DIRECTORS OF THE MANAGERS

LUI CHONG CHEE

CHAIRMAN 
NON-EXECUTIVE INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, New York University, United States
Master of Business Administration, New York University, United States
Advanced Management Program, Harvard Business School

Date of first appointment as a Director*: 1 February 2024
Date of appointment as Chairman: 22 April 2024

Board committee served on

  • Nominating and Remuneration Committee (Chairman)

Past directorships in other listed companies held over the preceding three years

  • CapitaLand Malaysia REIT Management Sdn. Bhd. (manager of CapitaLand Malaysia Trust)

Background and working experience

  • Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Far East Orchard Limited, Singapore (2014 to 2019)
  • Group Chief Financial Officer, Raffles Medical Group Limited, Singapore (2011 to 2014 )
  • Chief Executive Officer, CapitaLand Financial Limited (2008 to 2010)
  • Chief Executive Officer, CapitaLand Residential Limited (2005 to 2008)
  • Group Chief Financial Officer, CapitaLand Limited (2001 to 2005)
  • Managing Director & Senior Vice President, Capital Markets Group, Citicorp Investment Bank (Singapore) Limited (1998 to 2001)

Awards

  • Best Chief Executive Officer (mid-cap), Singapore Corporate Awards (2019)
  • Asia Best Chief Financial Officer, Institutional Investor Magazine (2005)
  • Asia Best Chief Financial Officer, Institutional Investor Magazine (2004)

*Mr Lui Chong Chee was first appointed as a Director of Ascott Residence Trust Management Limited from June 2008 to May 2010.

Teo Joo Ling, Serena

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
EXECUTIVE NON-INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR

Master in Business Administration, INSEAD
Bachelor of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (Honours), National University of Singapore

Date of first appointment as a Director: 1 July 2022
Length of service as a Director (as at 31 December 2023): 1 year 6 months

Board committee served on

  • Executive Committee (Member)

Present principal commitments

  • CapitaLand Ascott Trust Management Limited and CapitaLand Ascott Business Trust Management Pte. Ltd. (Chief Executive Officer and Executive Non-Independent Director)

Background and working experience

  • CapitaLand Ascott Trust Management Limited and CapitaLand Ascott Business Trust Management Pte. Ltd
    • Chief Executive Officer (2022 to present)
    • Deputy Chief Executive Officer (2021 to 2022)
  • Ascendas Funds Management (S) Limited
    • Head, Portfolio Management (2019 to 2021)
    • Head, Singapore Portfolio & Asset Management (2018 to 2019)
  • Ascendas Services Pte Ltd
    • Head, Operations and Services (2015 to 2018)
  • Ascendas Land (S) Pte Ltd
    • Head, Group Strategy Management (2013 to 2015)
    • Vice President, Group Strategy Management (2008 to 2011)
  • Ascendas India Development Fund Management Pte Ltd
    • Vice President, Fund Management (2011 to 2013)
  • EDB Investments Pte Ltd
    • Senior Investment Manager (2008)
  • EDB
    • Programme Director (2007)
    • Head, Semiconductors (1998 to 2006)
  • Chartered Semiconductors Manufacturing
    • Reliability Engineer (1996 to 1997)

SIM JUAT QUEE MICHAEL GABRIEL

NON-EXECUTIVE INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR

Fellow, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, UK
Fellow, Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants
Fellow, Certified Public Accountant, Australia
Master of Business Administration, University of South Australia, Australia
Certified Fraud Examiner, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners

Date of first appointment as a Director: 1 September 2016
Length of service as a Director (as at 31 December 2023): 7 years 4 months

Board committee served on

  • Audit & Risk Committee (Chairman)

Present principal commitments

  • Accounting Standard for Statutory Boards (Member, Advisory Committee)
  • Catholic Welfare Services (Member, Board of Governors)
  • Jurong Town Corporation (Board Member)
  • Platanetree Capital Pte. Ltd. (Executive Director)
  • Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Singapore (Chairman, Archdiocesan Audit Committee)

Background and working experience

  • Advisory and Assurance Partner, Ernst & Young (1995 to 2015)

CHIA KIM HUAT

NON-EXECUTIVE INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR

Bachelor of Law (Honours), National University of Singapore
Advocate & Solicitor, Supreme Court of Singapore

Date of first appointment as a Director: 15 April 2020
Length of service as a Director (as at 31 December 2023): 3 years 8 months

Board committee served on

  • Audit & Risk Committee (Member)

Present directorship in other listed company

  • SATS Ltd

Present principal commitment (other than directorships in other listed companies)

  • Partner, Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP

Other major appointments

  • Business China's Go East Committee (Co-Chairman)
  • Business China’s FutureChina’s Committee (Co-Chairman)
  • Chinese Development Assistance Council (Director)
  • Dunman High School (Treasurer, School Advisory Committee)
  • Singapore Centre for Chinese Language (Director)
  • Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce (Director and Company Secretary, Financial Board)
  • Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce Foundation (Director and Company Secretary)
  • Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce & Industry (Chairman, Commerce & Industry)
  • Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall Co Ltd (Company Secretary)

Background and working experience

  • Partner (Regional Head, Corporate & Transactional Practice), Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP (present)

Awards

  • Eminent Practitioner in Capital Markets by Chambers Global
  • Foreign Expert in China in Capital Markets by Chambers Asia Pacific
  • Elite Practitioner in Capital Markets, Corporate and M&A – Asialaw
  • Leading Individual in Capital Markets: Equity and Debt – The Legal 500
  • Highly Regarded in Capital Markets – IFLR1000
  • Ranked in Best Lawyers for Capital Markets, Corporate and Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Global Leader in M&A, Capital Markets – Debt & Equity, Corporate Governance, Hospitality – Who’s Who Legal
  • National Leader in Southeast Asia – M&A, Capital Markets, Corporate Governance – Who’s Who Legal

DEBORAH LEE SIEW YIN

NON-EXECUTIVE INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR

Bachelor of Accountancy (Honours), National University of Singapore
Degree of Master of Science (Applied Finance), National University of Singapore
Chartered Financial Analyst® and Member, CFA Institute

Date of first appointment as a Director: 17 June 2020
Length of service as a Director (as at 31 December 2023): 3 years 6 months

Board committee served on

  • Audit & Risk Committee (Member)
  • Nominating and Remuneration Committee (Member)

Present directorship in other listed company

  • Metro Holdings Limited

Present principal commitments (other than directorships in other listed companies)

  • Singapore University of Technology and Design (Member, Board of Trustees)
  • Singapore University of Technology and Design (Chairperson, Finance Committee)

Background and working experience

  • Director, WTL Capital Pte Ltd (1994 to present)
  • Executive Vice-President, Corporate Development of Singapore Press Holdings Ltd (2007 to 2015)
  • Consultant, specialising in corporate development work and mergers and acquisitions (2002 to 2006)
  • Senior Vice-President, Business Development, Wuthelam Group (1991 to 2001)
  • Business Development Manager, Hewlett-Packard Singapore (Pte) Ltd (1979 to 1991)
  • Auditor, Price Waterhouse (1979)

MAX LOH KHUM WHAI

NON-EXECUTIVE INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR

Bachelor of Accountancy (Honours), National University of Singapore
Fellow Member, Chartered Accountant, Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants 
Certified Public Accountant, ISCA
Fellow Member, Certified Public Accountant, CPA Australia

Date of first appointment as a Director: 23 November 2023
Length of service as a Director (as at 31 December 2023): 1 month

Board committee served on

  • Audit and Risk Committee (Member)

Major appointments

  • Competition & Consumer Commission of Singapore (Chairman)
  • SPH Media Holdings Limited (Director)

Background and working experience

  • Managing Partner (Asean & Singapore), Ernst & Young LLP, Singapore (2011 to 2022)

Awards

  • Public Service Medal, 2022

GOH SOON KEAT KEVIN

NON-EXECUTIVE NON-INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR

Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering (Honours), National University of Singapore
Chartered Financial Analyst® and Member, CFA Institute

Date of first appointment as a Director: 15 April 2020
Length of service as a Director (as at 31 December 2023): 3 years 8 months

Board committees served on

  • Executive Committee (Chairman)
  • Nominating and Remuneration Committee (Member)

Present directorships in other listed companies

  • CapitaLand India Trust Management Pte. Ltd. (Trustee-Manager of CapitaLand India Trust)

Present principal commitments (other than directorships in other listed companies)

  • CEO, Lodging, CapitaLand Investment Limited
  • CEO, The Ascott Limited

Background and working experience

  • The Ascott Limited
    • Chief Operating Officer (2016 to 2017)
  • Ascott Property Management (Shanghai) Co., Ltd
    • Managing Director, North Asia & Ascott China Fund (2015 to 2016)
    • Managing Director, North Asia (2013 to 2015)
    • Regional General Manager, East & South China (2012 to 2013)
  • Ascott International Management (2001) Pte Ltd
    • Head, Corporate Services (2009 to 2012)
    • Assistant Vice President, Business Analysis (China) (2007 to 2009)
  • Accenture Pte Ltd
    • Manager (2006 to 2007)
    • Consultant (2003 to 2006)
    • Analyst (2001 to 2003)

Beh Siew Kim

NON-EXECUTIVE NON-INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR

Bachelor of Business (Accounting), University of Tasmania, Australia
Member, Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants

Date of first appointment as a Director: 1 May 2017
Length of service as a Director (as at 31 December 2023): 6 years 8 months

Board committee served on

  • Executive Committee (Member)

Present principal commitments

  • Chief Financial and Sustainability Officer and Managing Director, Japan and Korea, Lodging, CapitaLand Investment Limited
  • Director, Audit & Risk Committee and HR & Remuneration Committee, Focus On the Family Singapore Limited

Background and working experience

  • Chief Executive Officer and Executive Non-Independent Director, CapitaLand Ascott Trust Management Limited (2017 to 2022) and CapitaLand Ascott Business Trust Management Pte. Ltd. (2019 to 2022)
  • Deputy Chief Executive Officer, CapitaLand Ascott Trust Management Limited (2017)
  • Head, Corporate Planning & Compliance / Financial Controller, CapitaLand China (2008 to 2017)
  • Vice President, Finance, CapitaLand Residential Limited (2007 to 2008)
  • Vice President, Group Finance, SembCorp Industries Limited (2003 to 2007)
  • Assurance Manager, Ernst & Young (2002 to 2003)
  • Assurance Manager, Arthur Andersen (1999 to 2002)