Board of Directors

Ms Chew Gek Khim joined the Board on 21 January 2014 and was appointed Chairman on 17 April 2014. Ms Chew is also a member of the nominating and remuneration committee.

Ms Chew Gek Khim is a lawyer by training. She has been Executive Chairman of The Straits Trading Company Limited since 24 April 2008. Ms Chew is also Executive Chairman of the Tecity Group. In addition, she is Chairman of Malaysia Smelting Corporation Berhad. She is also Deputy Chairman of the Tan Chin Tuan Foundation.

She is a member of the Board of Governors of S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, NUS Board of Trustees and the Governing Board of Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy.

Ms Chew graduated from the National University of Singapore in 1984. She was awarded the Chevalier de l'Ordre National du Mérite in 2010, the Singapore Businessman of the Year 2014 at the Singapore Business Awards in 2015, and the Meritorious Service Medal at the National Day Awards in 2016. Ms Chew was conferred an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters (honoris causa) by the Nanyang Technology University in 2021.

Mr Lim Hwee Chiang, John joined the Board on 30 August 2004. Mr Lim is the Chairman of JL Family Office. He is also the Senior Advisor and Non–Executive Director of ESR Group Limited and serves as a Non– Executive Director of ARA Asset Management (Fortune) Limited, ARA Asset Management (Prosperity) Limited and Hui Xian Asset Management Limited.

In the preceding three years, Mr Lim was an Independent Director of Teckwah Industrial Corporation Limited which was delisted from the Singapore Stock Exchange on 24 November 2020.

Mr Lim is Chairman of the Asia Pacific Real Assets Association (APREA) and the Consultative Committee to the Department of Real Estate, National University of Singapore. He is also a Patron of the Securities Investors Association of Singapore (SIAS) and a Council Member of Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Mr Lim co–founded ARA Asset Management in 2002 and was its Group CEO for 18 years and Deputy Chairman from February 2021 to January 2022.

Mr Lim has over 42 years of experience in the real estate industry and has received many notable corporate awards. These include the PERE Global Awards 2020 and 2016 Industry Figure of the Year: Asia, Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of the Year Singapore 2012 and the Outstanding CEO of the Year 2011 at the Singapore Business Awards 2012.

Mr Lim, along with the Board of Directors of ARA, was a recipient of the prestigious Best Managed Board (Gold) Award at the Singapore Corporate Awards 2012. In 2017, he was conferred the Public Service Medal (PBM) by the President of Singapore in recognition of his contributions to the community. 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.

Mr Yap Chee Meng is the Lead Independent Director and Chairman of the audit and risk committee. Mr Yap is also a member of the nominating and remuneration committee. He joined the Board on 22 April 2019.

Mr Yap was the Chief Operating Officer of KPMG International for Asia Pacific and a member of its Global Executive Team. Prior to his appointment as the regional Chief Operating Officer of KPMG International in 2010, he was a Senior Partner in KPMG Singapore, the Regional Head of Financial Services in Asia Pacific, and Country Head of Real Estates and Specialised REITs Group in Singapore.

In his career spanning 37 years of experience in the financial sector, Mr Yap has served in the committees of various professional and regulatory bodies including Singapore's Accounting & Corporate Regulatory Authority and the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore.

Mr Yap is currently the Lead Independent Director of HSBC Life (Singapore) Pte Ltd (formerly known as AXA Insurance Pte Ltd). He is also a council member of the Charity Council of Singapore.

In the preceding three years, Mr Yap held independent directorships in Keppel Land Limited, The Esplanade Co Ltd, SATS Ltd, RHB Investment Bank Berhad and HSBC Insurance (Singapore) Pte Limited. Mr Yap was also the Non–Executive Chairman of RHB Asset Management Group.

Mr Yap's past independent board memberships included those in SMRT Corporation Ltd and the National Research Foundation of Singapore. He qualified as a UK Chartered Accountant in 1981, and is now a non practising Fellow of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants and a non practising Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales.

Mr Chan Pee Teck, Peter is an Independent Director and member of the audit and risk committee. Mr Chan is also the Chairman of the nominating and remuneration committee. He joined the Board on 1 January 2017.

Mr Chan is the founder and Managing Partner of Crest Capital Asia, a regional private equity firm investing mainly in Singapore and Australia, specializing in customizing alternative direct investment programmes for clients and managing assets under these mandates.

Mr Chan started his private equity career in 1987 with one of the earliest US private equity firms in Asia. Then, he started a division of ING Barings Asia Private Equity as Managing Director in 1996 to set up ING's private equity investment Asian offices in Singapore, Indonesia, India, China, Taiwan and South Korea. He acquired the business to set up Crest Capital Asia in 2004. Mr Chan is responsible for the strategic management of the funds, innovating new fund strategies as well as investor communication.

Mr Chan graduated with a Bachelor of Accountancy (Hons) Degree from the National University of Singapore and is a Fellow Member of the Certified Public Accountants of Australia. Mr Chan is Vice Chairman and board member of Clarity Singapore Ltd, a faith–based charity which mission is to empower people with mental and emotional conditions to rediscover their abilities through counselling, support, acceptance and recovery.

Mrs Yu-Foo Yee Shoon is an Independent Director and member of the audit and risk committee. She joined the Board on 1 January 2017. Mrs Yu–Foo is currently the Non–Executive Chairman of Singapura Finance Ltd and an Independent Director of KOP Limited. She is also Advisor of Nuri Holdings (S) Pte Ltd and Honorary Advisor to the Singapore China Friendship Association – Women's Alliance. Mrs Yu–Foo is a Justice of Peace and Deputy Registrar of Marriages, MSF. She also sits on the Board of Visiting Justices, MHA.

Mrs Yu–Foo was a Former Minister of State, retired after 27 years in politics. Before she became Minister of State, she was the first woman Mayor in Singapore and she started her career with National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) and she was the Deputy Secretary– General of NTUC.

Mrs Yu–Foo graduated from Nanyang University with a Bachelor of Commerce and a Masters Degree in Business from Nanyang Technology University. She was awarded the Honorary Doctorate of Education by Wheelock College of Boston, United States in 2008.

Mr Lock Wai Han is an Independent Director and member of the audit and risk as well as the nominating and remuneration committees.

Currently, Mr Lock is the Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of OKH Global Ltd and is responsible for all the Group's business activities, which is the construction and development of industrial real estate. Mr Lock is also the Lead Independent Director of The Hour Glass Limited.

He joined the Board on 1 August 2018. Mr Lock was an Independent Director of Chip Eng Seng Corporation Ltd which was delisted from the Singapore Stock Exchange on 11 April 2023.

Prior to joining OKH Global Ltd, Mr Lock was the Executive Director and Group CEO of Rowsley Ltd and before that he was based in Beijing as the China CEO of CapitaMalls Asia ("CMA"), where he had oversight of a retail mall portfolio that included Raffles City projects and CMA mixed developments.

Up until he joined CMA in March 2010, Mr Lock had served in the Singapore public sector for more than 20 years during which he held various leadership roles including Commissioner of the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority; Director of the Criminal Investigations Department and Deputy Secretary of the Ministry of Information, Communications & the Arts, as well as directorships in various statutory boards.

Mr Lock holds a Bachelor and Master of Arts (Engineering) from the University of Cambridge, UK, and a Master of Science (Management) from Leland Stanford Junior University, USA.

Mr Shen Jinchu, Jeffrey is a Non-Executive Director and a member of the nominating and remuneration committee. He joined the Board on 6 November 2023. Mr Shen is the Group Co–founder, and currently the Executive Director and Co–CEO of ESR Group Limited ("ESR"). Mr Shen has been the Co–CEO of ESR since June 2011 and was also a Co–founder of e–Shang Cayman Limited. Mr Shen is responsible for overseeing ESR's overall operations and business development, leading regional growth strategies, and expanding ESR's asset and fund management platforms.

Mr Shen has over 24 years of industrial real estate experience in China. Prior to co-founding ESR in June 2011, Mr Shen held a variety of roles, including Senior Vice President at GLP Investment Management (China) Co. Ltd. (formerly Prologis China) from January 2004 to September 2010, overseeing the Eastern China area. Mr Shen was the Deputy Director of DTZ Debenham Tie Leung International Property Advisers from June 2001 to December 2003 and prior to this, he was the Assistant General Manager for marketing at Shanghai Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone Xin Development Co., Ltd from July 1995 to November 2000. Mr Shen was reappointed as a Non-Executive Director of ESR–LOGOS Funds Management (S) Limited, (the manager of ESRLOGOS REIT which is listed in Singapore) in November 2023.

Mr Shen graduated from the Shanghai Jiaotong University in China and obtained a Bachelor's Degree in technical economics. He holds an MBA from Donghua University in China.

Mr Chong Kee Hiong was appointed as Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director on 1 January 2019. He is also a Director of One Raffles Quay Pte. Ltd.. Mr Chong is a Partners' Representative of BFC Development LLP.

Mr Chong has over 30 years of financial and management experience. Prior to joining the Manager, Mr Chong was the Chief Executive Officer of OUE Hospitality REIT Management Pte Ltd from 2013 to 2018. He was Chief Executive Officer of The Ascott Limited from 2012 to 2013 and Chief Executive Officer of Ascott Residence Trust Management Limited from 2005 to 2012. Prior to that, Mr Chong was with Raffles Holdings Limited as their Chief Financial Officer. Mr Chong began his career in audit with KPMG Peat Marwick in 1990.

Mr Chong is currently president of the General Committee of Orchid Country Club and Aranda Country Club as well as Chairman and Non-Executive Director of Foodfare Catering Pte Ltd. Mr Chong is also a member of the audit and risk management committee of Mt. Alvernia Hospital.

Mr Chong is an elected Member of Parliament for Bishan–Toa Payoh GRC.

Mr Chong holds a Bachelor of Accountancy with National University of Singapore and completed Harvard Business School's Advanced Management Program in 2008. He is a member of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants.