ESR Group Limited Annual Report 2022 53 Non-executive Director Date of appointment: 20 January 2022 Mr Hwee Chiang LIM, 66 Non-executive Director Date of first appointment as Director: 2 February 2021 Mr Wei HU, 40 Mr Hwee Chiang Lim was appointed as a non-executive Director and our senior advisor on 20 January 2022. Mr Lim is the Chairman of JL Family Office. He serves as a non-executive Director of ARA Trust Management (Suntec) Limited (the manager of Suntec REIT which is listed in Singapore), and ARA Asset Management (Fortune) Limited, ARA Asset Management (Prosperity) Limited and Hui Xian Asset Management Limited (the managers of Fortune REIT, Prosperity REIT and Hui Xian REIT which are listed in Hong Kong). Mr Lim is Chairman of the Asia Pacific Real Assets Association (APREA) and the Consultative Committee to the Department of Real Estate, National University of Singapore. He is also a Patron of the Securities Investors Association of Singapore (SIAS) and a Council Member of Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Mr Lim co-founded ARA Asset Management Limited in 2002 and was its Group CEO for 18 years and Deputy Chairman from February 2021 to January 2022. Mr Lim has over 41 years of experience in the real estate industry and has received many notable corporate awards. These include the PERE Global Awards 2020 and 2016 Industry Figure of the Year: Asia, Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Singapore 2012 and the Outstanding CEO of the Year 2011 at the Singapore Business Awards 2012. Mr Lim, along with the Board of Directors of ARA Asset Management Limited, was a recipient of the prestigious Best Managed Board (Gold) Award at the Singapore Corporate Awards 2012. In 2017, he was conferred the Public Service Medal (PBM) by the President of Singapore in recognition of his contributions to the community. Mr Lim holds a Bachelor of Engineering (First Class Honours) in Mechanical Engineering, a Master of Science in Industrial Engineering, as well as a Diploma in Business Administration, each from the National University of Singapore. STRATEGIC REPORT CORPORATE GOVERNANCE FINANCIAL STATEMENT Mr Wei Hu was appointed as a non-executive Director on 2 February 2021. Mr Hu has over 12 years of experience in the warehousing and logistics industries. He also has management experience across different industries and sizable businesses. He joined JD.com, Inc. (together with its subsidiaries, “JD Group”) in 2010 and has held several positions in JD Group, including as the Human Resources Director (Southwest Region), the General Manager (Southwest Region) and the General Manager (North China) of JD Logistics. He has served as the Vice President of JD Group and CEO of JD Property since 2019. Mr Hu graduated from Sichuan Agricultural University with a bachelor’s degree in Land Resource Management.
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