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Part II<br />
Directors, Management & Administration<br />
Directors of the Company<br />
The Directors are responsible for the determination of the Company’s investment objective and policy<br />
and have overall responsibility for the Group’s activities including the review of investment activity<br />
and performance.<br />
The Directors are as follows:<br />
Tom Chandos – Non-Executive Chairman<br />
Viscount Tom Chandos, age 53, is chairman of the real estate group Capital & Regional plc and the<br />
specialist investment company Queen’s Walk Investment Limited and sits on the board of a number<br />
of other publicly traded and private companies. He has a background in investment banking and<br />
venture capital, originally at a predecessor firm of Dresdner Kleinwort. He is a Trustee of the Esmee<br />
Fairbairn Foundation and a member of its investment committee. He is a Labour member of the<br />
House of Lords.<br />
Michael Chidiac – Non-Executive Director<br />
Michael Chidiac, age 40, is the Founder and Managing Director of RealCorp Luxembourg SA, a real<br />
estate services company in Luxembourg. Since 1987, Michael has held various London based roles,<br />
consulting in residential and commercial real estate. From 1998 to 1999 he was a valuer and<br />
investment advisor at Jones Lang LaSalle in Luxembourg. In 1999 he was a co-founder of Property<br />
Partners S.A. in Luxembourg, an associate office of Cushman Wakefield Healey & Baker. Michael is<br />
resident in Luxembourg and a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.<br />
John Frederiksen – Non-Executive Non-Independent Director<br />
John Frederiksen, age 58, is chairman of the Danish Property Federation and of several major<br />
Danish property companies. He established and was managing director of Bastionen A/S, one of the<br />
largest Danish property investment companies from 1986 to 2001, and was Chairman of ASC, the<br />
largest property management company in Denmark, from 1990 to 1998. John is a non-executive<br />
director of Insight Foundation Property Trust. Insight Foundation Property Trust Limited is<br />
managed by the Investment Manager and John is therefore considered to be a ‘‘non-independent<br />
director’’ under the Listing Rules. John is resident in Denmark.<br />
Robert Kimmels – Non-Executive Director<br />
Robert Kimmels, age 37, is the Assistant Managing Director of the Company’s Administrator Citco<br />
(Luxembourg) S.A. He joined the company in 1997 as a Trust Officer and has worked in Citco’s<br />
Amsterdam, Geneva and Brussels offices. From 1993 to 1997, Robert was an Associate at Martello<br />
Holdings N.V in Rotterdam, a consultancy firm offering strategic and financial advice and project<br />
management in distressed property situations to banks, real estate companies and receivers. Robert is<br />
resident in Luxembourg.<br />
Duncan Owen – Non-Executive Non-Independent Director<br />
Duncan Owen, age 38, is the Chief Executive Officer of Invista. Duncan joined Invista in October<br />
2003 as Managing Director of the then property division of Insight Investment Management Limited,<br />
responsible for overseeing the division’s strategy, and was appointed a main board director in<br />
February 2005. Whilst at Invista, Duncan led the establishment of the Insight Foundation Property<br />
Trust Limited which he oversees. He joined Insight Investment Management Limited from the<br />
specialist real estate fund management boutique, Gatehouse Investment Management, which he cofounded<br />
in 2001. He was a director at LaSalle Investment Management and a partner at Jones Lang<br />
Wootton. Whilst at LaSalle Investment Management, Duncan undertook transactions in a range of<br />
countries including France, Belgium, Spain and Italy.<br />
Duncan has over 16 years’ experience in the industry, is a member of the Royal Institution of<br />
Chartered Surveyors, a member of the Investment Property Forum in the UK, sits on the British<br />
Property Federation Policy Committee and is an FSA Approved Person.<br />
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