Page 26 - ar2012

CDL Hospitality TrustS
24
RICHARD ANTHONY JOHNSON, 48 DANIEL MARIE GHISLAIN DESBAILLETS, 63
Mr Richard Anthony Johnson was appointed a non-
executive Director of the H-REIT Manager and the HBT
Trustee-Manager on3January2007andwas subsequently
considered an independent non-executive Director of
the H-REIT Manager and the HBT Trustee-Manager. Mr
Johnson is also the Chairman of the H-REIT Manager’s
Risk Management Committee and a member of the
Audit Committees of both the H-REIT Manager and
the HBT Trustee-Manager.
Mr Johnson is currently the Managing Director, Global
Head of Business Development, Global Real Estate,
UBS Global Asset Management (Hong Kong) Ltd. He
was previously the Chief Executive Ofcer of Standard
Chartered-Istithmar Real Estate Fund Management
(Singapore) Pte. Limited and the Managing Director,
Real Estate of Istithmar, focusing on private equity,
real estate and strategic investments. He has more
than 26 years of experience in real estate investment,
fnancing and structuring projects around the world
and was an International Director of Jones Lang LaSalle
based in London, Singapore, Hong Kong and Beijing
from 1997 to 2006.
Mr Johnson holds a Masters Degree in Law fromOxford
University, United Kingdom and a Masters Degree in
Science in Property Investment and Finance from City
University, London, United Kingdom. He is also an
Associate of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
Mr Daniel Marie Ghislain Desbaillets was appointed an
independent non-executiveDirectorof theH-REITManager
and the HBT Trustee-Manager on 2 September 2010.
An international hotelier with more than 35 years of
experience, especially within the Asia Pacifc region,
he has helmed senior positions in Intercontinental
Hotel Group, Fullerton Hotels and Resorts and TCC
Hotel Group. He also served as Special Advisor to
MCIL in 2003, and was subsequently appointed Chief
Operating Ofcer, Asia Pacifc, MCIL, where he was
responsible for hotel operations and the development
of new properties in the region.
Mr Desbaillets currently runs a food and beverage
business under Salad Stop Pte Ltd and Doodle Stop
Pte Ltd, which operate 15 restaurant-and-bar concept
outlets throughout Singapore.
s