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| Quek Leng Chan |
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| Executive Chairman |
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Aged 66, has been the Executive Chairman of Guoco Group Limited ("Guoco") since 1990 and is the Chairman of the Board Remuneration Committee ("BRC") of Guoco. Mr Quek is the Chairman and CEO of Hong Leong Company (Malaysia) Berhad ("HLCM"), the ultimate holding company of Guoco. He is a director of HL Holdings Sdn Bhd, Davos Investment Holdings Private Limited and Hong Leong Investment Holdings Pte Ltd, deemed substantial shareholders of Guoco. He holds directorships in Guoco's key listed subsidiaries and associated companies, including as a director of GuocoLand Limited ("GLL"); as the Executive Chairman of GuocoLeisure Limited ("GL") and GuocoLand (Malaysia) Berhad; and as the Chairman of Hong Leong Financial Group Berhad, Hong Leong Bank Berhad ("HLB") and HLG Capital Berhad. He is also the Executive Chairman of other Malaysian listed public companies, namely Hong Leong Industries Berhad ("HLI"), Hume Industries (Malaysia) Berhad and Narra Industries Berhad. Mr Quek qualified as a Barrister-at-Law from Middle Temple, United Kingdom and has extensive business experience in various business sectors, including financial services, manufacturing and real estate. He is a brother of Messrs Kwek Leng Hai and Kwek Leng San.
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| Kwek Leng Hai |
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| President and CEO |
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Aged 56, is the President, CEO of Guoco and has been an Executive Director of Guoco since 1990. He holds directorships in Guoco's key subsidiaries and associated companies including GLL, GL, HLB and Bank of Chengdu Co., Ltd. He also serves as the Chairman of Lam Soon (Hong Kong) Limited ("LSHK"), a Hong Kong listed subsidiary of HLCM. He is also a director of HLCM. Mr Kwek qualified as a chartered accountant of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. He is a brother of Messrs Quek Leng Chan and Kwek Leng San.
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| Tan Lim Heng |
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| Executive Director |
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Aged 61, joined GuocoCapital Limited and GuocoCommodities Limited, wholly owned subsidiaries of Guoco, as the Managing Director in 1990, and has been an Executive Director of Guoco since 1996. He also serves as a non-executive director of LSHK. Mr Tan holds a Bachelor of Science first class honours degree in engineering from University of Surrey and a Master of Science degree in management from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He had also previously worked in Geneva in 1974 with the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. Prior to joining Guoco, he had served in the Singapore Civil Service as a Colombo Plan Scholar 1975-1978 before coming to work in Hong Kong with a financial services company and a major U.S. bank. Mr Tan has extensive experience in property investment, financial and investment management services.
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| Ding Wai Chuen |
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| Executive Director |
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Aged 49, was re-designated as an Executive Director of Guoco with effect from 1 September 2009. He was previously an Independent Non-executive Director of Guoco. He also serves as a non-executive director of LSHK.
Mr Ding is an associate member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and a fellow member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants ("HKICPA").
Mr Ding has over 25 years of experience as a professional accountant with international firms of accountants in England and in Hong Kong and with the HKICPA. In 2007, Mr Ding was appointed by the Hong Kong SAR Government as a member of the Financial Reporting Review Panel of the Financial Reporting Council ("FRC").
Since 2002, Mr Ding has been appointed by the PRC Ministry of Finance as a member of the Advisory Group of Foreign Experts for the development of PRC's Independent Auditing Standards. Since the beginning of 2007, he has been involved, as an advisor to the HKICPA, in the joint projects between HKICPA and PRC Ministry of Finance for the comparison of Hong Kong and PRC accounting and auditing standards. Mr Ding is a member of Pan-Pearl River Delta Panel of the Central Policy Unit of the Hong Kong SAR Government. Before taking up the executive director position of Guoco, he was a Partner of Grant Thornton, Certified Public Accountants. Mr Ding is currently a council member of the HKICPA.
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| Kwek Leng San |
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| Non-executive Director |
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Aged 54, has been a Non-executive Director of Guoco since 1990. He is the President and CEO of HLI, a Malaysia listed subsidiary of HLCM. He is also a director of HLCM. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering and a Master of Science degree in finance. He is a brother of Messrs Quek Leng Chan and Kwek Leng Hai.
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| Sat Pal Khattar |
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| Independent Non-executive Director |
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Aged 66, has been an Independent Non-executive Director of Guoco since 1991 and is the Chairman of the Board Audit Committee ("BAC") of Guoco. He is the Chairman
and an independent non-executive director of GLL and GL respectively, subsidiaries of Guoco listed in Singapore. He is also a director of Haw Par Corporation Limited listed in Singapore as well as Gateway Distriparks Ltd and India Infoline Ltd listed in India. Mr Khattar now chairs Khattar Holdings Pte Ltd, an investment group based in
Singapore. He obtained a LLM degree and a LLB (Hons) degree from the University of Singapore.
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| Volker Stoeckel |
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| Independent Non-executive Director |
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Aged 64, has been an Independent Non-Executive Director of Guoco since 2004 and is a member of the BAC and the BRC of Guoco. Since 2007 he is the Chairman and CEO of Metal Cast Zhong Shan Limited. Until 2006 he was the Chairman and CEO of the German Centre for Industry and Trade in Shanghai. Before that he held various senior banking positions in Asia for over 26 years. Until 2004 he was the Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Executive of Asia Pacific of Bayerische Landesbank, Regional Head Office, in Hong Kong. Mr Stoeckel has wide range experience in capital markets, corporate finance, project finance, treasury and securities business, and property development of commercial and industrial projects in China. He is also a consultant for major companies in Asia for projects in Europe. He graduated from the University of Munich in economics and holds a diploma in banking.
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| Roderic N. A. Sage |
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| Independent Non-executive Director |
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Aged 56, was appointed as an Independent Non-executive Director of Guoco with effect from 2 October 2009 and is a member of both the BAC and the BRC. He is the Chief Executive Officer of a specialist tax, corporate services and trust consultancy firm in Hong Kong.
Prior to that, Mr Sage had worked with KPMG Hong Kong over 20 years until 2003, as a senior partner and member of the management board of KPMG. He has been granted fellow status with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and with the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
He is also an associate member of the Institute of Taxation in England. He has over 30 years' experience in accounting, international tax planning and investment structuring enhanced by considerable knowledge of cross-boarder and onshore and offshore transactions and structures.
Mr Sage is a Convenor of the Financial Reporting Review Panel of the FRC. He is an independent non-executive director of Tai Ping Carpets International Limited listed in Hong Kong and the Alpha Tiger Fund listed on London's Alternative Investment Market.
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