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The Director’s of M&C
REIT Management Limited, managers of CDL Hospitality
Real Estate Investment Trust have a depth and breadth
of experience in fund, asset, hospitality and real
estate management:
WONG HONG REN
VINCENT YEO WEE ENG
DR TAN CHENG BOCK
JENNY LIM YIN NEE
JIMMY CHAN CHUN MING
RICHARD ANTHONY JOHNSON
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WONG HONG REN
Mr Wong Hong Ren was appointed a Director of M&C REIT Management Limited and M&C Business Trust Management Limited on 17 May 2006. He was subsequently appointed as the non-Executive Chairman of both Boards on 12 June 2006.
Mr Wong is also the Chairman of Grand Plaza Hotel Corporation (listed on the Philippines Stock Exchange), Chairman of Millennium & Copthorne Hotels New Zealand Limited and CDL Investments New Zealand Limited (both listed on the New Zealand Stock Exchange). He is an Executive Director of Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc (the Sponsor) (listed on the Stock Exchange of London) and is currently also sitting on the boards of a number of public listed companies, namely City e-Solutions Limited (listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong) and Thakral Corporation Ltd (listed on the SGX-ST). He was a Director of HLG Enterprise Limited and China Yuchai International Limited which are listed on the SGX-ST and New York Stock Exchange respectively.
Mr Wong joined Hong Leong Management Services Pte. Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Leong Investment Holdings Pte. Ltd., in 1988 as Group Investment Manager and was redesignated to Executive Vice President (Group Investment) in 2006. He is widely experienced in hospitality and industrial businesses overseas, investment analysis, international capital markets and merger and acquisition transactions as well as post-acquisition management re-organisation matters. Prior to 1988, he was a Director and General Manager (Investment and Property) of Haw Par Brothers International Limited (now known as Haw Par Corporation Limited) and a Director of Investment with Royal Trust Asset Management Pte Ltd (now known as RT Investment Nominees Pte Ltd) and First Capital Corporation Ltd (now known as Guocoland Limited).
Mr Wong holds a Masters of Business Administration from Bradford University, United Kingdom.
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VINCENT YEO WEE ENG
Mr Vincent Yeo Wee Eng was appointed an Executive Director on 17 May 2006 as well as the Chief Executive Officer on 19 July 2006 of M&C REIT Management Limited and M&C Business Trust Management Limited.
Prior to his appointment as the Chief Executive Officer of M&C REIT Management Limited, he was the President of Millennium & Copthorne International Limited - Asia Pacific from 2003 to July 2006. He was previously its Chief Operating Officer from 2001 to 2003. Mr Yeo is also the Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of City e-Solutions Limited (listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong) since 2000 and also sits on the boards of CDL Investments New Zealand Limited and Millennium & Copthorne Hotels New Zealand Limited (both listed on the New Zealand Stock Exchange). Between 1998 and 2000, he was an Executive Director of Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc based in London overseeing global sales and marketing. Between 1993 to 1998, he was the Executive Director and then the Managing Director of Millennium & Copthorne Hotels New Zealand Limited where he developed and integrated the largest chain of hotels in New Zealand.
Mr Yeo graduated Summa Cum Laude and the top of his faculty in 1988 from Boston University with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (Major in Finance).
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DR TAN CHENG BOCK
Dr Tan Cheng Bock was appointed an Independent non-Executive Director of M&C REIT Management Limited and M&C Business Trust Management Limited on 22 May 2006. He also sits on the Audit Committees of both companies.
Dr Tan is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Chuan Hup Holdings Limited. He is also the Chairman of the Nominating Committee and a member of both the Audit and Remuneration Committees. Dr Tan is also an Independent non-Executive Director of PCI Limited and a board member of Tsao Foundation. Dr Tan served as a Member of Parliament for Ayer Rajah and was also the leader of the Singapore Southeast Asia Parliamentary Group, Chairman of the West Coast – Ayer Rajah Town Council, Vice-Chairman of the South West Community Development Council and member of the Government Parliamentary Committee for Defence and Foreign Affairs. He presently serves the Ministry of Health and as Chairman of the Jurong Medical Centre. He served in Chronic Disease Management Committee in the Ministry of Health and currently sits in the steering committee on Active Aging, Ministry of Health and is a board member of the Council for Third Age Ltd.
A private medical practitioner by profession, Dr Tan obtained his Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from the University of Singapore in 1968. In addition, he is a Honorary Fellow of the College of Family Practitioners and an Honorary Member of the Singapore Medical Association.
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| JENNY LIM YIN NEE
Ms Jenny Lim Yin Nee was appointed an Independent non-Executive Director of M&C REIT Management Limited and the M&C Business Trust Management Limited on 22 May 2006. She is also the Chairman of M&C REIT Management Limited Audit Committee and a member of the M&C Business Trust Management Limited Audit Committee.
Ms Lim retired as a Partner of KPMG Singapore on 31 December 2001 to devote her time as a volunteer of a charitable organisation. She was the head of the firm’s tax practice and represented its Asian Anchor practice on KPMG International Committee. After her retirement, she remained as an advisor to KPMG Singapore till 31 January 2004. Ms Lim has been involved in many corporate reorganisations, mergers and acquisitions and international tax planning assignments which require in-depth knowledge and experience in accounting, corporate and commercial law, and local and international tax.
Ms Lim is a fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, United Kingdom. Presently, she serves as a Vice President of Viriya Community Services, a voluntary (charitable) welfare organisation and a board member of Raffles Institution and Raffles Junior College. She is also an Adjunct Professor with the Singapore Management University, teaching ‘Tax Planning’.
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JIMMY CHAN CHUN MING
Mr Jimmy Chan Chun Ming was appointed an Independent non-Executive Director of the H-REIT Manager and HBT Trustee-Manager on 22 May 2006. He also sits on the Audit Committees of both H-REIT Manager and HBT Trustee-Manager.
Mr Chan is currently a Director of Maxsen International Limited. He has over twenty years of experience in the financial and hospitality industries in Asia Pacific and has held senior positions with HSBC NF China Real Estate Fund, Aareal Bank Group, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc., City e-Solutions Limited, Societe Generale Group and The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A., being involved in various corporate finance, capital market, syndication, advisory and investment transactions for major real estate and hotel companies in the region.
Mr Chan graduated from the University of British Columbia in 1980 with a Bachelor of Applied Science, Civil Engineering, and from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1981 with a Master of Science in Construction Management. In 1994 and 1999, he attended the Executive Management Programs organised by the Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, United States of America.
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| RICHARD ANTHONY JOHNSON
Mr Richard Anthony Johnson was appointed a non-Executive Director of the H-REIT Manager and HBT Trustee-Manager on 3 January 2007. He is considered an Independent non-Executive Director by the Board of Directors of the H-REIT Manager and the HBT Trustee-Manager. Mr Johnson is also the Chairman of the H-REIT Manager’s Risk Management Committee.
Mr Johnson is currently a Real Estate Consultant to a number of international organisations. He was previously the Chief Executive Officer of Standard Chartered-Istithmar Real Estate Fund Management (Singapore) Pte. Limited and the Managing Director, Real Estate of Istithmar, focusing on private equity, real estate and strategic investments. He has more than twenty years of experience in real estate investment, financing and structuring projects around the world and was an International Director of Jones Lang LaSalle based in London, Singapore, Hong Kong and Beijing from 1997 to 2006. Mr Johnson was also a non-Executive Director of Shangri-La Hotels (Malaysia) Berhad (listed on Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad).
Mr Johnson holds a Masters Degree in Law from Oxford University, United Kingdom and Masters Degree in Science in Property Investment and Finance from City University, London, United Kingdom. He is also an Associate of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
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