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Mr. Chia Chee Ming, Timothy was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company on 19 May 2016. He has been re-designated as Senior Independent Director of the Company with effect from 24 February 2017. He was appointed as the Chairman of the Nominating & Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit & Risk Management Committee of the Company on 20 May 2016 and 30 May 2018 respectively.

Mr. Chia is Chairman of Hup Soon Global Corporation Private Limited and recently on 1 January 2020, he was appointed as Chairman of Innoven Capital Pte Ltd. He also sits on the boards of several other private and public companies, including The Straits Trading Company Limited and Banyan Tree Holdings Ltd as their Lead Independent Director, Fraser and Neave Limited, Singapore Power Limited, Vertex Venture Holdings Ltd., Ceylon Guardian Investment Trust PLC, Ceylon Investment PLC and Thai Beverage Public Company Limited. He is a Member of the Advisory Council and Co-Chair (Singapore) of the ASEAN Business Club and a Member of the Advisory Board of the Asian Civilisations Museum. Mr Chia is a Trustee of the Singapore Indian Development Association (SINDA).

Mr. Chia was the former Chairman – Asia for Coutts & Co Ltd., the private banking arm of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group. From 1986 to 2004, he was a director of PAMA Group where he was responsible for private equity investments and served as President from 1995 to 2004. He was previously a director of SP PowerAssets Limited, PowerGas Limited, InnoTek Limited, and a senior advisor to EQT Funds Management Ltd. Mr. Chia was also a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Singapore Management University before stepping down in January 2019.

Mr. Chia does not hold any other directorship in other public companies and listed issuers in Malaysia.