38<strong>Lippo</strong>-Mapletree <strong>Indonesia</strong> <strong>Retail</strong> <strong>Trust</strong> Annual Report 2009Board of DirectorsFrom left to right: Mr Tan Boon Leong, Mr Yeo Cheow Tong, Mr Tan Bar Tien, Mr Lim Ho Seng, Ms Viven Gouw Sitiabudi, Mr Lok Vi Ming and Mr Wong Mun Hoong.MR TAN BAR TIENChairmanIndependent Non-Executive DirectorMr Tan Bar Tien is a lawyer with 32 years of practice andextensive experience in various aspects of law includingcorporate law, property law and litigation matters. MrTan has represented clients in transactions in relation tocompleted properties and properties under constructionand is familiar with real estate matters such as propertymortgages, sale and purchase of properties, constructionloans and developer’s projects, including the constructionof properties on a progressive basis. Mr Tan graduatedfrom the University of Singapore in 1976 with a degreein Bachelor of Laws (Honours), and was admitted as anAdvocate and Solicitor of the High Court of Singapore inJanuary 1977.MR LIM HO SENGIndependent Non-Executive DirectorMr Lim Ho Seng has over 20 years of experience in theretail industry and was formerly the Chief E xecutive Offi cerof NTUC Fairprice Cooperative Ltd, which has investmentsin real estate and leases retail spaces to other retailtenants. Mr Lim was previously a director of Tampines MallPte Ltd, which was subsequently acquired by CapitaMall<strong>Trust</strong>, and is currently the Chairman of Baker TechnologyLimited. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Certifi ed PublicAccountants of Singapore, the Institute of Certifi ed PublicAccountants, Australia, the Association of CharteredCertifi ed Accountants and the Institute of CharteredSecretaries and Administrators, United Kingdom and theSingapore Institute of Directors.
39Board of DirectorsMR LOK VI MINGIndependent Non-Executive DirectorMr Lok Vi Ming is a partner and head of the Aviation PracticeGroup at M/s Rodyk & Davidson. Appointed as a SeniorCounsel in 2005, Mr Lok is an internationally renownedaviation lawyer who has been featured in Euromoney LegalMedia’s Guide and Guide to the World’s Leading Insuranceand Reinsurance lawyers and also in the InternationalWho’s Who of Aviation lawyers. Mr Lok is a Fellow of theSingapore Institute of Arbitrators and has been appointedto the Regional Panel of Arbitrators with the SingaporeInternational Arbitration Centre. Mr Lok graduated with aBachelor of Law (Honours) from the National University ofSingapore in 1986.MS VIVEN GOUW SITIABUDIExecutive Director of the Boardand Chief Executive Offi cerMs Viven Gouw Sitiabudi has more than 20 years ofexperience in management, marketing and sales andwas the President Director of the Sponsor. Under herstewardship in the past three years, the Sponsor hasbecome the largest listed property company in <strong>Indonesia</strong>by assets. She has been integral in identifying theopportunity for the Sponsor to invest in retail properties(the strata malls and the planned leased malls), enhancingexisting assets and ensuring the delivery of the Sponsor’sdevelopment projects, which span across a variety ofreal estate sectors, including urban/township, residentialclusters, condominium, hospitals as well as hotel projects,throughout <strong>Indonesia</strong>. Ms Sitiabudi graduated from theUniversity of New South Wales, Australia in 1977 with adegree in Computer Science and Statistics.MR YEO CHEOW TONGNon-Executive DirectorMR TAN BOON LEONGNon-Executive DirectorMr Tan Boon Leong has 34 years of experience in the realestate industry and is currently the Chief Executive Offi cer(Singapore Investments) and Chief Operating Offi cer ofMapletree Investments Private Limited. He chairs the AssetControl Group for VivoCity, the largest retail mall in Singapore.He has also worked with the Inland Revenue Authority ofSingapore (IRAS) where he was involved in the valuationof real estate in Singapore and held the appointments ofTax Director (Technical Services – Property) and Head ofProperty and Valuation Services. He is currently a memberof the Valuation Review Board of Singapore. Mr Tan wasa Colombo Plan scholar and studied urban valuation (realestate) at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.MR WONG MUN HOONGNon-Executive DirectorMr Wong Mun Hoong is the Chief Financial Offi cerof Mapletree Investments Pte Ltd since 2006. As theChief Financial Offi cer, he is responsible for Finance &Tax, Treasury, Private Funds & <strong>Investor</strong> <strong>Relations</strong>, RiskManagement and Information Technology of the MapletreeGroup. He is also a director of Mapletree Logistics <strong>Trust</strong>Management Ltd. Prior to joining Mapletree, Mr Wonghas over 14 years’ investment banking experience in Asia,the last 10 years of which were with Merrill Lynch & Co,which included stints in Singapore, Hong Kong and Tokyo,and where he was a Director and Head of its SingaporeInvestment Banking Division. Mr Wong graduated witha Bachelor of Accountancy (Honours) from the NationalUniversity of Singapore in 1990. He is a non-practisingmember of the Institute of Certifi ed Public Accountantsof Singapore. He holds the professional designation ofChartered Financial Analyst from the CFA Institute of theUnited States.Mr Yeo Cheow Tong has been a prominent fi gure in theSingapore political landscape for over 25 years andhad previously held different ministerial positions in theSingapore government, such as Minister of Transport,Minister of Health, Minister for Community Development,Minister for Trade and Industry and Minister for theEnvironment. He is currently a Member of Parliament forHong Kah Group Representation Constituency and sits onthe panel of advisers for <strong>Lippo</strong> Group and Raffl es EducationCorporation, and is a member of the Global Advisory Boardthe University of Chicago Booth School of Business. MrYeo graduated from the University of Western Australia in1971 with a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering.
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