ESR Group Limited Annual Report 2023 51 MR MATTHEW LAWSON Group Chief Operating Officer Mr Lawson was appointed Group Chief Operating Officer on 11 July 2023. In this role, he supports the Group Co-CEOs and works closely with the ESR business unit leadership in the delivery of key growth initiatives and performance across the Group. He is also responsible for optimising the Group’s operating capabilities. Additionally, he oversees information technology and the insurance and business resilience functions. Prior to his current appointment, Mr Lawson was responsible for managing the finance, corporate development, treasury, information technology and newly created clean energy infrastructure functions at ESR Australia as its chief financial officer. Mr Lawson brings with him over 20 years of experience in leading global real estate investment and financial services companies across the Asia Pacific region. Prior to joining ESR in 2020, he was an executive director and chief financial officer of Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels Limited. Before this, he was a managing director at JPMorgan and head of their real estate investment banking practice in Asia, based in Hong Kong. Mr Lawson holds a bachelor of international business relations from Griffith University, a bachelor of commerce from The University of Queensland and holds a certificate in chinese studies from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and Nanjing University. MS ZOE SHOU WENYI Group General Counsel Ms Shou joined the Group in February 2012 and is currently the General Counsel of ESR. She is responsible for overseeing legal matters in relation to group debt and equity financing, fund raising and fund management transactions, acquisition and disposition and other significant transactions as well as regulatory compliance and general corporate matters. Prior to joining ESR, Ms Shou was previously at King & Wood Mallesons where she represented underwriters and issuers on debt and equity offering, and advised private equity investment and merger and acquisition transactions. Ms Shou graduated from East China University of Political Science and Law. DR MICHAEL DE JONG-DOUGLAS Group Head, Customer Solutions & Partnerships, Logistics Dr Michael de Jong-Douglas has been with ESR since 2014 and is now Group Head, Customer Solutions & Partnerships, Logistics, as well as responsible for the Future Solutions Group (new technologies). With nearly 26 years of experience exclusively in logistics real estate, Dr de Jong-Douglas has previously held leadership roles in Asia as deputy CEO for Mapletree Logistics REIT, and in Europe as regional head Central Europe, head of property management and head of due diligence Continental Europe for Prologis. Dr de Jong-Douglas has a PhD in urban planning & applied geography from Utrecht University and attended the executive development program at Northwestern University; he also has an MBA, an MS in geography and a BS in public administration and planning. Dr de Jong-Douglas is a member of RICS, the ULI Asia Pacific technology and innovation council and ULI industrial and logistics council, and the ANREV sustainability committee. MR MARK HWANG Group Head of Legal Mr Mark Hwang was appointed as Group Head of Legal in 2022. Mr Hwang has been general counsel of ARA, and is responsible for all legal matters. Prior to joining ARA, Mr Hwang was director of legal and business development for a private investment company where he supervised and managed the legal affairs for a wide range of listed and unlisted businesses across Asia Pacific, including real estate, financial services, hospitality, resources and commodities, chemicals, retail, FMCG, automotive parts and tires. Prior to that, Mr Hwang was an executive director in the real estate investment banking business of Morgan Stanley, where he built the bank's first dedicated real estate coverage team for Southeast Asia. And prior to Morgan Stanley, Mr Hwang practiced as a capital markets and corporate lawyer with Allen & Gledhill in Singapore and Paul Hastings in Hong Kong. Mr Hwang holds a bachelor of law from the National University of Singapore and a master of laws from University College London, UK. STRATEGIC REPORTS CORPORATE GOVERNANCE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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