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The Board consists of 9 directors of whom 8 are non-executive directors. The Chairman is Mr Richard Edward Hale and the Deputy Chairman is Mr Liew Mun Leong. The sole executive director is Ms Lynette Leong, who is the CEO. The Board meets regularly, at least once every quarter, to discuss and review the Manager's key activities, its business strategies and policies for CCT, deliberate on the strategic policies of CCT, including significant acquisitions and disposals, review the annual budget, the performance of the business and the financial performance of the Manager and CCT, and approve the release of the quarterly and full-year results.

1. Mr Richard E. Hale

   Chairman and Non-Executive Director

   

   Mr Richard E. Hale joined the Board on 1 August 2006 and was last re-appointed as Director on 30 May 2009.

   Mr Hale is the Deputy Chairman of Sembcorp Marine Ltd (listed on the SGX-ST) and sits on the boards of CapitaLand Limited and Sembcorp Industries Ltd (both listed on the SGX-ST). He is a Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Directors.

   He started his career with The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ltd in October 1958 and served in London, Paris, Hong Kong, Germany, Malaysia, Japan and Singapore before retiring from the Bank as CEO Singapore and Director in March 1995. From July 1995 to September 1997, he acted as advisor on environmental matters for HSBC Holdings plc London, based in Singapore. Mr Hale was Executive Chairman of SNP Corporation Ltd from April 1999 to April 2000, and also served as Chairman of the Singapore International Chamber of Commerce for 1993 and 1994. He was formerly a Governor of United World College of South East Asia, Singapore and a Director of The Ascott Group Limited (formerly listed on the SGX-ST and now known as The Ascott Limited), Wheelock Properties (Singapore) Limited (listed on the SGX-ST) and BW Trust Management Pte Ltd.

   Mr Hale was educated at Radley College, Abingdon, UK. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers, London.

2. Mr Liew Mun Leong

   Deputy Chairman and Non-Executive Director

   

   Mr Liew Mun Leong joined the Board on 9 February 2004. He is also Chairman of the Executive Committee.

   Mr Liew is a Director of CapitaLand Limited (listed on the SGX-ST) and President and CEO of CapitaLand Group. He is also Chairman of CapitaMalls Asia Limited (listed on the SGX-ST), CapitaLand Residential Singapore Pte Ltd, CapitaLand China Holdings Pte Ltd, CapitaLand Commercial Limited, CapitaLand Financial Limited and CapitaLand ILEC Pte. Ltd. He is Deputy Chairman of The Ascott Limited, CapitaMall Trust Management Limited (the manager of CapitaMall Trust listed on the SGX-ST), CapitaRetail China Trust Management Limited (the manager of CapitaRetail China Trust listed on the SGX-ST) and Ascott Residence Trust Management Limited (the manager of Ascott Residence Trust listed on the SGX-ST). He is also a Director of CapitaLand Hope Foundation, the CapitaLand Group's philanthropic arm.

   Mr Liew is presently Chairman of Changi Airport Group (Singapore) Pte Ltd and a Director of Singapore Exchange Limited (listed on the SGX-ST).

   In 2006, Mr Liew was named Outstanding CEO of the Year in the Singapore Business Awards. In 2007, he was conferred the CEO of the Year award (for firms with market value of S$500 million or more) in The Business Times' Singapore Corporate Awards. In 2008, Mr Liew was named Asia's Best Executive of 2008 (Singapore) by Asiamoney and Best CEO in Asia (Property) by Institutional Investor.

   Mr Liew graduated from the University of Singapore with a Civil Engineering degree and is a registered professional civil engineer.

3. Ms Lynette Leong Chin Yee

   Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director

   

   Ms Lynette Leong Chin Yee joined the Board on 1 October 2007 and also serves as a Member of the Executive Committee.

   Ms Leong has more than 20 years of international experience, including banking and finance with Standard Chartered Bank and United Malayan Banking Corporation Berhad in Singapore and Malaysia, and real estate fund management in the London, New York, Chicago and Asian offices of LaSalle Investment Management. Prior to joining the Manager, Ms Leong was the Chief Executive Officer of Ascendas' South Korea office where she had spearheaded Ascendas' strong foothold in the country's real estate market, including the acquisition of office and logistics properties and the establishment of its first real estate fund there that was co-invested by some of South Korea's largest financial institutions.

   Ms Leong holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Estate Management and a Master of Science in Real Estate from the National University of Singapore.

4. Mr Ho Swee Huat

   Independent Director

   

   Mr Ho Swee Huat joined the Board on 9 February 2004. He is also Chairman of the Audit Committee.

   Mr Ho is the Managing Director and founder of Abacus Assets Advisors Pte Ltd, a financial advisory business. Before starting the company, he had an established career in the banking industry, with 20 years of experience in the Singapore, Hong Kong and New York markets.

   Mr Ho was an Executive Director of Paribas Merchant Banking Asia Pte Ltd, in charge of private banking for South East Asia from 1993 to 1997. Between 1988 and 1993, he worked at Overseas Union Bank Limited as Head of Regional Business for Corporate and Private Banking. Prior to that, Mr Ho had a 10-year career with the Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York and was the Head of Private Banking for South East Asia from 1987 to 1988.

   He is current Chairman of the Autism Association (Singapore) which he co-founded with a group of parents in 1992. He is also Vice-Chairman of the Eden School, a special school for children with autism.

   Mr Ho holds a Master of Science degree in Industrial Relations and Personnel Management from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and a Liberal Arts degree in Economics from Hamilton College, USA.

5. Mr Fong Kwok Jen

   Independent Director

   

   Mr Fong Kwok Jen joined the Board on 9 February 2004. He is also Chairman of the Corporate Disclosure Committee and a Member of the Audit Committee.

   Mr Fong is a Director of Fong Law Corporation, a legal firm, and also sits on the boards of WBL Corporation Limited (listed on the SGX-ST) and Xpress Group Limited (listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited). He was Chairman of the Disciplinary Committee of the SGX-ST from 1994 to 2007. Prior to that, Mr Fong sat on the Securities Industry Council from 1992 to 2003. He was also a Council Member of the Law Society of Singapore from 1990 to 1992. From 1982, Mr Fong spent eight years as Deputy Senior State Counsel and then as Senior State Counsel at the Attorney-General's Chambers. Before that, he was a Deputy Public Prosecutor at the Attorney-General's Chambers.

   Mr Fong graduated from the University of Singapore with a LLB (Honours). In 1976/77, he was awarded the Colombo Plan Award to attend the Government Legal Officer's Course in the United Kingdom. In 1986, he attended the NITA (National Institute of Trial Advocates) Advocacy Programme at Harvard Law School.

6. Dato' Mohammed Bin Haji Che Hussein

   Independent Director

   

   Dato' Mohammed Hussein joined the Board on 1 January 2009 and also serves as a Member of the Audit Committee.

   He is also the Chairman of Quill Capita Management Sdn Bhd (the manager of Quill Capita Trust listed on the Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad). He also sits on the boards of Hap Seng Consolidated Bhd (listed on the Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad), MCB Bank Limited (listed on the Karachi Stock Exchange), Ancom Berhad (listed on the Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad), PT Maybank Indocorp, University Malaysia Kelantan, PNB Property Holdings Sdn Bhd, Danajamin Nasional Berhad and Export-Import of Malaysia Berhad. He is also Senior Advisor of RSM Strategic Business Advisors Sdn Bhd.

   Dato' Mohammed spent 31 years with the Maybank Group and held various management positions including Head of Corporate Banking, Head of Malaysian Operations, Managing Director of Aseambankers Malaysia Berhad and, prior to his retirement in January 2008, was Executive Director/Chief Financial Officer of Maybank.

   Dato' Mohammed graduated with Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) from the University of Newcastle, Australia in 1970. He also completed the Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program in 2003.

7. Mr Wen Khai Meng

   Non-Executive Director

   

   Mr Wen Khai Meng is a Non-Executive Director since 1 October 2007. Prior to this, he was an alternate director to Mr Kee Teck Koon since 1 September 2006. He also serves as a Member of the Corporate Disclosure Committee and the Executive Committee.

   Mr Wen is the Chief Investment Officer of CapitaLand Limited (listed on the SGX-ST) and concurrently the Deputy Chairman of CapitaLand Commercial Limited. He is also a Director of Ascott Residence Trust Management Limited (the manager of Ascott Residence Trust listed on the SGX-ST) and Quill Capita Management Sdn Bhd (the manager of Quill Capita Trust listed on the Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad).

   Over the preceding three years, Mr Wen sat on the boards of Australand Holdings Limited (listed on the Australian Securities Exchange and the SGX-ST), CapitaMall Trust Management Limited (the manager of CapitaMall Trust listed on the SGX-ST) as an alternate director to Mr Kee Teck Koon and The Link Management Limited (the manager of The Link Real Estate Investment Trust listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited) as an alternate director to Mr Liew Mun Leong.

   Mr Wen holds a Master of Business Administration and a Master of Science in Construction Engineering from the National University of Singapore, as well as a Bachelor of Engineering (First Class Honours) from the University of Auckland, New Zealand.

8. Mr Olivier Lim Tse Ghow

   Non-Executive Director

   

   Mr Olivier Lim Tse Ghow joined the Board on 1 July 2005 and also serves as a Member of the Corporate Disclosure Committee and the Executive Committee. He was a Member of Audit Committee until 2 February 2010.

   Mr Lim is the Group Chief Financial Officer of CapitaLand Limited (listed on the SGX-ST). He is also a Director of CapitaMalls Asia Limited (listed on the SGX-ST), CapitaMall Trust Management Limited (the manager of CapitaMall Trust listed on the SGX-ST), Australand Holdings Limited (listed on the Australian Securities Exchange and the SGX-ST), Raffl es Medical Group Ltd (listed on the SGX-ST), and a member of the Board of both Sentosa Development Corporation and Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority.

   Prior to joining CapitaLand Limited, he was Director and Head of the Real Estate Unit, Corporate Banking in Citibank Singapore. He has more than 20 years of work experience in diverse areas including corporate banking, investment banking, corporate finance and real estate financial products.

   In 2007, Mr Lim was named Chief Financial Officer of the Year (for firms with market value of S$500 million or more) in The Business Times' Singapore Corporate Awards. In 2009, he was awarded Best Investor Relations by a CFO by IR Magazine in its South East Asia Awards. Mr Lim holds a First Class Honours degree in Civil Engineering from the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, United Kingdom.

9. Mr Ee Chee Hong

   Non-Executive Director

   

   Mr Ee Chee Hong joined the Board on 15 July 2009 and also serves as a Member of the Executive Committee.

   Mr Ee is the CEO of CapitaLand Commercial Limited and concurrently holds position as Managing Director of Strategic Corporate Development of CapitaLand Limited. He is a board member of Australand Holdings Limited (listed on the Australian Securities Exchange and the SGX-ST) and an Alternate Director to Mr Wen Khai Meng on the board of Quill Capita Management Sdn Bhd (the manager of Quill Capita Trust listed on the Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad).

   Mr Ee has held several appointments within the CapitaLand Group including the Managing Director of Financial Structuring Support for CapitaLand Financial Limited, CEO (China) for The Ascott Limited and CEO of Ascott Serviced Residence (China) Fund Management Limited. Before this, he held senior positions in the Embassy of the Republic of Singapore in Japan and Singapore's Economic Development Board.

   Mr Ee holds a Master degree in Engineering from the Graduate School of Tokyo Institute of Technology. He also completed the 172nd Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.