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Ang Kong Hua
Independent Chairman Click to view profileAng Kong Hua, is our Independent Chairman. Following stints at the Economic Development Board from 1966 to 1967 and DBS Bank from 1968 to 1974, Mr. Ang spent 28 years as CEO of NSL Ltd (formerly NatSteel Ltd). Mr. Ang retired as CEO from NSL Ltd in 2003. Mr. Ang currently serves as the Chairman of Sembcorp Industries Ltd, an industrial conglomerate listed on the Singapore Exchange. His other appointments include Director of Government of Singapore Investment Corporation Private Limited ("GIC"), GIC Special Investments Private Limited and Southern Steel Berhad. Mr. Ang’s appointments in the past included directorships at NSL Ltd, CIMC Raffles Offshore (Singapore) Limited, k1 Ventures Limited, Neptune Orient Lines Ltd, DBS Bank Ltd and DBS Group Holdings Ltd. Mr. Ang graduated from the University of Hull, UK, with a Bachelor of Science (Economics) Upper II Honours degree in 1966.
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Jeffrey H. Schwartz
Deputy Chairman of the Board, Chairman of the Executive Committee, Executive Director and Co-founder of Global Logistic Properties Holding Limited (“GLPH”) Click to view profileJeffrey H. Schwartz, is our Deputy Chairman of the Board, Chairman of the Executive Committee, Executive Director, and Co-founder of Global Logistic Properties Holding Limited ("GLPH"). Mr. Schwartz joined ProLogis, a NYSE-listed Fortune 500 company, in 1994 and held various executive roles, rising to Chief Executive Officer in 2005 as well as Chairman of the Board in 2007. While at ProLogis, Mr. Schwartz spearheaded ProLogis’ entry into the European markets in 1997 and also established ProLogis’ Asia platform in 2002, initially in Japan and eventually progressing to China and Korea. Mr. Schwartz serves on the advisory boards of the Guanghua School of Management, Peking University and Fundacao Dom Cabral, Brazil. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of Emory University and a Treasurer of the Real Estate Roundtable, a non-profit public policy organization. He also sits on the Board of Las Vegas Sands Corp. Mr. Schwartz graduated from Harvard Business School in 1985 with a Master of Business Administration. Mr. Schwartz graduated from Emory University in 1981 with a Bachelor of Business Administration.
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Ming Z. Mei
Chief Executive Officer, Co-founder of GLPH and Executive Director Click to view profileMing Z. Mei, is our Chief Executive Officer, Co-founder of GLPH, and Executive Director. He opened ProLogis’ first China office in 2003 and built up our China operations to their current scale. Prior to joining ProLogis, Mr. Mei was with Owens Corning, a world leading construction materials manufacturer, where he held various key roles in finance, manufacturing, sales, marketing and strategic planning and general management. Mr. Mei graduated from the J.L. Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and the School of Business and Management at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology with a Master of Business Administration. He received his Bachelor of Science in Business from Indiana University School of Business.
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Dr. Seek Ngee Huat
Non-Executive Director Click to view profileDr. Seek Ngee Huat, is a Non-Executive Director. He is President of GIC Real Estate Pte. Ltd., the real estate investment arm of GIC and also a member of the GIC Board of Directors and the GIC Group Executive Committee. Prior to joining GIC in 1996, Dr. Seek was a Partner with Jones Lang Wootton, based in Sydney. He is Chairman of the Institute of Real Estate Studies, National University of Singapore, his alma mater, and has served on the advisory boards of the Guanghua School of Management, Peking University and Fundacao Dom Cabral, Brazil, and the real estate programs at Cambridge University and Harvard University. He was a Board Director of the Pension Real Estate Association, USA and the founding Chairman of the Property Council of Australia Property Index. Dr. Seek graduated with a Master of Science (Business Administration) from the University of British Columbia in 1975 and a PhD in Urban Research from the Australian National University in 1981.
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Lim Swe Guan
Alternative Director to Dr. Seek Click to view profileLim Swe Guan, is the Alternate Director to Dr. Seek Ngee Huat. He joined GIC Real Estate Pte Ltd in 1997 and was a Managing Director of GIC Real Estate Pte Ltd, the real estate investment arm of Government of Singapore Investment Corporation Pte Ltd before retiring on 18 February 2011. In November 1995, Mr. Lim joined SUNCORP Investments in Brisbane, Australia as Portfolio Manager, Property Funds. In June 1986, Mr. Lim was recruited by Jones Lang Wootton in Sydney, Australia to the position of Senior Research Analyst. He was appointed Manager in October 1987 and Director in 1989. Prior to that, he worked as a property consultant with Knight Frank, Cheong Hock Chye & Bailieu from 1985 to 1986. He also sits on the boards of General Property Trust and Thakral Holdings Group in Australia and Sunway City Berhad in Malaysia. He is also a CFA charter holder. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Estate Management in 1979 from the University of Singapore and a Master of Business Administration from the Colgate Darden Graduate School of Business, The University of Virginia in 1985.
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Tham Kui Seng
Non-Executive Independent Director Click to view profileTham Kui Seng, is a Non-Executive Independent Director. Mr. Tham has held executive positions in various industries, including more than 10 years in real estate. His last executive position was as Chief Corporate Officer of CapitaLand Limited, overseeing the corporate services functions of the real estate group from 2002 to 2008. He also held the position of Chief Executive Officer of CapitaLand Residential Limited from 2000 to 2005. His other past directorships include Australand Holdings Limited, the Ascott Limited and Raffles Holdings Limited. He is currently a director of Raffles Medical Group Ltd, The Straits Trading Company Limited, CapitaLand China Holdings Pte Ltd, SPI (Australia) Assets Pty Ltd and SembCorp Industries Ltd. He is also a member of the Board of The Housing & Development Board (“HDB”) and Chairman of E M Services Private Limited, a subsidiary of HDB. Mr. Tham received his Bachelor of Arts in Natural Science – Engineering Science from the University of Oxford, United Kingdom in 1979.
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Yoichiro Furuse
Non-Executive Independent Director Click to view profileYoichiro Furuse, is a Non-Executive Independent Director. Mr. Furuse is currently the President of Evanston Corporation, a Senior Adviser of Permira Advisers K.K. and a director of Nitto Denko Corporation. From 2001 to 2005, he was the Executive Director & Executive Vice President of SANYO Electric Co., Ltd where he was responsible for its corporate management functions and internal control. Prior to this, Mr. Furuse served as the Senior Managing Director of Mazda Motor Corporation from 1996 to 2000 where he was responsible for domestic marketing, financing and overseeing the relationship with Ford Motor Company. Mr. Furuse began his career with Sumitomo Bank Limited in 1964 where he served as an Executive Director of International Banking Unit, West Japan Region, Domestic Corporate Planning. His last position with Sumitomo Bank Limited was as the bank’s Senior Executive Director where he oversaw all the business activities of the bank within Europe, Middle East and Africa. Mr. Furuse received his Master of Business Administration from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management in 1970 and his Bachelor of Laws from Osaka University in 1964.
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Steven Lim Kok Hoong
Non-Executive Independent Director Click to view profileSteven Lim Kok Hoong, is a Non-Executive Independent Director. He has over 32 years of audit and financial consulting experience and was responsible for the audits of statutory boards and some of the largest multinational corporations in Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia. Mr. Lim served as a Senior Partner of Ernst & Young Singapore from 2002 to 2003. He started his career in Arthur Andersen in 1971 and served as the Managing Partner of Arthur Andersen Singapore from 1990 to 2002 and as Regional Managing Partner for the ASEAN region in Arthur Andersen from 2000 to 2002. Mr. Lim is a non-executive director of Parkway Trust Management Limited, Genting Singapore PLC,Hoe Leong Corporation Ltd, , Sabana Real Estate Investment Management Pte Ltd and Amtek Engineering Ltd. ..His past directorships include SembCorp Logistics Ltd, GES International Limited, Toll (SCL) Ltd and Transcu Group Mr. Lim is a Member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia. He graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce Degree from the University of Western Australia in 1971.
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Dr. Dipak Jain
Non-Executive Independent Director Click to view profileDr. Dipak Jain, is a Non-Executive Independent Director. He is the Dean of Insead, a European Business school with campuses in France, Singapore and Abu Dhabi. Prior to this he was the Sandy and Morton Goldman Professor in Entrepreneurial Studies and a professor of marketing at Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, where he has been a member of the faculty since 1986. From 2001 to 2009, Dr. Jain served as Dean of the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. Prior to his appointment as Dean, he served as the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs for five years. Dr. Jain has been a visiting professor of marketing at the Sasin Graduate Institute of Business Administration at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand, since 1989. He taught at Gauhati University in India from 1980 to 1983. Dr Jain also sits on the Board of other companies,such as Deere & Company, The Northern Trust Company, MediaBank LLC and Reliance Industries Limited. He has a Master of Science in Management and Administrative Services and a PhD in management science at the University of Texas at Dallas in 1987.
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Paul Cheng Ming Fun
Non-Executive Independent Director Click to view profilePaul Cheng Ming Fun, is a Non-Executive Independent Director. He is Chairman of the China High Growth Fund as well as Chairman and independent non-executive director of the Vietnam Infrastructure Fund. He is currently also Deputy Chairman and independent non-executive director of Esprit Holdings Ltd. In addition, he also serves as the independent non-executive director of Vietnam Infrastructure Ltd., Pacific Alliance China Land Ltd. and Pacific Can China Holdings Ltd. Mr. Cheng was the Chairman of The Link Management Ltd. from 2005 to 2007, Chairman of Inchcape Pacific Ltd. from 1992 to 1998 as well as the Chairman of N.M. Rothschild & Sons (Hong Kong) Ltd from 1996 to 1998. His other past directorships include Sino Hotel (Holdings) Ltd, Sino Land Co., Ltd, Tsim Sha Tsui Properties Ltd, Hutchinson Habour Ring Ltd. (formerly known as ICG Asia Ltd.), The Wharf (Holdings) Ltd, Kingboard Chemical Holdings Ltd, Hutchinson Global Communications Holdings Ltd and Pou Sheng International (Holdings) Limited. Mr. Cheng was a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong from 1988 to 1991 and from 1995 to 1997 and, was a member of the Preparatory Committee established by the Central Government of Beijing from 1994 to 1998 in relation to Hong Kong’s reversion to Chinese sovereignty. He also served as the Chairman of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce from 1992 to 1994. He was also awarded the Independent Non-Executive Director of the Year Award from the Hong Kong Institute of Directors in 2009. Mr. Cheng has a Bachelor of Arts from Lake Forest University, Illinois, United States in 1958 and received his Master of Business Administration from The Wharton Business School at University of Pennsylvania, United States in 1961.
