Mr Andrew Chong Yang Hsueh is the Lead Independent Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Nominating and Remuneration Committee of the Manager.

Mr Chong is also the Independent Chairman of the Investor Committees of both Mapletree Europe Income Trust and Mapletree US Income Commercial Trust.

Mr Chong has over thirty years of experience in the fields of strategy, management, marketing and engineering. He serves on the Future Economy Manufacturing Sub-committee co-chaired by the Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry. Mr Chong is a Board Member of the Ministry of Manpower’s Workforce Singapore Agency (WSG), NTUC’s Employment and Employability Institute (e2i) and the Advanced Manufacturing Training Academy (AMTA). He chairs the Board of the Singapore Semiconductor Industry Association (SSIA) and the Board of Governors of the Institute of Technical Education (ITE). He is active on the Board of a social enterprise in Singapore, and holds Board and advisory roles in several technology start-up companies.

Mr Chong received his Bachelor of Electronics Engineering in 1987 and his Master of Business Administration in 1993 from the University of Adelaide in South Australia. He was conferred a Medal of Commendation at the 2017 May Day Awards for promoting good industrial relations and initiating workers’ training and skills upgrading programmes.

Mr Pok Soy Yoong is an Independent Non-Executive Director and the Chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee of the Manager.

Mr Pok Soy Yoong has over 30 years of working experience in the areas of Singapore direct tax and international tax. He is among the leading tax experts in Singapore on complex tax transactions and issues, and is particularly noted for his leading role in the creation of the taxation framework for real estate investment trusts. Prior to his retirement from professional practice on 31 December 2008, Mr Pok was the Head of Tax with a Big Four accounting firm as well as a member of its Management Committee. He served as the Chief Operating Officer (Tax) of the firm’s Far East Tax Practices, covering 15 countries. Since retirement, Mr Pok served as the lead technical editor of the authoritative book on Singapore taxation, The Law and Practice of Singapore Income Tax (1st and 2nd editions), and the leader of this public-private sector collaborative project.

Ms Chan Chia Lin is an Independent Non-Executive Director and a member of the Nominating and Remuneration Committee of the Manager.

Ms Chan is a Non-Executive Director of investment holding company Lam Soon Cannery Private Limited. Ms Chan was a Non-Executive Director of Mapletree Oakwood Holdings Pte. Ltd., the Chief Investment Officer of Fullerton Fund Management Company, and Managing Director and Head of Currency and Strategy at Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited. Prior to joining the Temasek Group, Ms Chan had also worked at ABN AMRO Bank and the Monetary Authority of Singapore.

Ms Chan is active in the social service sector where she serves on the boards and investment committees of several charitable foundations and church-related organisations. She is currently the Chairperson of HealthServe Ltd. and a Board Member of mental health charity, Resilience Collective and the NUS Mind Science Centre. She was the Vice President and Chairperson of the Investment Committee of the National Council of Social Service.

Ms Chan holds a Bachelor of Art (Honours) in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford University and a Master’s degree in Public Administration from Harvard University.

Mr Guy Daniel Harvey-Samuel is an Independent Non-Executive Director and a member of the Audit and Risk Committee of the Manager.

Mr Harvey-Samuel is currently a Non-Executive Director of M1 Limited and Wing Tai Holdings Limited. Mr Harvey-Samuel is also Chairman of Capella Hotel Group Pte Ltd and of the Board of Trustees of the National Youth Achievement Awards Council. He was conferred the Public Service Medal in 2021 for his contributions to the National Parks Board.

Mr Harvey-Samuel started his career with the HSBC Group in 1978 and held various senior management roles within the HSBC Group in the United Kingdom, Australia, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Singapore. Mr Harvey-Samuel was the Chief Executive Officer of HSBC Singapore before his retirement in March 2017. He was previously a Non-Executive Director of JTC Corporation until 31 March 2021.

Dr Andrew Lee Tong Kin is an Independent Non-Executive Director and a member of the Audit and Risk Committee of the Manager.

Dr Lee is currently Associate Professor of Accounting Practice at Singapore Management University (SMU) and a member of the University Tribunal. He is also a member of the Advisory Committee on Accounting Standards for Statutory Boards (ASSB) of the Accountant-General's Department.

Prior to joining SMU in 2003, Dr Lee held various senior analyst appointments in corporate banking, and global credit markets at DBS Bank, Standard & Poor’s, UBS, and the former Banque Paribas. He was also previously Senior Lecturer in banking and finance, and a research centre director at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. Between 2009 and 2011, he served on the Accounting Standards Council of Singapore.

Dr Lee holds a PhD degree in accounting from New York University, and is a Fellow Chartered Accountant (FCA) and Chartered Valuer & Appraiser (CVA) of Singapore. He was conferred a Public Administration Medal (Bronze) at the 2014 National Day Awards in recognition of his dedication and service to Singapore’s tertiary education sector.

Mr William Toh Thiam Siew is an Independent Non-Executive Director and a member of the Audit and Risk Committee of the Manager.

Mr Toh is also an Independent Investment Committee Member of Mapletree China Opportunity Fund II Pte. Ltd. and Mapletree Global Student Accommodation Private Trust.

Mr Toh has more than 30 years of investment experience and was the Chief Investment Officer at Asia Life (2001 - 2006) and New Harbour Capital Partners (2007 - 2018). He also served on the boards of Asia Life (M) Berhad, ST Asset Management Ltd. and Moris Rasik Foundation (incorporated in Timor Leste).

Mr Toh studied at the University of Tasmania, Australia on a Colombo Plan Scholarship and graduated with a First Class Honours degree in Mathematical Economics. He completed the CFA Investment Management Workshop jointly hosted by the CFA Institute and Harvard Business School.

Ms Noorsurainah Tengah is an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Manager. 

Ms Noorsurainah Tengah is Executive Manager, Head of Alternative Assets and Head of Listed Assets at the Brunei Investment Agency, the sovereign wealth fund of the Government of Brunei. Ms Tengah has been with the Brunei Investment Agency for 15 years; her prior positions have included the Head of Absolute Return, Portfolio Manager Private Equity, Assistant Portfolio Manager External Fund Management, and Analyst of the Macro, Fixed Income, Credit and Equity group. 

Ms Tengah also serves on the boards of Boqii Holding Limited and EG Acquisition Corp, both of which are listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

Ms Tengah holds a Masters in Finance and Economics from the Manchester Business School. She is a Chartered Financial Analyst as well as a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst.

Mr Chua Tiow Chye is a Non-Executive Director and a member of the Nominating and Remuneration Committee of the Manager.

Mr Chua is the Deputy Group Chief Executive Officer of the Sponsor. He focuses on driving the Sponsor’s strategic initiatives including expanding and directing the Sponsor’s international real estate investments and developments. He also directly oversees the Sponsor’s Global Lodging sector as well as the Private Capital Management function. Previously, Mr Chua was the Group Chief Investment Officer and Regional Chief Executive Officer of North Asia & New Markets of the Sponsor.

Mr Chua also serves as a Non-Executive Director of Mapletree North Asia Commercial Trust Management Ltd. (the Manager of Mapletree North Asia Commercial Trust). He was also previously the Chief Executive Officer of Mapletree Logistics Trust Management Ltd..

Prior to joining the Sponsor in 2002, Mr Chua held senior positions with various companies including Vision Century Corporation Ltd, Ascendas Pte Ltd, Singapore Food Industries Pte Ltd and United Overseas Bank Ltd.

Mr Chua holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Strathclyde and graduated with a Bachelor of Regional and Town Planning (1st Class Honours) from the University of Queensland in 1982.

Ms Wendy Koh Mui Ai is a Non-Executive Director of the Manager.

Ms Koh is currently the Group Chief Financial Officer of the Sponsor. She oversees the Finance, Tax, Treasury and Information Technology functions of the Sponsor. She is also a Non-Executive Director of Mapletree Logistics Trust Management Ltd. (the Manager of Mapletree Logistics Trust) and Mapletree Pan Asia Commercial Trust Management Ltd. (the Manager of Mapletree Pan Asia Commercial Trust).

Prior to her current role, she was the Regional Chief Executive Officer, South East Asia (August 2014 to July 2019), heading the Sponsor’s business in South East Asia and Head, Strategy and Research (2014). She was also previously engaged by the Sponsor as an advisor to review the Sponsor’s strategy implementation from FY09/10 to FY13/14, and was involved in the formulation of its second five-year strategic plan.

Before joining the Sponsor, Ms Koh was Co-head, Asia-Pacific Property Research, at Citi Investment Research. With 20 years of experience as a real estate equity analyst, she was involved in many initial public offerings and capital raising deals including for Mapletree Logistics Trust, Mapletree Industrial Trust and Mapletree Commercial Trust.

Ms Koh holds a Bachelor of Business (Honours) degree specialising in Financial Analysis from the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and the professional designation of Chartered Financial Analyst ("CFA") from the CFA Institute.

Mr Michael Thomas Smith is a Non-Executive Director of the Manager.

Mr Smith, as Regional Chief Executive Officer of Europe and USA of the Sponsor, is responsible for new and existing businesses in Europe and the United States (excluding Group Lodging). He is also a member of the Singapore Stock Exchange Disciplinary Committee.

Prior to joining the Sponsor, Mr Smith was a partner at Goldman Sachs, heading the Southeast Asia investment banking business as well as the bank's Asia-Pacific (ex Japan) real estate business. As one of the pioneers of the Asian REIT industry, Mr Smith has been involved in numerous initial public offerings (IPOs) of REITs, including the IPOs of the four REITs of the Sponsor - namely Mapletree Logistics Trust, Mapletree Industrial Trust, Mapletree Commercial Trust and Mapletree North Asia Commercial Trust which are listed on the Singapore Exchange Limited. He was also involved in various significant transactions of the Sponsor including the acquisition of Festival Walk in Hong Kong SAR, Gateway Plaza in Beijing, as well as in the collaboration with Oakwood in 2014.

Mr Smith has over 25 years of investment banking experience and prior to Goldman Sachs, he was the head of Asia (ex Japan) Real Estate Investment Banking of UBS from 2000 to 2006.

Mr Tham Kuo Wei is both an Executive Director and the Chief Executive Officer of the Manager.

Prior to joining the Manager, he was the Deputy Chief Executive Officer (from August 2009) and Chief Investment Officer (from April 2008 to August 2009) of the Sponsor’s Industrial Business Unit where he was responsible for structuring, setting up and managing real estate investment platforms in Singapore and the region.

Prior to this, Mr Tham was the Chief Investment Officer of CIMB-Mapletree Management Sdn. Bhd. in Malaysia from July 2005, and he was responsible for setting up and managing the private equity real estate fund. He was instrumental in securing investments from institutional investors in Malaysia and overseas. He was also responsible for sourcing and acquiring completed assets as well as managing development projects across the office, retail, industrial and residential sectors.

Before Mr Tham’s secondment to CIMB-Mapletree Management Sdn. Bhd., he was Senior Vice President of Asset Management in the Sponsor and was responsible for the Sponsor’s portfolio of Singapore commercial, industrial and residential assets. He joined the Sponsor in June 2002 as the Project Director for its new Business and Financial Centre project at the New Downtown in Singapore. Prior to joining the Sponsor, Mr Tham held various positions in engineering and logistics management in PSA Corporation from 1993 to 2002.

Mr Tham holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) degree from the National University of Singapore.