ESR Group Limited Annual Report 2023 67 Induction and Continuous Training and Professional Development All directors should participate in continuous professional development to develop and refresh their knowledge and skills in the hope that their contribution to the Board remains informed and relevant. Every newly appointed Director of the Company received a comprehensive, formal and tailored induction upon his appointment. Based on the records provided by the Directors, the continuous professional development taken by each of the Directors during the year ended 31 December 2023 is summarised as follows: Name of Director Training Attended(Note 1) Executive Directors Mr Jinchu SHEN (Group Co-founder and Co-CEO) √ Mr Stuart GIBSON (Group Co-founder and Co-CEO) √ Non-executive Directors(note 2) Mr Jeffrey David PERLMAN (Chairman of the Board) √ Mr Charles Alexander PORTES (Group Co-founder) √ Mr Wei HU (retired at the AGM held on 7 June 2023) N/A Mr Hwee Chiang LIM √ Dr Kwok Hung Justin CHIU √ Mr Rajeev Veeravalli KANNAN √ Ms Joanne Sarah MCNAMARA (appointed on 1 January 2024) N/A Independent Non-executive Directors Mr Brett Harold KRAUSE √ Mr Simon James MCDONALD √ Ms Jingsheng LIU √ Ms Serene Siew Noi NAH √ Ms Wei-Lin KWEE √ Note: 1 All the Directors received training and training materials, including from the Company’s external legal advisor, about matters relevant to their duties as Directors. They also kept abreast of matters relevant to their role as Directors by such means as attendance at seminars and conferences and/or reading materials about financial, commercial, economic, legal, regulatory and business affairs. 2 Ms Joanne Sarah McNamara was appointed as a Non-executive Director with effect from 1 January 2024. She was not a Director during the Year. Model Code for Securities Transactions The Company has adopted the Model Code for Securities Transactions by Directors of Listed Issuers (“Model Code”) contained in Appendix C3 to the Listing Rules as its own code of conduct regarding securities transactions of the Company by Directors. The Company has adopted a code of conduct (“Code of Conduct and Business Ethics”) regarding all Directors’, officers’ and employees’ securities transactions on terms no less exacting than the required standard set out in the Model Code. Specific enquiries were made of all Directors, and all Directors confirmed that they had complied with all required standards set out in the Model Code during the Year. STRATEGIC REPORTS CORPORATE GOVERNANCE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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