ESR Group Limited Annual Report 2023 43 Board of Directors Chairman and Non-executive Director Date of first appointment as Director: 14 June 2011 Mr Jeffrey David PERLMAN, 40 Executive Director, Group Co-founder and Co-Chief Executive Officer Date of first appointment as Director: 30 June 2011 Mr Jinchu SHEN, 51 Mr Jeffrey David Perlman was appointed as a Director on 14 June 2011 and was re-designated as a Nonexecutive Director on 22 February 2019. He was appointed as ESR Group Chairman on 20 May 2019. He is also the member of the Remuneration Committee. Mr Perlman is President of Warburg Pincus. He is currently a member of the firm’s executive management group at Warburg Pincus. Mr Perlman has successfully expanded the Warburg Pincus’s business in Asia Pacific, co-founding and sponsoring some of the largest real estate companies in the region and partnering with entrepreneurs to build successful investing franchises in Southeast Asia. Mr Perlman currently serves on the board of directors for BW Industrial Development JSC, Lodgis Hospitality Holdings, MoMo, Storhub, Princeton Digital Group Limited, Oona Insurance, and others. In addition, Mr Perlman is also the chairman of the board of directors for the U.S.-ASEAN Business Council, which works to create trade and investment opportunities in the economies of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Mr Perlman was a non-executive director of ESRLOGOS Funds Management (S) Limited (the manager of ESR-LOGOS REIT which is listed in Singapore) and ARA Trust Management (Suntec) Limited (the manager of Suntec Real Estate Investment Trust which is listed in Singapore) from January 2017 to August 2023 and from April 2022 to August 2023, respectively. Prior to joining Warburg Pincus in 2006, Mr Perlman 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. 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 ESR 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 ESR Group's overall operations and business development, leading regional growth strategies, and expanding the Group's asset and fund management platforms. Mr Shen was re-designated as an Executive Director on 22 February 2019. Mr Shen is also a director of various subsidiaries of ESR Group. Mr Shen was appointed as a non-executive director of ESR-LOGOS Funds Management (S) Limited (the manager of ESR-LOGOS REIT which is listed in Singapore), and ARA Trust Management (Suntec) Limited (the manager of Suntec Real Estate Investment Trust which is listed in Singapore) since November 2023 respectively. Mr Shen has over 24 years of industrial real estate experience in China. Prior to co-founding the 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 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 REPORTS CORPORATE GOVERNANCE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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