Board of
Directors
Mr Eng is currently a member of the
Institute of Certified Public Accountants of
Singapore and an Accredited Tax Advisor of
the Singapore Institute of Accredited Tax
Professionals. He was admitted as a member
of the Institute of Chartered Accountants
of England and Wales in 1982. He was an
Examiner for ACCA Advanced Tax.
MR SYDNEY MICHAEL HWANG
Independent Director
Chairman of Nominating Committee
Mr Hwang is an Independent Director and
serves on the Trustee-Manager Board as the
Chairman of the Nominating Committee.
Mr Hwang also holds directorship on the
Boards of various public and private companies
such as Linyi Investments Pte. Ltd., Singapore
Dance Theatre Limited, YTL Starhill Global
REIT Management Limited, Memories of
the East Pte. Ltd., Justinian Private Limited
and is the Senior Counsel of Michael Hwang
Chambers LLC.
Mr Hwang has over 40 years of experience
in the legal area. He commenced his career
with Allen & Gledhill (“A&G”) in 1968,
and was a partner and its Head of Litigation
and Arbitration Department from 1993 to
2002. Between 1991 to 1992, Mr Hwang
served as the Judicial Commissioner (Acting
High Court Judge) of the Supreme Court of
Singapore. In 1997, he was appointed one
of the first 12 Senior Counsel (“SC”) of
the Supreme Court of Singapore (a status
equivalent to that of the Queen’s Counsel in
England). Between 2000 and 2002, he held
the position of Commissioner of the United
Nations Compensation Commission. He
has also held office in various international
arbitration committees. Mr Hwang served
as President of the Law Society of Singapore
between 2008 and 2010 and was then
appointed as non-resident Chief Justice of the
DIFC Courts.
Mr Hwang holds an undergraduate and
postgraduate law degree from Oxford
University. He is currently on the Advisory
Boards of the Singapore International
Arbitration Centre and the Hong Kong
International Arbitration Centre.
DR YOGENDRA NATH MATHUR
Lead Independent Director
Dr Mathur has served on the Board of the
Trustee-Manager since 7 September 2012
and currently holds the appointment of
Lead Independent Director. He is the
Secretary of the Maharaj Jagat Singh Medical
Relief Society.
Dr Mathur has been actively involved in the
fields of social development, social welfare and
humanitarian activities. He worked with the
United Nations Children’s Fund (“UNICEF”)
from 1989 to 2012 where he also held several
key positions and memberships in several
government bodies in India. As a member
of the Central Review Board of UNICEF,
he oversaw the recruitment of professionals
into the organisation and was Chief of State
Office for Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and
Gujarat where he oversaw the development
of social sector programmes for children
and women in the respective states during
his appointment. Previously, he served as
Project Officer (Health and Nutrition)
with the UNICEF and was involved in
the establishment of an immunization
programme. Dr Mathur was also actively
involved in research based activities on
health and nutrition problems affecting
children and women in different states of
India. Prior to his work at UNICEF, he
served as the Head of the Regional Medical
Research Centre for Tribal Health in Jabalpur,
Madhya Pradesh.
Dr Mathur has a Bachelor of Medicine as
well as a Bachelor of Surgery from Nagpur
University. He also obtained a Doctorate of
Medicine (Preventive and Social Medicine)
from the All-India Institute of Medical
Sciences, New Delhi.
MR PETER JOSEPH
SEYMOUR ROWE
Independent Director
Chairman of Audit &
Risk Management Committee
Mr Rowe is an Independent Director of the
Trustee-Manager and the Chairman of the
Audit and Risk Committee. He has been
involved in the financial services industry for
over 35 years. He is currently a consultant at
Herbert Smith Freehills (“HSF”), a position
he has held since 2011 where he was
previously a Partner between 1989 and
2011. Since joining Freehills, Mr Rowe has
practised in the area of funds management.
Prior to his appointment in 2005 as Head
of the Financial Services Group at HSF,
Mr Rowe oversaw and led its securitisation
practice.
He also currently chairs the compliance
committees for AMP Capital. Mr Rowe
currently holds directorship on the Boards
of Mission Australia Housing Limited,
Mission Australia Housing (Victoria) Limited;
Investa Listed Funds Management Limited.
He is Chairman of UBS Grocon Real Estate
Investment Management Pty Ltd.
Mr Rowe holds a Diploma in Law from the
Solicitors Admission Board of New South
Wales, Australia. He was nominated for the
2011 Justice Medal awarded by The Law and
Justice Foundation of New South Wales.
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