Board Of Directors of the Manager

The Board is entrusted with the responsibility for the overall management of the Manager. The Board of Parkway Trust Management Limited comprises:

None of the Directors has any family relationship with one another, any substantial shareholder of the Manager or any Substantial Unitholder.

Experience and Expertise of the Board of Directors

MR. LIM KOK HONG
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 SON 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 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, Shangri-la 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 Parkway Holdings Limited (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 a member of Singapore Medical Council since 2005 and was a board member of Republic Polytechnic from 2005 to 2008.

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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MR. TAN SEE HAW
Non-Executive Director

Mr. Tan joined Parkway Holdings Limited (the Sponsor) as the Group Chief Financial Officer on 5 January 2009. As Group Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Tan heads the Parkway Holdings Group's Finance Division, including Corporate Tax, Materials Management and the Business Offices.

Prior to his appointment with the Sponsor, Mr. Tan was the Vice President of IT and Supply Chain of Unisem (M) Bhd, overseeing the IT and supply chain functions for all the Unisem's worldwide operations. Concurrently, he was also the Chief Financial Officer of Advanced Interconnect Technologies (AIT), a position which he held since 1999. As the CFO of AIT, Mr. Tan was head of the Group Finance and Purchasing globally, and after the acquisition of AIT by Unisem in 2007, his responsibilities included the integration of the procurement function and IT between the AIT Group of companies and Unisem. Before joining AIT, Mr. Tan held key financial positions for major corporations such as Asia-Pacific Breweries Ltd (Director of Group Finance) and Pepsi-Cola International (Asia Division Financial Controller). He also held finance and audit positions at NL Petroleum (Far East) Pte Ltd and Price Waterhouse & Co.

Mr. Tan graduated with a Bachelor Degree in Accountancy from the former Singapore University in 1980. He is also a Fellow of Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore.

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MR. YONG YEAN CHAU
Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director

Mr. Yong brings with him more than 16 years of financial and business experience. He was previously the Chief Financial Officer of the Singapore Tourism Board, overseeing the Finance and Corporate Services functions which involved the running of an investment fund to drive Singapore tourism initiatives. Before joining the Singapore Tourism Board, he was the Chief Financial Officer of Ascendas Private Limited, instrumental in the launching of Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust. Prior to that, he worked as the Chief Financial Officer for the China-Singapore Suzhou Development and Singapore-Suzhou Township Development, where he gained extensive experience in property development and property investment, as well as its related financial structuring and financing.

Mr. Yong is a Certified Public Accountant with the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore and has completed the Advance Management Programme in the Harvard Business School.

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