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The Manager and corporate governancefacilitating communications and liaison with Unitholders. This includes statutory reporting, such asproducing annual reports to Unitholders, and reporting to the SGX-ST in compliance with the ListingManual. The principal objective of this role is to maintain continuous disclosure and transparentcommunications with Unitholders and the market. He is also tasked with the responsibility ofpromoting and marketing LMIR Trust to Unitholders, prospective investors and the media throughregular communications, roadshows, events and a corporate website.The Asset Manager is responsible for formulating the business plans in relation to LMIR Trust’s propertieswith short, medium and long-term objectives, and with a view to maximising the rental income of LMIRTrust via active asset management. The Asset Manager will work closely with the Property Manager toimplement LMIR Trust’s strategies so as to ensure that the properties in LMIR Trust’s portfolio maximisetheir income generation potential and minimise their expense base without compromising theirmarketability. The Asset Manager will focus on the operations of LMIR Trust’s properties, theimplementation of the short to medium term objectives of LMIR Trust’s portfolio and will supervise theProperty Manager in the implementation of LMIR Trust’s property-related strategies.The Investment Manager is responsible for identifying, researching and evaluating potential acquisitionsand related investments with a view to enhancing LMIR Trust’s portfolio or divestments where a property isno longer strategic, fails to enhance the value of LMIR Trust’s portfolio or fails to be yield accretive. TheInvestment Manager also recommends and analyses potential asset enhancement initiatives. In order tosupport these various initiatives, the Investment Manager will develop financial models to test the financialimpact of different courses of action. These findings will be research-driven to help develop and implementthe proposed initiatives.Experience and Expertise of Executive OfficersInformation on the working experience of the executive officers of the Manager is set out below:Ms Viven G. Sitiabudi(See “—Directors of the Manager—Experience and Expertise of the Board of Directors—Ms VivenG.Sitiabudi”.)Mr Rudi Chuan Hwee HiowMr Rudi Chuan Hwee Hiow is the Chief Financial Officer, the Investor Relations Manager and theCompliance Officer of the Manager. He has experience in corporate finance. Prior to joining theManager in April 2007, he was the Senior Vice President (Finance & Accounting) with MacquariePacific Star Prime REIT Management Limited from March 2005. As the Senior Vice President,Mr Chuan was in charge of finance and finance-related duties, human resource, informationtechnology as well as serving as the co-company secretary.From July 2000 to February 2005, Mr Chuan was a financial controller with a private property developmentcompany, Suntec City Development Pte. Ltd. From December 1995 to July 2000, Mr Chuan was a SeniorManager, Finance with NatSteel Chemicals Limited.From February 1990 to October 1995, Mr Chuan worked with Unilever Singapore Pte. Ltd., MarsConfectionary, Australia and Effem Foods Inc (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mars Incorporated, USA).From January 1989 to January 1990, Mr Chuan was a Senior Accountant with a logistics company, FreightLinks Express Ltd.From July 1986 to December 1988, Mr Chuan was a project analyst at a real estate company, UnitedIndustrial Corporation Ltd. As a project analyst, Mr Chuan was responsible for evaluating and makingrecommendations on potential take-over targets.Mr Chuan is a certified public accountant and has been a member of the Institute of Certified PublicAccountants of Singapore since 1988. He graduated in 1981 from the University of Otago, New Zealand,with a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Accounting and holds a Master’s degree in BusinessAdministration from the State University of New York, Buffalo.194