Board of Directors

Chairman
Non-Executive Non-Independent Director

Masters Degree (Naval Architecture), the University of Hamburg, Germany
Advanced Management Program, Harvard Business School

Date of first appointment as a Director: 1 June 2013

Board committee served on

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

Present directorships in other listed company

• CapitaLand Ascendas REIT Management Limited (Manager of CapitaLand Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust)

Present principal commitments

• CapitaLand Investment Limited (Senior Executive Director) 
• Singapore Economic Development Board (Special Advisor to Chairman) 
• Building and Construction Authority (Board Member) • Institute of Real Estate and Urban Studies (Board Member) 
• Singapore Business Federation, South Asia Business Group Executive Committee (Vice Chairman) 
• Singapore Business Federation, Malaysia Singapore Business Council (Member) 
• Singaporean-German Chamber of Industry and Commerce, Advisory Council (Member) 
• EDB Society (President) 
• Directorships in other CapitaLand Investment Group companies

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

• SIA Engineering Company Limited 

Background and working experience

• Senior Executive Director, CapitaLand Group (from July 2019 to September 2021)
• Deputy Group CEO, Ascendas-Singbridge Pte Ltd (from January 2016 to June 2019)
• President & Chief Executive Officer, Ascendas Pte Ltd (from May 2013 to December 2015)
• Chief Executive Officer, JTC Corporation (from October 2009 to April 2013)
• Deputy/Assistant Managing Director, Economic Development Board (from February 2007 to September 2009)
• Director, Economic Development Board (from May 1999 to February 2007)

 

Chief Executive Officer
Executive Non-Independent Director

Bachelor of Commerce, Mumbai University, India
Master of Business Administration, London Business School, United Kingdom
Qualified Chartered Accountant
Graduate Company Secretary, India

Date of first appointment as a Director: 1 October 2014

Background and working experience

• President, Real Estate, ICICI Venture Funds Mgmt. Co. Ltd. (from 2009 to 2014)
• Managing Director, Future Capital Real Estate (from 2005 to 2009)

Non-Executive Independent Director

Diploma in Business Studies, Accounting from the Caulfield Institute of Technology, Melbourne

Date of first appointment as a Director: 30 September 2015

Board committee served on

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

Present directorships in other listed company

• Keppel REIT Management Limited (Manager of Keppel REIT)

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

• Halcyon Agri Corporation Limited 
• KrisEnergy Ltd (In liquidation) 

Background and working experience

• Principal, Kanni Advisory (from June 2011 to December 2019)
• Partner and Audit Leader, Deloitte & Touche LLP (from January 1989 to May 2011)

Non-Executive Independent Director

Bachelor of Arts (Law), Selwyn College, University of Cambridge
Master of Laws, Harvard University
Admitted to the New York State Bar Association and the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa

Date of first appointment as a Director: 1 February 2018

Board committees served on

• Audit and Risk Committee (Member)
• Investment Committee (Member)

Present directorship in other listed company

• CLP Holdings Limited

Present principal commitments

• AZB & Partners (Founder and Senior Partner)
• J.M. Holdings Limited (Director)
• Cambridge India Research Foundation (Non-Executive Director)
• ICCA Foundation, Inc. (Non-Executive Member, Governing Board)
• Observer Research Foundation (Non-Executive Trustee)

Past directorship in other listed company held over the preceding three years

• The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited

Background and working experience

• Founder and Senior Partner, AZB & Partners (from 2004 to present)

Awards

• India Managing Partner of the Year
• Ranked No. 1 by Fortune India in its ‘India's 50 Most Powerful Women in business’ list
• India’s 10 Most Powerful Women
• Asia’s 50 Power Businesswomen

Non-Executive Independent Director

Fellow, Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants
Fellow, Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales
Fellow, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (UK)
Fellow, CPA Australia

Date of first appointment as a Director: 20 November 2020

Board committee served on

• Audit and Risk Committee (Member)

Present directorship in other listed company 

• Zheneng Jinjiang Environment Holding Company Limited

Present principal commitment 

• Dr Ernest Kan Financial Advisory & Business Consulting 

Background and working experience

• Chief Advisor (Capital Markets China), Singapore Exchange (from September 2018 to November 2020)
• Deputy Managing Partner, Deloitte & Touche LLP (as Partner from July 1994 to May 2018)

Non-Executive Independent Director

Bachelor of Social Sciences (Honours), National University of Singapore
Bachelor of Arts, National University of Singapore

Date of first appointment as a Director: 20 November 2020

Board committee served on

• Nominating and Remuneration Committee (Chairman) wef 1 January 2023
• Investment Committee (Member)

Present directorship in other listed company

• SATS Ltd.

Present principal commitments

• Parliament of Singapore (Member of Parliament, East Coast GRC) 
• Parliament of Singapore (Deputy Speaker) 
• CGH Fund (Committee Member) • East Coast Town Council (Chairman) 
• Finance, Trade & Industry and Communications & Information Government Parliamentary Committees (Member) 
• Nanyang Polytechnic (Vice Chairman, Board of Governors) 
• Singapore Management University, The School of Information Systems (Member, Board of Advisors) 
• Netball Singapore (Board Member and President)

Past directorship in other listed company held over the preceding three years

• CapitaLand Commercial Trust Management Limited (Manager of CapitaLand Commercial Trust¹)

Background and working experience

• Microsoft (from 2003 to 2016), holding various senior positions in Singapore and Asia Pacific region. Last position held was Managing Director, Microsoft Operations, Singapore.
• IBM (from 1989 to 2003), holding several senior positions in Singapore and Asia Pacific region. Last position held was Director, Networking Services, IBM Global Services, Asia Pacific.

Awards

• Singapore Computer Society IT Leader Award 2015

 
¹ Delisted from the Official List of the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited on 3 November 2020.

 

Non-Executive Independent Director

Bachelor of Accountancy (Honours), National University of Singapore
Fellow, Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants
Fellow, Certified Practising Accountants of Australia

Date of first appointment as a Director: 1 June 2022

Board Committee served on

• Audit and Risk Committee (Member)

Present directorship in other listed company

• SATS Ltd.

Present principal commitments

• Monetary Authority of Singapore (Board Member) 
• SkillsFuture Singapore (Board Member) • Workforce Singapore (Board Member) 
• Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine Governing Board at Nanyang Technological University (Board Member) 
• Wealth Management Institute Limited (Director) 
• The Judicial Service Commission (Member) 
• MILK (Mainly I Love Kids) Fund (Member)

Background and working experience

• Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Singapore (From 1 July 1993 to 31 October 2020)

Awards

• Public Service Medal at the Singapore National Day awards 2015
• Public Service Star at the Singapore National Day awards 2020

Non-Executive Non-Independent Director

Bachelor of Science in Estate Management (Honours), National University of Singapore
Master of Science in Project Management, National University of Singapore

Date of appointment as a Director: 8 July 2016

Board committee served on

• Investment Committee (Member)

Present directorships in other listed companies

• CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust Management Limited (Manager of CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust)
• CapitaLand Malaysia REIT Management Sdn. Bhd. (Manager of CapitaLand Malaysia Trust)

Present principal commitments

• CapitaLand Investment Limited (CEO, Listed Funds)
• Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore (Member, Management Board)

Past directorship in other listed company held over the preceding three years

• CapitaLand Commercial Trust Management Limited (Manager of CapitaLand Commercial Trust¹)

Background and working experience

• CEO, Fund Management of CapitaLand Investment Limited (from September 2021 to April 2022) 
• President, CapitaLand Financial, CapitaLand Group (from July 2019 to September 2021)
• Group Chief Operating Officer, Ascendas-Singbridge Pte. Ltd. (from July 2018 to June 2019)
• Group Chief Financial Officer, Ascendas-Singbridge Pte. Ltd. (from September 2017 to June 2019)
• Chief Investment Officer and Head of Real Estate Funds, Ascendas-Singbridge Pte. Ltd. (from June 2015 to November 2017)
• Assistant Group Chief Executive Officer for Overseas Funds & India, Ascendas Pte. Ltd. (from July 2012 to May 2015)
• Head of Real Estate Funds, Ascendas Pte Ltd (from January 2008 to May 2015)
• Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer, CapitaLand India Trust Management Pte. Ltd. (from June 2007 to September 2014)

 
¹ Delisted from the Official List of the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited on 3 November 2020.