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Mr Lim Kok Hoong joined the Board on
1 January 2017 and is the Chairman of
the Audit Committee. He has over 33
years of audit and financial consulting
experience and was responsible for the
audits of statutory boards and some of
the largest multinational corporations in
Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia.
Mr Lim served as a Senior Partner of
Ernst & Young Singapore from 2002 to
2003. He started his career with Arthur
Andersen in 1971 and served as the
Managing Partner of Arthur Andersen
Singapore from 1990 to 2002 and as
a Regional Managing Partner for the
ASEAN region in Arthur Andersen from
2000 to 2002.
Mr Lim is also an Independent Director
and Audit Committee Chairman of
Genting Singapore PLC and Global
Logistics Properties Ltd. Mr Lim’s past
appointments include directorships at
Genting Integrated Resorts Operations
Management Pte Ltd, Hoe Leong
Corporation Ltd, Amtek Engineering
Ltd, Singapore Tourism Board, Parkway
Trust Management Limited (manager
of Parkway Life REIT) and Sabana
Real Estate Investment Management
Pte Ltd (manager of Sabana Shari’ah
Compliant REIT).
Mr Lim is a member of the Institute of
Singapore Chartered Accountants and
the Institute of Chartered Accountants
in Australia. Mr Lim graduated with a
Bachelor of Commerce degree from the
University of Western Australia in 1971.
Dr Michael Hwang was a Board
and Audit Committee member from
1 January 2006 to 31 July 2017. He was
formerly a Judicial Commissioner of
the Supreme Court of Singapore from
1991 - 1992 and one of the first 12 Senior
Counsel appointed in Singapore.
Dr Hwang now practices as an
independent barrister and international
arbitrator and also serves as the
Chief Justice of the Dubai International
Financial Centre Courts. Currently,
Dr Hwang also sits on the board of
various companies, including Singapore
Dance Theatre Ltd, Linyi Investments
Pte Ltd and Religare Health Trust
Trustee Manager Pte Ltd, the trustee-
manager of Religare Health Trust.
Dr Hwang was a partner of Allen &
Gledhill LLP from 1972 to 1991, and
again from 1993 to 2002. His past
appointments include being Singapore’s
Non-Resident Ambassador to
Switzerland (and presently accredited
to Argentina), a Commissioner of the
UN Compensation Commission,
President of the Law Society of
Singapore, Vice President of the ICC
International Court of Arbitration, and
one of Singapore’s official nominees
to the Permanent Court of Arbitration
at The Hague. Dr Hwang advised the
Real Estate Developers’ Association of
Singapore for many years, including
preparations for the establishment of
REITs in Singapore. He has served on
the boards of several publicly listed
companies including The Straits Trading
Company Ltd, Del Monte Pacific Limited,
The Hour Glass Limited as well as PSA
Corporation Ltd (and its predecessor
the Port of Singapore Authority).
Dr Hwang holds undergraduate and
post-graduate law degrees from the
University of Oxford, and an Honorary
Doctor of Laws degree from the
University of Sydney.
Mr Ching Yew Chye joined the Board on
1 November 2016 and is a member of
the Audit Committee. He is a seasoned
management and information technology
professional. In 1982, he joined Accenture
PLC, a global management consulting,
technology services and outsourcing
company. From 1997 until his retirement
in 2007, he assumed various regional
senior management roles in Accenture,
including Managing Partner of the
Financial Services Industry Group-
Asia, Geographic Council Chairman-
Asia and Managing Partner for South
Asia Region. He was a member of the
Accenture Global Executive Committee
from 2001 to 2004 and served on
several committees/task forces to craft
Accenture’s global strategy.
He is currently an independent non-
executive director of Petronas Chemicals
Group Berhad and Genting Plantations
Berhad, and the independent non-
executive Chairman of AIA Berhad.
Mr Ching also served as a member of
the board of directors of HSBC Bank
Malaysia Berhad from 2008 to 2015.
Mr Ching holds a Bachelor of Science
(Honours) degree from the University
of London, UK.
Mr Tan Woon Hum joined the Board
on 1 August 2017 and is a member of
the Audit Committee. He is currently
a partner of Shook Lin & Bok LLP, a
Singapore law firm and has been with
the firm since December 2003. He
graduated from the National University
of Singapore with a LLB (Honours)
Degree in 1995 and was admitted as an
Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme
Court of Singapore in 1996. Mr Tan
obtained his MBA (Finance) from the
University of Leicester in 2000. He has
been in private legal practice since
1996 and specialises in trust, asset and
wealth management. He advises on
the establishment of traditional and
alternative funds including related
licences and exemptions for fund
management companies, as well as the
establishment and listing of REITs. Mr Tan
is also an independent non-executive
director of Ezion Holdings Limited and
AP Oil International Limited, companies
listed on the Singapore Exchange
Securities Trading Limited, and UTI
International (Singapore) Private Limited,
a licensed fund manager. He previously
served as independent director of Yong
Xin International Holdings Limited.
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LEAD INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR
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DR MICHAEL HWANG
INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR
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MR CHING YEWCHYE
INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR
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MR TAN WOON HUM
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University. He also attended the
Advance Management Programme
conducted by Wharton Business
School, University of Pennsylvania and
is a Fellow of the Faculty of Building,
United Kingdom, as well as a Member
of the Chartered Institute of Building
(United Kingdom).
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