a member of
the Singapore Institute of Directors.
He is also the Chairman of Yio Chu Kang
Citizen Consultative Committee and the
Chairman of the finance committee of
Ang Mo Kio - Yio Chu Kang Town Council.
Mr. Lim graduated from the Nanyang
University of Singapore with a Bachelor of
Commerce (Accountancy) degree in May
1980. He also has a Master of Business Administration degree from the University
of Hull (1992), a Diploma in Business Law
from the National University of Singapore
(1989) and an ICSA qualification from the
Institute of Chartered Secretaries and
Administrators.
MR. CHEN WEI CHING, VINCENT
Independent Director
Mr. Chen is an Independent Director and
member of the audit committee of the
Manager. Mr. Chen has been managing
his personal and family investments since
1993, and has been an Independent
Director of Transpac Industrial Holdings
Ltd since 2003, currently serving as
Chairman of the audit committee and
Chairman of the nominating committee.
Mr. Chen has more than 20 years of
experience in the banking and finance
industry, having spent 17 years with the
First National Bank of Chicago, Bank
of America, and Banque Francaise du
Commerce Exterieur, and subsequently
co-founded a financial consulting firm
in 1988.
Mr. Chen holds a Bachelor of Science
degree in Industrial Engineering from
Cornell University, and a Master of
Business Administration degree from the
University of Pennsylvania.
CHOW WAI WAI, JOHN Non-executive Director
Mr. Chow is a Non-executive Director
of the Manager. He is currently the
Managing Director of Hong Kong listed Winsor Properties Holdings
Limited, which has operations in Hong
Kong, China and Singapore. He is
also the Managing Director of Winsor
Industrial Corporation Limited, which
has international operations spanning
countries in the US, Europe and Asia,
and he holds directorships in the various
subsidiaries and associated companies of
the Winsor companies. He is an Executive
Director of Hong Kong-listed Wing Tai
Properties Limited and is also a Nonexecutive
Director of Hong Kong-listed
Dah Sing Financial Holdings Limited.
Mr. Chow has more than 30 years of
experience in the property, textile and
clothing businesses. He has served as
Chairman of the Hong Kong Garment
Manufacturers Association and as a
member of the Textile Advisory Board of
the Hong Kong Government.
Mr. Chow received his Bachelor of Arts
(Economics) degree from the University
of British Columbia.
YEO SEE KIAT Director and Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Yeo is the Chief Executive Officer and
an Executive Director of the Manager.
Mr. Yeo has more than 30 years of
experience in the real estate industry,
managing and overseeing various projects
with Hwa Hong Corporation Limited, The
Wharf Group, Parkway Holdings Limited,
and CapitaLand Limited. He has held
senior management positions over the
last 20 years. Mr. Yeo started his career
in Turquand Young (now Ernst & Young)
and was with the firm from 1976 to 1980.
Mr. Yeo holds a Bachelor of Accountancy
from the University of Singapore and a
Graduate Diploma in Management
Studies from the Singapore Institute of
Management. He is also a fellow of the
Institute of Certified Public Accountants
of Singapore.
MA LAI CHEE,GERALD Alternate Director
Mr. Ma is an Alternate Director to Mr. Ip
Tak Chuen, Edmond, a Director of the
Manager and the manager of Fortune
REIT. He is also a Director of AMTD
Financial Planning Limited, iBusiness
Corporation Limited, CK Communications
Limited, Beijing Net-Infinity Technology
Development Company Limited and
mReferral Corporation (HK) Limited.
He also serves as a Non-executive
Director of the manager of Prosperity
REIT, and is an Alternate Director to
Mr. Dominic Lai, Non-executive Director
of Hutchison Telecommunications Hong
Kong Holdings Limited.
Mr. Ma is currently Director, Corporate
Strategy Unit and Chief Manager,
Corporate Business Development at
Cheung Kong. He has over 21 years
of experience in banking, investment
and portfolio management, real estate
development and marketing, as well
as managing IT related ventures and
services. He is a member of the Hospitality
Services Committee of Caritas Hong
Kong and a member of the Finance
Committee of The Scout Association of
Hong Kong. He is also a member of the
President's Circle of the University of
British Columbia, Canada ("UBC") and a
member of the Dean's advisory board for
the Faculty of Arts of UBC.
Mr. Ma holds a Bachelor of Commerce
degree in Finance and a Master of Arts
degree in Global Business Management.
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