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Tan Sri Dato’ (Dr) Francis Yeoh joined
the Board on 31 December 2008.
Tan Sri Francis studied at Kingston
University in the United Kingdom,
where he obtained a Bachelor of
Science (Hons) in Civil Engineering and
was conferred an Honorary Doctorate
of Engineering in 2004. In July 2014,
Tan Sri Francis was conferred an
Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws
from the University of Nottingham.
He was appointed as an Executive
Director of YTL Corp in 1984 and
has been the Managing Director
of YTL Group since 1988. Under his
stewardship, YTL Corp has grown
from a single listed entity into a global
integrated infrastructure developer,
encompassing multiple listed entities,
i.e. YTL Corp, YTL Power International
Berhad, YTL Land & Development
Berhad, YTL Hospitality REIT, and
Starhill Global REIT.
Tan Sri Francis is presently the
Managing Director of YTL Corp, YTL
Power International Berhad and YTL
Land & Development Berhad, all
listed on the Main Market of Bursa
Malaysia Securities Berhad. Tan Sri
Francis sits on the board of several
public companies such as YTL Cement
Berhad and YTL Industries Berhad,
and also serves as Chairman of private
utilities corporations, Wessex Water
Services Limited in England and Wales,
and YTL PowerSeraya Pte Limited in
Singapore. Tan Sri Francis is also an
Independent Non-Executive Director
of The Hongkong and Shanghai
Banking Corporation Limited, and
is a director and Chief Executive
Officer of Pintar Projek Sdn Bhd, the
manager of YTL Hospitality REIT. He
also sits on the board of trustees of
YTL Foundation and also serves on the
board of directors of SUU Foundation,
a humanitarian organisation
committed to improving healthcare
and education in Myanmar.
Tan Sri Francis is a Founder Member
of the Malaysian Business Council and
The Capital Markets Advisory Council.
He is also a member of The Nature
Conservancy Asia Pacific Council, the
Asia Business Council, Trustee of the
Asia Society and Chairman for South
East Asia of the International Friends of
the Louvre. He is also a member of the
Advisory Council of London Business
School, Wharton School and INSEAD.
He served as a member of Barclays
Asia-Pacific Advisory Committee from
2005 to 2012. Tan Sri Francis was made
board member of Global Child Forum
by His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf in
May 2016.
Tan Sri Francis has been ranked by
both Fortune and Businessweek
magazines as Asia’s 25 Most Powerful
and Influential Business Personalities
and as one of Asia’s Top Executives
by Asiamoney. He won the inaugural
Ernst & Young Master Entrepreneur of
the Year in Malaysia in 2002 and was
named Malaysia’s CEO of the Year by
CNBC Asia Pacific in 2005.
In 2006, Tan Sri Francis was awarded
the Commander of the Most Excellent
Order of the British Empire (CBE) by
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and
received a prestigious professional
accolade when made a fellow of the
Institute of Civil Engineers in London
in 2008. He was the Primus Inter Pares
Honouree of the 2010 Oslo Business
for Peace Award, for his advocacy of
socially responsible business ethics and
practices. The Award was conferred
by a panel of Nobel Laureates in Oslo,
home of the Nobel Peace Prize. He
also received the Corporate Social
Responsibility Award at CNBC’s 9th
Asia Business Leaders Awards 2010.
In 2015, he was awarded the Lifetime
Achievement Award for Leadership in
Regulated Industries at the 7th World
Chinese Economic Summit (WCES), held
in London and in 2016, he was honored
with the prestigious Muhammad Ali
Celebrity Fight Night Award at The
Celebrity Fight Night in Arizona.
TAN SRI DATO’ (DR)
FRANCIS YEOH SOCK PING
NON-EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN
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Mr Ho Sing joined the Board on 20 April
2010. He is the Chief Executive Officer
of the Manager. He works with the
Chairman and the Board in formulating
strategies for Starhill Global REIT and
is responsible for the day-to-day
operations of Starhill Global REIT.
MR HO SING
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
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Dato’ Yeoh Seok Kian joined the Board
on 31 December 2008. He has been
an Executive Director of YTL Corp
since 1984. He is currently the Deputy
Managing Director of YTL Corp and
YTL Power International Berhad, and
the Executive Director of YTL Land
& Development Berhad, all listed on
the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia
Securities Berhad.
Dato’ Yeoh also serves on the board of
several other public companies such
as YTL Cement Berhad, YTL Industries
Berhad and The Kuala Lumpur
Performing Arts Centre, and private
utilities corporations, Wessex Water
Limited in England and Wales and YTL
PowerSeraya Pte Limited in Singapore.
He is also an Executive Director of
Pintar Projek Sdn Bhd, the manager of
YTL Hospitality REIT.
Dato’ Yeoh holds a Bachelor of Science
(Honours) degree in Building from
Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh,
United Kingdom. He was recently
conferred an Honorary Degree of
Doctor of University by Heriot-Watt
DATO’ YEOH SEOK KIAN
NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
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He has over 25 years of leadership and
management experience with multi-
national companies in engineering,
medical, infrastructure, and real estate.
These included senior positions in the
Singapore Technologies Group, Dornier
Medical, Sembcorp Industries and
Guocoland Limited. He is currently an
Independent Non-Executive Director
of Daiman Development Berhad, a
company listed on the Main Market of
Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad.
Mr Ho holds a Bachelor of Science
degree in Aerospace Engineering from
the University of Texas, Austin, USA. He
also completed the Stanford Executive
Program at Stanford University in 2002.
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