Mr Kee Teck Koon
Chairman & Independent Non-Executive Director
Mr Kee, aged 55 and a Singaporean, joined the Board on 10 June 2010. He is also Chairman of the Corporate Disclosure Committee.
Mr Kee is currently a Non-Executive Director of CapitaMall Trust Management Limited (the manager of CapitaMall Trust listed on the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited (SGX-ST)), a Non-Executive Director of Changi Airports International Pte Ltd and the Non-Executive Chairman of NTUC First Campus Co-Operative Ltd.
Mr Kee retired as the Chief Investment Officer of CapitaLand Limited (CapitaLand) (listed on the SGX-ST) on 1 July 2009, a position he assumed since February 2007. Between April 2003 and January 2007, he was responsible for overseeing the CapitaLand Group's financial advisory services, commercial real estate and retail real estate businesses. He was the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of The Ascott Limited from November 2000 to April 2003. Mr Kee has held senior management appointments with several other organisations. He started his career in 1979 with the Singapore Armed Forces and the Ministry of Defence where he remained until 1991.
Mr Kee holds a Master of Arts in Engineering Science from the University of Oxford, United Kingdom.
Mr Lim Beng Chee
Non-Independent Non-Executive Director
Mr Lim, aged 44 and a Singaporean, joined the Board on 1 November 2008. He is also Chairman of the Executive Committee and a member of the Corporate Disclosure Committee.
Mr Lim is currently the CEO and Executive Director of CapitaMalls Asia (CMA) (listed on the SGX-ST). He is also a Director of CapitaMall Trust Management Limited (the manager of CapitaMall Trust listed on the SGX-ST) and CapitaRetail China Trust Management Limited (the manager of CapitaRetail China Trust listed on the SGX-ST).
Mr Lim has more than 10 years of real estate investment and asset management experience. He has held various positions within the CapitaLand Group since 2000 and has been CMA's CEO since 1 November 2008. Mr Lim has played an instrumental role in the creation of CMA's retail real estate funds and retail real estate investment trusts (REITs). Mr Lim was appointed as the Deputy CEO of CapitaMall Trust Management Limited from March 2005 to December 2006. He then led the team that spearheaded the listing of CapitaRetail China Trust, the first pure-play China shopping mall REIT listed in Singapore (S-REIT) and was appointed as CEO of CapitaRetail China Trust Management Limited from December 2006 to September 2008, during which time he was mostly stationed in Beijing. Mr Lim then returned to Singapore and assumed his appointment as CEO for both CMA and CapitaMall Trust Management Limited in November 2008. Mr Lim stepped down as CEO of CapitaMall Trust Management Limited on 25 November 2009 upon the listing of CMA.
Mr Lim holds a Master of Business Administration (Accountancy) from the Nanyang Technological University of Singapore and a Bachelor of Arts in Physics (Honours) from the University of Oxford, United Kingdom.
Mr Ng Kok Siong
Non-Independent Non-Executive Director
Mr Ng, aged 40 and a Singaporean, joined the Board on 10 June 2010. He is also a member of the Audit Committee, Corporate Disclosure Committee and Executive Committee.
Mr Ng is currently the Chief Financial Officer of CMA (listed on the SGX-ST). He is also a Director of CapitaRetail China Trust Management Limited (the manager of CapitaRetail China Trust listed on SGX-ST), Singapore's first pure play China shopping mall S-REIT.
Mr Ng joined CapitaLand in September 2005 in the Office of the President. He later assumed the position of Senior Vice President of CapitaLand Eurasia where he was involved in business development and investment management. In October 2008, he was appointed as Senior Vice President, Strategic Finance, CapitaLand, where he was responsible for overseeing the corporate finance matters of the CapitaLand Group. Prior to joining CapitaLand in 2005, Mr Ng spent more than a decade in the oil and gas industry across Asia Pacific and Europe, holding various finance and investment management positions in Exxon-Mobil Asia-Pacific and Shell Oil Products East.
Mr Ng graduated with a Degree of Bachelor of Accountancy (Honours) from the Nanyang Technological University of Singapore.
Datuk Mohd Najib Bin Abdullah
Non-Independent Non-Executive Director
Datuk Mohd. Najib Bin Hj. Abdullah, aged 51 and a Malaysian, joined the Board on 10 June 2010.
Datuk Mohd. Najib Bin Hj. Abdullah is concurrently the Group Managing Director of Malaysian Industrial Development Finance Berhad. A board member and member of the Executive Committee of Malaysian Industrial Development Finance Berhad, he is also a director of MIDF Amanah Investment Bank Berhad, MIDF Amanah Capital Berhad, MIDF Amanah Asset Management Berhad, MIDF Property Berhad, ACR ReTakaful SEA Berhad and ACR ReTakaful MEA B.S.C. He is also a commissioner of P. T. MIEL Nusantara Development.
Datuk Mohd. Najib Bin Hj. Abdullah was appointed as Group Managing Director of Malaysian Industrial Development Finance Berhad with effect from 8 July 2006. He was formerly the CEO/Executive Director of Malaysia National Insurance Berhad. He started his career as the Management Accountant with Hewlett Packard Kuala Lumpur, and later served in Citigroup whereby he held several senior managerial roles including as Chief of Staff and Country Financial Controller with Citibank N.A. and Head, Malaysian Business Group, Corporate and Investment Banking, Citibank Berhad.
Datuk Mohd. Najib Bin Hj. Abdullah holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science and Mathematics (magna cum laude) and a Masters degree in Business Administration from Northern Illinois University, United States of America.
Datuk Mohd. Najib Bin Hj. Abdullah was conferred the "Panglima Jasa Negara" by His Majesty Seri Paduka Baginda Yang di-Pertuan Agong in [Year] for his services to the nation.
Datuk IG Chandran (Gnanachandran S Ayadurai)
Independent Non-Executive Director
Datuk Chandran, aged 59 and a Malaysian, joined the Board on 10 June 2010. He is also Chairman of the Audit Committee.
Datuk Chandran has over 35 years of working experience in the accounting profession. He joined KPMG Malaysia in 1973 and from 1977 to 1983 articled in the United Kingdom and rejoined KPMG Malaysia in 1984. He was admitted as an audit partner in 1994 and later took on responsibilities in the Advisory practice from where he retired in 2007. He then joined KPMG Thailand as the head of the Advisory practice and retired in March 2009.
Datuk Chandran's regional roles included as KPMG's Asia Pacific Chief Operating Officer of the Internal Audit Services for two years (2003-2004), leader for the Corporate Governance Advisory in KPMG Asia Pacific. He has led a number of KPMG's large internal audit, governance advisory and enterprise risk management assignments. He has also served as the audit engagement partner on several listed companies covering various industries including property, hospitality and leisure and insurance (for which he was accredited by Bank Negara Malaysia).
Datuk Chandran was the lead partner in KPMG for the provision of internal audit services to over 60 United Nations offices throughout Asia, the Pacific, Arab States and Eastern Europe from 1998 to 2008, and has led several audit missions to post conflict countries including Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran and Timor Leste. Datuk Chandran was previously the partner-in-charge of the Forensic Practice in KPMG Malaysia and has undertaken several investigative engagements within Malaysia and internationally. Since mid-2009, he has been providing advisory services to certain government agencies and is a guest lecturer in local universities and government institutions.
Datuk Chandran is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, and also a Chartered member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants, the Institute of Internal Auditors, the Chartered Institute of Taxation, Malaysia and an Associate Certified Fraud Examiner. Datuk Chandran is an accredited member of the Institute of Directors, Thailand.
Tuan Yang Terutama Yang di-Pertua Negeri Melaka recently conferred "Darjah Mulia Seri Melaka" to Datuk Chandran for his contribution and services to Melaka in particular and to the nation in general.
Ms Tan Siew Bee
Independent Non-Executive Director
Ms Tan, aged 52 and a Malaysian, joined the Board on 10 June 2010. She is also a member of the Audit Committee.
Ms Tan was called to the Malaysian Bar in 1986 and worked as a lawyer in Kuala Lumpur from that date. She was initially involved in court litigation work and, subsequently, the capital markets and corporate banking sectors. Ms Tan was involved in a significant number of capital markets transactions and debt and equity issuances, including work relating to REITs.
Ms Tan was a founding senior partner of the legal firm, Messrs Shahrizat & Tan, which was formed in 1993. She was actively involved in expanding the operations of Messrs Shahrizat & Tan, including the training of its lawyers as well as managing the Corporate & Corporate Banking Department. Messrs Shahrizat & Tan subsequently opened a branch in Penang.
In 2003, Messrs Shahrizat & Tan merged with Messrs Rashid & Lee to form Messrs Shahrizat Rashid & Lee. Ms Tan was the head of the Finance and Property department before leaving the firm in May 2007.
Ms Tan holds an LL.B (Honours) degree from the University of East Anglia and an LL.M from the University College London. She was admitted to the English Bar and the Malaysian Bar in 1984 and 1986, respectively.
Mr Peter Tay Buan Huat
Independent Non-Executive Director
Mr Tay, aged 63 and a Singaporean, joined the Board on 10 June 2010.
Mr Tay is currently a Corporate Advisor, engaging in business development and coaching budding business leaders. He serves on the boards of companies involved in food and education, and writes on management issues in 'Asian Meat', and 'AgriFood Magazine', two international food publications.
For 17 years, from 1989 to 2006, Mr Tay was the President and CEO of Singapore Food Industries Ltd (SFI), a public listed food distribution and manufacturing company in Singapore. Under his leadership, SFI expanded internationally from its base in Singapore to include operations in the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, China and Australia.
During the period from 1992 to 2004, he concurrently held other positions, including Group Coordinator for Human Resource and Group Director (Strategic Development) in Singapore Technologies. Prior to that, Mr Tay held several general management and corporate function positions and was the Director of Manpower in the Singapore Ministry of Defence. Mr Tay was also Chairman of the Working Group on Wage Restructuring for the Food Manufacturing Industry in 2004.
A Colombo Plan Scholar, Mr Tay graduated with Bachelor degrees in both Engineering (Honours) and Economics from the University of Newcastle in Australia. In 1986, he obtained an MSc in Management (Sloan Fellows Program) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, United Kingdom, and a Member of the Institution of Engineers, Australia.
Ms Sharon Lim Hwee Li
Non-Independent Executive Director
Ms Lim, aged 39 and a Singaporean, joined the Board on 15 April 2010. She is also a member of the Executive Committee.
Ms Lim has over 14 years of real estate experience including property investment and development, sales and marketing and asset management activities in Australia, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and Singapore. Ms Lim has extensive experience in property investment covering the retail, industrial, mixed developments and residential sectors.
Prior to her position as CEO and Non-Independent Executive Director of CapitaMalls Malaysia REIT Management Sdn. Bhd., Ms Lim was the Country Head for CMA's operations in Malaysia, and was instrumental in establishing CMA's retail platform in Malaysia. This involved steering Gurney Plaza, Sungei Wang Plaza and The Mines and building the local team in preparation for expansion. [MS : Sharon, do you want to mention the successful completion of the acquisition of ECM, Kuantan] Before this appointment, she was the Vice President of CapitaMall Trust Management Limited, where she was responsible for actively seeking out new investment opportunities in Singapore. She focused on identifying and evaluating new retail investment opportunities, which involved performing financial analyses and structuring deals. She also worked closely with the centre management teams to evaluate, plan and steer the assets under management to optimise investment returns.
Ms Lim holds a Master of Business Administration from Murdoch University, Australia and a Bachelor of Business (Distinction) from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia.
