Annual Report 2007 - The Link REIT

Annual Report 2007
The Link Real Estate Investment Trust
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Board of Directors
Mr CHEW Fook Aun
Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer
Mr Chew, aged 45, has been Executive Director and Chief
Financial Officer of the Manager since February 2007. He is
a member of the Disclosures Committee and the Finance
& Investment Committee of the Manager. Mr Chew is also
a Director of The Link Holdings Limited, The Link Properties
Limited and The Link Finance Limited, being the principal
subsidiaries of The Link REIT.
Mr Chew is a graduate of the London School of Economics
and Political Science of the University of London in the
United Kingdom and holds a Bachelor of Science (Economics)
degree from the University of London. He is a Fellow of the
Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (HKICPA)
and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in
England and Wales. Mr Chew has substantial experience in
the accounting, auditing and finance fields in the United
Kingdom and in Hong Kong. He trained and qualified as a
Chartered Accountant with Ernst & Whinney in London and
was formerly with Ernst & Young in Hong Kong. He was the
Chief Financial Officer of Kerry Properties Limited from 1996
to 2004, a Director of Corporate Finance for Kerry Holdings
Limited from 1998 to 2004 and the Executive Director
responsible for the property portfolio for Kyard Limited from
2004 to 2007.
Mr Chew is a Council member of the HKICPA and the
Chairman of its Corporate Governance Committee and
a Technical Advisor to the Chairman of the Professional
Accountants in Business Committee of the International
Federation of Accountants (IFAC). He is also a Member
of the Advisory Committee of the Securities and Futures
Commission (the “SFC”) and the Citizens Advisory Committee
on Community Relations of the Independent Commission
Against Corruption (ICAC).
Mr John HO Chi On
Non-Executive Director
Mr Ho, aged 30, has been a Non-Executive Director of the
Manager since July 2006. He is a member of the Finance
& Investment Committee and the Human Resources &
Compensation Committee of the Manager. Mr Ho has broad
investment and business management experience in real
estate and property industries globally. He is currently a
Director of The Children’s Investment Fund Management
(Asia) Limited. He heads up The Children’s Investment Fund
Management (UK) LLP’s (“TCI”) office in Hong Kong and is
responsible for TCI’s Asia-Pacific investment activities. Mr Ho
is also a Non-Executive Director of Chinese Future Limited,
which undertakes infrastructure investments in China. TCI is
a substantial unitholder of The Link REIT within the meaning
of Part XV of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Chapter
571 of the Laws of Hong Kong) (the “SFO”).
Mr LIEW Mun Leong
Non-Executive Director
Mr Liew, aged 60, joined the Board in September 2004. He
is a member of the Finance & Investment Committee and
the Human Resources & Compensation Committee of the
Manager. Mr Liew has more than 30 years of international
experience in the construction and real estate industries
in Singapore and overseas. He is President and Chief
Executive Officer of CapitaLand Group. He is also Deputy
Chairman of The Ascott Group Limited (a company listed
on the Singapore Exchange), CapitaMall Trust Management
Limited (manager of CapitaMall Trust, the first listed REIT
in Singapore), CapitaRetail China Trust Management
Limited (manager of CapitaRetail China Trust, a listed
REIT in Singapore), CapitaCommercial Trust Management
Limited and Ascott Residence Trust Management Limited. In
addition, Mr Liew is Chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority
of Singapore.