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

Present principal commitment:

• Chief Executive Officer and Director, CLI India Pte. Ltd.

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 Independent Director

B.A. Economics (Hons.), Calcutta University, India
MBA (Executive MBA Programme), Melbourne Business School, University of Melbourne  

Date of first appointment as a Director: 1 May 2023

Board committee served on

• Audit and Risk Committee (Member)

Background and working experience

• Head of Singapore, South-east Asia, India and the Middle East, Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (from September 2019 to July 2022)

• President Director, PT Bank ANZ Indonesia (April 2016 to August 2019)
• CEO Singapore, Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (from October 2010 to April 2016)
• CEO Greater Mekong, Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (concurrent appointment with CEO Singapore) (December 2014 to December 2015)
• Acting CEO Asia, Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (concurrent appointment with CEO Singapore) (December 2013 to August 2014)
• Head of Transaction Banking and Specialised Finance, Asia Pacific, Europe and America, Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (February 2009 to September 2010)
• Managing Director Global Transaction Banking, Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (May 2008 to January 2009)

• Managing Director Corporate Banking Australia, Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (November 2006 to April 2008)
• Head of Risk, Business, Corporate and Private Banking, Australia, Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (May 2004 to October 2006)
• Various senior roles in Australia and India, Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (August 1980 to May 2004)

Award

• Fellow of the Institute of Banking & Finance (IBF) Singapore

Non-Executive Non-Independent Director

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

Date of appointment as a Director: 1 June 2023

Board committee served on

• Investment Committee (Member)

Present directorships in other listed companies

• CapitaLand Ascott Trust Management Limited (manager of CapitaLand Ascott Real Estate Investment Trust)
• CapitaLand Ascott Business Trust Management Pte. Ltd. (trustee-manager of CapitaLand Ascott Business Trust)
•  Jollibee Foods Corporation

Present principal commitments

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

Background and working experience

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