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Date of first appointment as Director: 20 May 2019 Mr Simon James McDonald is an independent non-executive Director and also the chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Remuneration Committee. He was appointed as an independent non-executive Director on 20 May 2019. Mr McDonald has extensive experience in real estate and management in Asia Pacific and was the head of asset management at Asia Pacific Land from February 2015 to May 2019, and was responsible for the day-to-day oversight of Asia Pacific Land’s asset management activities. Prior to this, Mr McDonald held various roles at GE Capital Real Estate, in Sydney in Australia and Tokyo in Japan, from August 1997 to September 2013, including Managing Director Asia Pacific (Portfolio Strategy), Managing Director Asia Pacific (Asset Management), Managing Director Asia Pacific (Risk Management), Joint Managing Director for Australia and New Zealand, and Director (Risk Management). Mr McDonald graduated from The Australian National University in Australia in May 1987, where he obtained a bachelor’s degree in economics. In May 1991, he further obtained a master of business from the University of Technology in Sydney, Australia. Mr McDonald is a member of CPA Australia since April 1987, and subsequently became a fellow member since May 2014. He has also been a fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australia since June 2005. In addition, Mr McDonald is a member and a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors since August 2013 and May 2014, respectively. Date of first appointment as Director: 20 May 2019 Sir Hugo George William Swire KCMG, is an independent non- executive Director and also the chairman of the Nomination Committee. He was appointed as an independent non- executive Director on 20 May 2019. Since 2016, Sir Hugo has been the Deputy Chairman of Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council. From 2001 to 2019, he was the Member of Parliament for East Devon. He has held several ministerial roles in the United Kingdom, including Minister of State for Northern Ireland between 2010 and 2012, as well as Minister of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office between 2012 and 2016. Sir Hugo was sworn to the Privy Council of the United Kingdom in 2011, and was awarded a knighthood in the United Kingdom in August 2016. Since March 2018, Sir Hugo has been the non-executive chairman of the British Honey Company Plc which was listed on the Aquis Stock Exchange in London. The company makes a range of alcohol spirits under the Keepr’s label and associated honey products. Sir Hugo is also the chairman of Imprimatur Capital. Prior to this, he also served as an independent non- executive director on the board of Photo-Me International plc, a company listed on the London Stock Exchange in the United Kingdom (Stock Code: PHTM) that operates, sells and services a range of instant service equipment, from 2005 to 2010 as an independent non-executive director, including as the non- executive chairman from 2008 to 2010. Sir Hugo was a non- executive director of Symphony Environmental Technologies Plc, a company whose shares are listed on the London Stock Exchange (Stock Code: SYM) from October 2008 to May 2010. He worked as a deputy director at Sotheby’s in London from 1992 to 1996 and as a director from 1996 to 2003, prior to which he was the Head of the National Gallery Trust Office in London from 1988 to 1992. Sir Hugo attended University of St. Andrews in Scotland, the United Kingdom, where he was studying towards a master’s degree in fine arts and medieval history from 1978 to 1979, and attended Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst in the United Kingdom. From 1980 to 1983, Sir Hugo was commissioned as an officer in the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards. Board of Directors Mr Simon James MCDONALD, 57 Independent Non-executive Director The Right Honourable, Sir Hugo George William SWIRE, KCMG, 60 Independent Non-executive Director 26 Focused
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