ESR Group Limited Annual Report 2023 45 Non-executive Director Date of appointment: 20 January 2022 Mr Hwee Chiang LIM, 67 Non-executive Director Date of appointment: 20 January 2022 Dr Kwok Hung Justin CHIU, 73 Mr Hwee Chiang Lim was appointed as a Non-executive Director and ESR Group's senior advisor with effect from 20 January 2022. Mr Lim is the chairman of JL Family Office. He serves as a non-executive Director of each of ARA Trust Management (Suntec) Limited (the manager of Suntec Real Estate Investment Trust which is listed in Singapore, ARA Asset Management (Fortune) Limited (the manager of Fortune Real Estate Investment Trust is currently listed in Hong Kong and previously also listed in Singapore prior to 21 October 2019), ARA Asset Management (Prosperity) Limited (the manager of Prosperity Real Estate Investment Trust which is listed in Hong Kong), Hui Xian Asset Management Limited (the manager of Hui Xian Real Estate Investment Trust which is listed in Hong Kong). Mr Lim is the 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 42 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, 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. Dr Kwok Hung Justin Chiu was appointed as a Nonexecutive Director with effect from 20 January 2022. Dr Chiu was the founding chairman and director of ARA Asset Management Limited from July 2002 to Jan 2022. He is the chairman and a non-executive Director of ARA Asset Management (Prosperity) Limited (the manager of Prosperity Real Estate Investment Trust which is listed in Hong Kong), a non-executive Director of ARA Asset Management (Fortune) Limited (the manager of Fortune Real Estate Investment Trust is currently listed in Hong Kong and previously also listed in Singapore prior to 21 October 2019). Dr Chiu joined the CK Group in 1997 and is an executive director and an executive committee member of CK Asset Holdings Limited (listed in Hong Kong), heading the real estate sales, marketing and property management teams. Dr Chiu has been an independent non-executive of Star Shine Holdings Group Limited (formerly known as Deyun Holding Ltd.) (listed in Hong Kong) since September 2022. Dr Chiu has more than 40 years of international experience in real estate in Hong Kong and overseas, and is one of the most respected professionals in the property industry in Asia. He is a fellow of The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, a council member and a fellow of The Hong Kong Institute of Directors, a fellow of Hong Kong Institute of Real Estate Administrators, a vice chairman of the board of governors of Hong Kong Baptist University Foundation, an honorary associate member of Business of Trent University, Canada, a member of the Singapore Management University International Advisory Council in China, an adjunct professor and a member of the advisory committee of the School of Business of Hong Kong Baptist University and a senior departmental fellow of the Department of Land Economy at University of Cambridge, the United Kingdom. Dr Chiu was previously an honorary professor of School of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Sun Yat-sen University and a member of the standing committee of the 12th Shanghai committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference of the People’s Republic of China. Dr Chiu holds a bachelor of arts degree in sociology and economics from Trent University, Canada and a degree of doctor of business administration from Hong Kong Baptist University, and was conferred with the degree of doctor of social sciences, honoris causa by Hong Kong Baptist University and the degree of doctor of laws, honoris causa by Trent University, Canada. STRATEGIC REPORTS CORPORATE GOVERNANCE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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