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ANNUAL REPORT 2014
JENNY LIM YIN NEE, 61
Ms Jenny Lim Yin Nee was appointed an Independent Non-
Executive Director of the H-REIT Manager and the HBT
Trustee-Manager on 22 May 2006. She is the Chairman of
the Audit Committees, the Lead Independent Director and a
member of the Risk Management Committees of the H-REIT
Manager and the HBT Trustee-Manager.
Ms Lim retired as a partner of one of the top four accounting
firms on 31 December 2001 to devote her time as a volunteer
of a charitable organisation. She was the Head of the Firm’s
Tax Practice and a member of the Firm’s International Tax
Committee. She remained as an Advisor to the Firm until
31 January 2004.
Ms Lim started her career in audit and subsequently,
specialised in taxation. Her tax experience involved corporate
reorganisations, mergers and acquisitions and international
tax planning assignments which require a good knowledge
and depth of experience in accounting, corporate and
commercial law as well as local and international taxation.
Ms Lim is a retired fellow member of the Association of
Chartered Certified Accountants, United Kingdom.
She was previously an adjunct professor with the Singapore
Management University, a facilitator with the Tax Academy
of Singapore and a board member of Raffles Institution.
Presently, Ms Lim is the President of Viriya Community
Services, a charitable organisation.
JIMMY CHAN CHUN MING, 57
Mr Jimmy Chan Chun Ming was appointed an Independent
Non-Executive Director of the H-REIT Manager and the
HBT Trustee-Manager on 22 May 2006. He also sits on the
Audit Committees of both the H-REIT Manager and the HBT
Trustee-Manager.
Mr Chan is currently a Director of Maxsen International
Limited. He has over twenty years of experience in the
financial and hospitality industries in Asia Pacific and has held
senior positions with HSBC NF China Real Estate Fund, Aareal
Bank Group, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc.,
City e-Solutions Limited, Société Générale Group and The
Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A., being involved in various
corporate finance, capital market, syndication, advisory
and investment transactions for major real estate and hotel
companies in the region.
Mr Chan graduated from the University of British Columbia in
1980 with a Bachelor of Applied Science, Civil Engineering,
and from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1981 with
a Master of Science in Construction Management. In 1994
and 1999, he attended the Executive Management Programs
organised by the Kellogg Graduate School of Management,
Northwestern University, United States of America.
DANIEL MARIE GHISLAIN DESBAILLETS, 65
Mr Daniel Marie Ghislain Desbaillets was appointed an
Independent Non-Executive Director of the H-REIT Manager
and the HBT Trustee-Manager on 2 September 2010.
An international hotelier with more than 35 years of
experience, especially within the Asia Pacific 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 Officer, Asia Pacific,
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, which operates 15 restaurant-and-
bar concept outlets throughout Singapore.
