Board Of Directors of the Manager

Mr. Lim Kok Hoong
Independent Director and Chairman

Mr. Lim is an independent director on the board of several public listed companies in Singapore. He also serves as a board member of the Singapore Tourism Board.

Mr. Lim has over 32 years experience in public accountancy. He was a senior partner with Ernst & Young Singapore from 2002 to 2003 and prior to that was the managing partner of Arthur Andersen Singapore from 1990 to 2002. He also previously held the position of Regional Managing Partner, Asean, for Arthur Andersen during the period 2000 to 2002.

Mr. Lim graduated from the University of Western Australia in 1971 with a Bachelor of Commerce. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore.

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Mr. Puah Tuan Soon Benson
Independent Director

Mr. Puah has been the Chief Executive Officer of The Esplanade Co Ltd since 1998. Prior to this appointment, he was the Chief Executive Officer of Temasia Health Pte Ltd, the international business and management arm of Health Corporation of Singapore (HCS), an entity linked to the Government of Singapore that invests and develops businesses in health services, from 1997 to 1998. From 1995 to 1997, Mr. Puah was the director and Chief Executive Officer of Sentosa Development Corporation (SDC), a government statutory board responsible for the development, management and promotion of Sentosa, Sentosa Cove and 11 off-shore islands. From 1982 to 1994, Mr. Puah worked in various senior positions in hotels managed by global hotel operators including Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group in Hong Kong and Singapore. Shangri-la’s Rasa Sentosa Resort in Singapore, Shangrila Hotel Surabaya in Indonesia, Hilton International in Singapore amongst others.

Mr. Puah graduated from the University of Surrey, Guildford in the United Kingdom with a Bachelor of Science in Hotel, Catering & Tourism Administration.

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Mr. Tan Bong Lin
Independent Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee

Mr. Tan has over 28 years experience working in financial institutions. Between 1990 and 2007, he was with Citigroup Global Markets Singapore Pte Ltd and was its Managing Director from 1991 to 2007.

His responsibility included overseeing the Smith Barney brokerage and advisory business. Prior to his appointment in Citigroup Global Markets Singapore Pte Ltd, he held various positions in Drexel Burnham Lambert (S) Pte Ltd, including as a dealer, an operations manager and an assistant general manager, from 1980 to 1990. Mr Tan was a member of the Finance Committee at Singapore Broadcasting Authority from 1997 to 2002.

Mr. Tan graduated from the University of Singapore in 1980 with a Bachelor of Accountancy.

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Dr. Lim Cheok Peng
Non-Executive Director

Dr. Lim has over 25 years international experience in the healthcare sector. He is the Managing Director of the Sponsor, an appointment which he has held since 2000. He is also a Consultant Physician & Cardiologist in private practice in Singapore.

Dr. Lim is the Co-Chairman of Health & Life Science of the Singapore British Business Council and is a member of the Council for the Third Age of Ministry of Community Development, Youth & Sports. He is also a board member of Republic Polytechnic and acts as consultant to various ongoing healthcare projects in Kampuchea, Vietnam, Bangladesh and China. Dr. Lim was a member of the Economic Review Subcommittee for Healthcare Singapore and a member of the government parliamentary committee for healthcare in 2001.

Dr. Lim graduated from the University of Singapore in 1972 with a MBBS. In 1976, he obtained a Master in Medicine (Internal Medicine) from the University of Singapore. In 1991, Dr. Lim obtained the Diploma of Fellowship from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow and Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Edinburgh. Dr. Lim was elected to the membership from the Royal College of Physicians of the United Kingdom in 1977 and was admitted as a Fellow of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore (Cardiology) at the Academy of Medicine, Singapore in 2003.

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Ms. Choo Oi Yee
Non-Executive Director

Ms. Choo has been the Group Senior Vice-President, Strategic Planning & Business Development of the Sponsor since 2006. Prior to her appointment in the Sponsor, she was a Vice-President in the Investment Banking Division in Citigroup from 2000 to 2006, she was more recently responsible for the origination, structuring and execution of mergers & acquisitions and capital markets transactions in the real estate and REIT sectors in Singapore and Southeast Asia. From 1999 to 2000, Ms. Choo was a Financial Analyst with Schroders International Merchant Bankers Limited. From 1996 to 1998, she was with Arthur Andersen.

Ms. Choo graduated from the Nanyang Technological University in 1996 with a Bachelor in Accountancy. She also holds a Master in Business Administration from Manchester Business School.

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Mr. Ashish Jaiprakash Shastry
Non-Executive Director

Mr. Shastry is a Managing Director and the Head of Southeast Asia at TPG Capital.

Since joining TPG Capital in 1998, he has been based in Singapore and Hong Kong, focusing on TPG Capital's investment activities in India, Australia and Southeast Asia. Prior to joining TPG Capital, he was an investment banker at Lehman Brothers in New York, specializing in power and telecom mergers & acquisitions. He serves as a non-executive director on the boards of Parkway Holdings Limited (the Sponsor), United Test and Assembly Center Limited and Fairmont Raffles Holdings International (alternate).

Mr. Shastry received an A.B. in Economics with Honors from Princeton University.

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Ms. Justine Victoria Wingrove
Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director

Ms. Wingrove is the Chief Executive Officer of the Manager. Ms. Wingrove has extensive experience in the areas of real estate acquisitions and disposals, asset management, valuations, development and finance. She has held a number of senior positions, including Senior Vice President of Capital Services Group, Singapore from 2005 to 2007. Capital Services Group provides asset management, acquisition advice, investment disposal services, quarterly valuations and cashflow management services to Lehman Brothers throughout Asia. From 2003 to 2005, Ms. Wingrove was Head of Investment at Savills (Singapore) Pte Ltd where she was working with funds and property companies, on their real estate investment requirements in Asia and the UK.

From 2000 to 2003, Ms. Wingrove was a Property Investor & Developer and from 1997 to 2000, she worked at Jones Lang La Salle, Singapore as a Senior Manager, Global Client Services.

From 1995 to 1997, Ms. Wingrove was a Senior Investment Surveyor at Strutt & Parker, London, UK, involved in the marketing, sale and acquisition of commercial investment property for pension funds, insurance companies and property companies. From 1994 to 1995, Ms. Wingrove was a Trainee Investment Surveyor in Hermes Property Asset Management Ltd, London, UK, which manages and invests the British Telecom and Post Office Pension Funds. She was also the Sales & Marketing Manager for the Palco Group, London, UK from 1988 to 1990.

Ms. Wingrove is a Chartered Surveyor and Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. She graduated from South Bank University with a Bachelor of Science in Estate Management.

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