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Mr Stephen Girdis
Non-executive Chairman |
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| Mr Girdis is Global Head of Macquarie Real Estate Group, and one of the leaders in the establishment and growth of a range of successful property trusts. He is an Executive Director of Macquarie Bank Limited and is or has been a Director on many of Macquarie Real Estate’s listed and unlisted real estate funds including Macquarie ProLogis Trust, Macquarie DDR, Goodman Group, Macquarie Office Trust, Macquarie Countrywide, M3 Capital Partners LLC and Macquarie Global Property Funds Limited. He has more than 25 years of experience in chartered accounting, property finance, funds management and investment banking. Mr Girdis has a BComm from the University of New South Wales. |
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Mr Franklin Heng
Executive Director |
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| Mr Heng is the Chief Executive Officer of the Manager. He was previously engaged in real estate investments for ERGO AG and property funds management for the Pacific Star Group. With more than 15 years of real estate and investment banking experience (including 8 years in JP Morgan), Mr Heng is well-versed in regional mergers and acquisitions, project finance advisory, equity and debt capital markets transactions. He obtained a Masters in Telecommuncations Management from Institut National des Telecommunications, Evry, France in 1993 through a France Telecom Scholarship and an Honours (Second Upper) Degree in Business Administration from the National University of Singapore in 1990. |
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Mr James Hodgkinson
Non-executive Director |
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| Mr Hodgkinson is an Executive Director of Macquarie Bank Limited (MBL) and Joint Head of Macquarie Bank’s Real Estate Capital (REC) Division. With over 20 years of experience in property funds management, investment banking and chartered accounting, he oversees all of REC’s businesses, including REIT development in Asia and core real estate investments for MBL. He was responsible for Macquarie Industrial Trust, which was successfully merged with Goodman Hardie Trust to form what became known as the Goodman Group (GMG). He sits on the board of GMG, as well as the management company of A-REIT. He is also on the board of a number of management companies of various wholesale funds across the Macquarie Asia platform. |
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Dr Hong Hai
Independent Director |
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| Dr Hong Hai is Professor at Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. He is a director of IDT Holdings (Singapore) Ltd, Poh Tiong Choon Logistics Ltd, Asiapharm Ltd, China Merchant Pacific Holding Ltd, and is a member of the board of Singapore Deposit Insurance Corporation. He was previously President and Chief Executive Officer of Haw Par Corporation Limited (1990-2003), and has taught at the Kellogg School of Management in Chicago and the National University of Singapore. He is Honorary Council Member of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce & Industry and a member of Network China Steering Committee. |
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Mr Michael Hwang
Independent Director |
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| Mr Hwang was one of the first 12 Senior Counsel appointed in Singapore and now practices as an independent barrister and international arbitrator. His international appointments include Commissioner of UN Compensation Commission, Deputy Chief Justice of the Dubai International Finance Centre, Vice President of the ICC International Court of Arbitration, Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at the Hague and Singapore’s Non Resident Ambassador to Switzerland. He advised the Real Estate Development Association of Singapore (REDAS) for many years, preparing for the establishment of REITs in Singapore. Formerly a director of PSA Corporation Ltd (the Port of Singapore Authority), Mr Hwang is currently also a director of The Straits Trading Company Limited and was recently elected President of the Law Society of Singapore. |
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Mr Tay Ah Kee
Independent Director |
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| Mr Tay is the Chairman of Stirling Coleman Capital Ltd and Aviva Ltd, Vice-Chairman of the Singapore Institute of Directors and a Board Member of the Singapore International Chamber of Commerce. In addition to the Manager, Mr Tay is also a director of Singapore Post Limited, FJ Benjamin Holdings Ltd, Allgreen Properties Ltd, Rotary Engineering Ltd and Singapore Airport Terminal Services Limited. He was the Chairman and Managing Partner of KPMG Peat Marwick Singapore from 1984 to 1993 and President of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore. He was conferred the BBM – Public Service Star in 1990 by the President of the Republic of Singapore. |
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