Board of Directors ESR Group Limited Annual Report 2022 51 Executive Director, Group Co-founder and Co-Chief Executive Officer Date of first appointment as Director: 30 June 2011 Mr Jinchu SHEN, 50 Chairman and Non-executive Director Date of first appointment as Director: 14 June 2011 Mr Jeffrey David PERLMAN, 39 Mr Jinchu Shen, also known as Jeffrey, is a co-founder of e-Shang Cayman Limited (“e-Shang”) and has been the co-CEO of our Group since June 2011. He was appointed as a director of e-Shang on 30 June 2011 and following the 2016 Merger, was appointed as a Director and is responsible for overseeing our Company’s overall operations and business development, leading regional growth strategies, and expanding our Company’s asset and fund management platforms. Mr Shen was re-designated as an Executive Director on 22 February 2019. Mr Shen has over 23 years of industrial real estate experience in China. Prior to co-founding our Group in June 2011, Mr Shen held a variety of roles, including Senior Vice President, at GLP Investment Management (China) Co., Ltd. (全球物流資產公司 (中國)) (formerly known as Prologis China) from January 2004 to September 2010, overseeing the Eastern China area. Mr Shen was the deputy director in DTZ Debenham Tie Leung International Property Advisers from June 2001 to December 2003 and prior to this, he was the assistant general manager of marketing at Shanghai Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone Xin Development Co., Ltd from July 1995 to November 2000. Mr Shen was also a director of ESR-REIT Manager, the fund manager of ESR-REIT, from January 2017 to January 2019. Mr Shen graduated from the Shanghai Jiaotong University in China in July 1995, where he obtained a bachelor’s degree in technical economics. In July 2001, he obtained a master’s degree in business administration from Donghua University in China. STRATEGIC REPORT CORPORATE GOVERNANCE FINANCIAL STATEMENT Mr Jeffrey David Perlman was appointed as a Director on 14 June 2011 and was re-designated as a non-executive Director on 22 February 2019. He was appointed as our chairman on 20 May 2019. He is also a member of the Remuneration Committee. Mr Perlman is a Managing Director, Head of Southeast Asia and Asia-Pacific Real Estate and a member of the firm’s Executive Management Group at Warburg Pincus. Mr Perlman leads Warburg Pincus’ investments in Southeast Asia in addition to the firm’s real estate efforts across the greater Asia-Pacific region. Mr Perlman was appointed as a non-executive director of Suntec Real Estate Investment Trust, a real estate investment trust listed on the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited, since 15 April 2022. Mr Perlman currently also serves on the Board of Directors for ESR-LOGOS Funds Management (S) Limited (the REIT Manager of ESR-LOGOS REIT), BW Industrial Development JSC, Lodgis Hospitality Holdings, Mofang Apartments, Nova Property Investment, NWP Retail, Trax Technology Solutions, Online Pajak, Momo, Weave Co-Living Cayman Limited, Asia Self Storage, Circles Asia Cayman Limited, Princeton Digital Group Limited and Aseana Insurance Holdings Investments. Prior to joining Warburg Pincus in 2006, he worked in the Real Estate Investment Banking Group at Credit Suisse. Mr Perlman received a bachelor’s degree in business administration (B.B.A.) from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.
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