Mr. Lee Yi Shyan was appointed as Non-Independent and Non-Executive Chairman and Member of the Nominating and Remuneration Committee of the Company on 17 July 2017.

He is also the Chairman and Non-Independent and Non-Executive Director of OUE Hospitality REIT Management Pte. Ltd., the REIT Manager for OUE Hospitality Real Estate Investment Trust and OUE Hospitality Trust Management Pte. Ltd., the trustee-manager of OUE Hospitality Business Trust. OUE Hospitality Trust is a stapled group comprising OUE Hospitality Real Estate Investment Trust and OUE Hospitality Business Trust.

Mr. Lee joined OUE Limited as an Executive Adviser to the Chairman of OUE Limited in January 2016. He is also the Chairman and Director of OUE USA Services Corp.. He is presently an elected member of parliament for East Coast GRC. Mr. Lee has been appointed as Chairman of Business China since 1 October 2016. He is also the Chairman and Director of ICE Futures Singapore Pte. Ltd. (“IFSG”), a company which operates as an approved exchange under the supervision of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (“MAS”), and ICE Clear Singapore Pte. Ltd., which operates as an approved clearing house under the supervision of MAS, and a Director of ICE Singapore Holdings Pte. Ltd., the holding company of IFSG.

Prior to joining OUE Limited, Mr. Lee was a member of the Cabinet of the Singapore government from 2006 to 2015. As Senior Minister of State for the Ministry of National Development, Mr. Lee oversaw urban planning, construction productivity development and town council management. As Senior Minister of State for the Ministry of Trade & Industry, Mr. Lee had extensive interactions with governments and business in China, Middle East, Africa and Russia.

Prior to his political career, Mr. Lee was the Chief Executive Officer of International Enterprise Board from 2001 to 2006, whose mission was to help Singapore businesses internationalise through its 40 offices worldwide. He was the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of SPRING Singapore from 2000 to 2001, which helped small and medium enterprises in capacity building, innovation and productivity development.

Mr. Lee was honored with the Distinguished Alumni Award by the Centre for Creative Leadership, North Carolina, USA, in 2009, and the Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award by the Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore, in 2013.

Mr. Lee studied Chemical Engineering in the National University of Singapore. In 1997, he completed an executive management programme at the Harvard Business School and a management programme at Tsinghua University in 2001.

Dr. Stephen Riady was appointed as Non-Independent and Non-Executive Director of the Company on 17 July 2017. He is a deemed substantial shareholder of the Company. Details of his deemed shareholdings can be found on page 51 of the Annual Report.

Dr. Riady has been an executive director of OUE Limited since 2006 and was appointed as executive chairman of OUE Limited since 2010. OUE Limited is listed on the Mainboard of the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited (“SGX-ST”). Dr. Riady is also an executive director of Lippo Limited and has been its chairman since 1991. He was appointed a director of Lippo China Resources Limited in 1992 and on 25 March 2011, he was appointed as its chairman. He has been an executive director of Hongkong Chinese Limited since 1992 and on 25 March 2011, he was appointed as its chairman. Dr. Riady is also a member of the remuneration committee and nomination committee of Lippo Limited, Lippo China Resources Limited and Hongkong Chinese Limited, which are all listed on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited. He was also appointed as non-executive, non-independent director of Healthway Medical Corporation Limited in August 2017, which is listed on the Catalist board of the SGX-ST.

His service to society includes such civic engagements as founding honorary advisor of the University of Hong Kong Foundation for Education Development and Research, member of the Boards of Trustees of Volunteer Service Trust and The Better Hong Kong Foundation, member of the Advisory Council of One Country, Two Systems Research Institute, fellow of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award World Fellowship and member of the Advisory Board of Sloan School of Management of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States of America. He was a member of the Council and the Court of Hong Kong Baptist University.

In public service, Dr. Riady was a Hong Kong Affairs Advisor from April 1995 to June 1997, appointed by the Hong Kong and Macao Office of the State Council and Xinhua News Agency, Hong Kong Branch of the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”). In addition, he is a member of the Committee to Promote Economic Co-operation between Fujian and Hong Kong, a committee established by the Provincial Government of Fujian, PRC.

Accolades he has received include the Chevalier de L’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres awarded by the French government, and the Strategic Investment Entrepreneur of the Year in Ernst & Young’s annual Entrepreneur of the Year Awards Singapore 2007. He is an Honorary Citizen of Shenzhen, PRC.

Dr. Riady is a graduate of the University of Southern California, United States of America and holds a Master of Business Administration from Golden Gate University, United States. He was conferred an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Business Administration from Edinburgh Napier University, United Kingdom, and is one of the first Honorary University Fellows installed by the Hong Kong Baptist University.

Mr. Yet Kum Meng was appointed Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of the Company on 28 Feb 2019.

Mr. Roger Tan Chade Phang was appointed as Independent Director of the Company on 23 January 2017 and was appointed as Lead Independent Director, Chairman of the Nominating and Remuneration Committee and Member of the Audit and Risk Committee of the Company on 17 July 2017.

Mr. Tan is the Chief Executive Officer of Voyage Research since 2009 till present. Prior to his appointment at Voyage Research, Mr. Tan was an Investment Analyst with Standard Chartered Bank Singapore from 2007 to 2008, and was also the Lead Investment Analyst in SIAS Research from 2005 to 2006.

Currently, Mr. Tan is the President of the Small and Middle Capitalisation Companies Association (SMCCA), where he actively gathers small and middle capitalisation companies within a single entity to work closely with the authorities and professionals to improve the visibility and governance standards of its members.

Mr. Tan also sits on the Board of Bodhi Tree Network Pte. Ltd., Dapai International Holdings Co. Ltd. and Starland Holdings Limited as an Independent Director.

Mr. Tan graduated with a Bachelor of Business in Accountancy degree from RMIT University and obtained a Master of Finance degree from the same university.

Mr. Eric Sho Kian Hin was appointed as Independent Director of the Company on 23 January 2017 and was appointed as Chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee and Member of the Nominating and Remuneration Committee of the Company on 17 July 2017.

Mr. Sho has over 20 years of experience in financial reporting and regulatory compliance and was involved in various financial related activities such as equity and pre-IPO fund raising, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and group tax optimisation.

Currently, Mr. Sho is an Independent Director and the Chairman of the Audit Committee of QT Vascular Limited, a company listed on the SGX Catalist.

Mr. Sho was with Ernst & Young Kuala Lumpur from 1995 as Assurance and Advisory Business Service Manager and left in 2002 to join the private sector.

In 2007, Mr. Sho was appointed as Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer of China Farm Equipment Limited (the “China Farm Equipment”), a company formerly listed on the Mainboard of the SGX-ST. He was responsible for, amongst others, planning and management of the China Farm Equipment’s financial and taxation matters. He acted as the key liaison person with the stock exchange, supervised compliance with corporate governance, and handled investor relations, regional roadshows as well as funding options for China Farm Equipment. After China Farm Equipment Limited was privatised in 2013, Mr. Sho remains involved in the ongoing corporate exercise to list the China Farm Equipment’s assets in China.

Mr. Sho started off his professional training with Victor & Company in 1990 and is a Fellowship of the Association of Certified Chartered Accountants (FCCA).

Mr. Jackson Tay Eng Kiat was appointed as Independent Director of the Company on 23 January 2017 and was appointed as Member of the Audit and Risk Committee as well as the Nominating and Remuneration Committee of the Company on 17 July 2017 and 21 March 2018 respectively.

Mr. Tay has more than 15 years of experience in accounts and finance functions of various entities in the public and private sectors.

Mr. Tay is currently the Operation Director and Company Secretary of Hafary Holdings Limited (the “Hafary”), listed on the Mainboard of the SGX-ST. He oversees the operational and corporate secretarial functions of Hafary, including business development and investor relations. He also spearheads the Hafary’s overall corporate and strategic development in Singapore and overseas.

Prior to his current role, Mr. Tay was responsible for the preparation of the Hafary’s financial results pursuant to the listing requirements of the SGX Catalist. Subsequently, Hafary’s listing was transferred from the Catalist Board to the Mainboard of the SGX-ST in 2013. In his previous role, Mr. Tay was in charge of all financial and administrative matters of Hafary, including the implementation and maintenance of the Hafary’s financial and management reporting system.

Mr. Tay holds a Bachelor of Accountancy (Minor in Marketing) degree from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and is a member of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants.

Mr. Johji Sato was appointed as Independent Director and Member of the Audit and Risk Committee of the Company on 15 February 2018.

Mr. Sato has more than three decades of experience in the professional business advisory services industry.

Mr. Sato has been the Outside Director of Sumida Corporation, a company listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, since 2013.

Mr. Sato started his professional career with Chuo Coopers & Lybrand Associates, Inc in 1982 before joining the London Office of Coopers & Lybrand UK (now PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP). Mr. Sato stayed on as a partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP UK until he took the role of Executive Senior Director (Global Japanese Businesses) with PricewaterhouseCoopers Co., Ltd. in 2012. As Executive Senior Director, he was involved in the coaching of Japanese partners on Board-room consulting and global Japanese businesses, amongst other things. Mr. Sato retired from PricewaterhouseCoopers in 2014.

Mr. Sato graduated with a Bachelor of Law degree from Chuo University, Japan.

Mr. Masato Mohri was appointed as Non-Independent and Non-Executive Director and Member of the Nominating and Remuneration Committee of the Company on 21 March 2018.

Mr. Mohri is currently Chief Strategy Officer for Asia & Oceania Bloc of ITOCHU Corporation as well as the Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer of ITOCHU Singapore, an appointment he has held since 2017.

As Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer of ITOCHU Singapore, and Chief Strategy Officer for Asia & Oceania Bloc of ITOCHU Corporation, Mr. Mohri is responsible for ITOCHU Corporation’s overseas strategic business development and management in Asia and Oceania. He is also Director of ITOCHU Malaysia, President Commissioner of PT. ITOCHU Indonesia, and Director of I-FTZ Trade Philippines.

Mr. Mohri joined ITOCHU Corporation in 1986. He was the General Director of UNIMAX, a uniform apparel factory in Vietnam, from 2000 to 2003. He thereafter returned to ITOCHU Corporation, where he was promoted to General Manager in 2010 and was in charge of garment materials, jeans and uniforms, then textile material, retail clothing and uniform & apparel from 2013 to 2017. During his tenure as General Manager, he concurrently served as Director or Officer of several Japanese or overseas companies in which ITOCHU Corporation made investment.

Mr. Mohri holds a Bachelor of Law degree from Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan.