Board of Directors

Mr Tan Jeh Wuan
Mr Tan Jeh Wuan
Chairman
Independent Non-Executive Director
Mr Tan Juay Hiang
Mr Tan Juay Hiang
Independent Non-Executive Director
Mr Takashi Suzuki
Mr Takashi Suzuki
Independent Non-Executive Director
Mr Yoshiyuki Takagi
Mr Yoshiyuki Takagi
Non-Independent Non-Executive Director
Mr Eiichi Shibata
Mr Eiichi Shibata
Non-Independent Non-Executive Director
Mr Jun Yamamura
Mr Jun Yamamura
Non-Independent Executive Director
Chief Executive Officer
Mr Tan Jeh Wuan
Chairman
Independent Non-Executive Director

Mr Tan Jeh Wuan is the Chairman and an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Manager.

Mr Tan Jeh Wuan was a career investment banker, spending 30 years with DBS Bank from 1989 to 2019. His last position held was Managing Director & Head of Capital Markets Singapore, in which position he was responsible for DBS Bank's equity capital markets business in Singapore. In his career, Mr Tan Jeh Wuan had been involved in many domestic and international equity fund raisings and financial advisory transactions, including initial public offerings, private placements and right issues.

Mr Tan Jeh Wuan also served on various financial sector workgroups and committees in Singapore in his career. He was a member of the Association of Banks in Singapore Corporate Finance Standing Committee (as well as its predecessor Singapore Investment Banking Association Corporate Finance Committee) for several years, including serving as the Chairman of the Committee for two terms. Mr Tan Jeh Wuan was a member of the SGX Securities Advisory Committee from 2018 to 2019 and was conferred as an Institute of Banking & Finance Fellow, Capital Markets in 2019.

Mr Tan Jeh Wuan holds a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from the University of California, Berkeley, United States of America.

Mr Tan Juay Hiang
Independent Non-Executive Director

Mr Tan Juay Hiang is an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Manager.

Mr Tan Juay Hiang has had 14 years of relevant experience in real estate fund management.

He was the fund manager of Ascendas ASEAN Business Space Fund from 2007 to 2010, he structured the fund, raised US$400 million for the fund and invested in Malaysia, Vietnam and Philippines. He held the appointment of Senior Vice President, Real Estate Fund at Ascendas Pte. Ltd from March 2010 to June 2012, where he was responsible for setting up the new fund and undertaking the capital raising. From July 2012 to December 2019, he acted as Chief Executive Officer of Ascendas Hospitality Fund Management Pte. Ltd., as the manager of Ascendas Hospitality Trust (A-HTRUST), a listed S-REIT in Singapore, where he was responsible for the performance of A-HTRUST and for compliance and execution of A-HTRUST management strategies. From January 2020 to July 2020, he acted as Managing Director of Ascott, where he was responsible for the investments of Ascott Residence Trust.

Mr Tan Juay Hiang holds a Bachelors in Engineering from the National University of Singapore and a Masters in Business Administration from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

Mr Takashi Suzuki
Independent Non-Executive Director

Mr Takashi Suzuki is an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Manager.

Mr Takashi Suzuki graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Law from Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan in 1986, and obtained a Masters of Law from the University of Cambridge, England in 1992. He qualified as an Attorney-at law in the Supreme Court of Japan in 1988, and is admitted to the Japan Bar Association, and the Daini Tokyo Bar Association. He is also a member of the International Bar Association.

He has 17 years of relevant managerial experience as a Partner at Kyo Sogo Law Offices, Tokyo, Japan since September 2003. As a qualified lawyer specialised in the financial sector, Mr Takashi Suzuki has been handling matters involving financial transactions and risk management as well as real property related transactions for over 30 years and has extensive experience and knowledge relevant to his appointment as Independent Non-Executive Director of the Manager.

Mr Yoshiyuki Takagi
Non-Independent Non-Executive Director

Mr Yoshiyuki Takagi is a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of the Manager.

Mr Yoshiyuki Takagi joined Recruit Holding Co., Ltd. and seconded to Cosmos Initia Co., Ltd. (CI) in 1983 and has had more than thirty-eight years of experience in management within CI which was listed on the JASDAQ board in Japan in 1985. For nineteen years from 1990 to 2009 he had been responsible for residential real estate developments in Australia and has been President of a CI subsidiary, Cosmos Australia Pty. Ltd., since 2001. He had been President of CI until his resignation in October 2020 when he became Chairman of CI. Currently he holds Directorships in several subsidiaries of CI. CI joined Daiwa House Group in 2013 and became a subsidiary of Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd. while maintaining its listed status.

Mr Takagi graduated from the Faculty of Law in Hiroshima University, Japan, in 1983.

Mr Eiichi Shibata
Non-Independent Non-Executive Director

Mr Eiichi Shibata is a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of the Manager.

Mr Eiichi Shibata joined Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd. in 1983 and has had more than twenty-five years of experience in management and administration within DHI. He started his career in the accounting department. From April 2001 to April 2016, he pursued his career within DHI in the Group Management and Administration Department, Head Office first as a General Manager, and subsequently as Executive Officer in 2011, and Senior Executive Officer in 2014. From September 2016 till date, he has been serving in the Business Development Department in the Tokyo Head Office first as a Senior Executive Officer in 2016 and subsequently as the Managing Executive Officer from April 2019 till date.

Mr Eiichi Shibata had also been appointed to serve on various Boards in corporations in the construction and logistics industry since November 2017, in various capacities including as Non-Executive Director and Statutory Auditor.

Mr Eiichi Shibata holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business and Commerce from Keio University, Japan.

Mr Jun Yamamura
Non-Independent Executive Director
Chief Executive Officer

Mr Jun Yamamura is an Executive Director and the Chief Executive Officer of the Manager.

Mr Yamamura joined Marubeni Corp. (Marubeni), one of the largest general trading companies in Japan, in 1999. During his 22 years services in Marubeni, he expanded his career in the field of real estate development and investment. Mr Yamamura was involved in mergers of TSE-listed REITs, including the acquisition of Nippon Commercial Investment Corporation by United Urban Investment Corporation (United Urban), which is managed by Marubeni's subsidiary, in December 2010. Mr Yamamura also contributed to the initial public offering of United Urban in 2003 and secondary offering in 2004 as an acquisition manager and in corporate planning as a General Manager from 2017 to 2020.

From April 2021 until the date he joined the Manager, Mr Jun Yamamura was the Senior Chief in the Business Development Department in Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd..

Mr Yamamura holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from The University of Tokyo, Japan, and a Master of Business Administration in Finance and Real Estate from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA. He is a Certified Member Analyst of the Securities Analysts Association of Japan (inactive), a Certified Master of the Association for Real Estate Securitization (inactive), a Certified Building Manager of Japan Building Management Institute (inactive), and a licensed real estate transaction agent in Japan (inactive).