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RONALD SEAH LIM SIANG, 67
Mr Ronald Seah Lim Siang was appointed an Independent
Non-Executive Director of the H-REIT Manager and HBT
Trustee-Manager on 21 October 2013. He is also the
Chairman of the Risk Management Committees of the H-REIT
Manager and the HBT Trustee-Manager, and a member of
the Audit Committees of the H-REIT Manager and the HBT
Trustee-Manager.
Mr Seah also sits on the board of directors of other listed
companies, namely, Yanlord Land Group Limited, Global
Investments Limited, PGG Wrightson Limited and Telechoice
International Limited.
Over a 25-year period between 1980 and 2005, Mr Seah
had held various senior positions within the AIG Group in
Singapore, initially as AIA Singapore’s Vice-President and
Chief Investment Officer managing the investment portfolio
of AIA Singapore and later as AIG Global Investment
Corporation (Singapore) Ltd’s Vice-President of Direct
Investments. Between 2001 and 2005, Mr Seah was also the
Chairman of the Board of AIG Global Investment Corporation
(Singapore) Ltd. From 1978 to 1980, Mr Seah managed the
investment portfolio of Post Office Savings Bank as Deputy
Head of the Investment and Credit Department. Prior to
that, he worked at Singapore Nomura Merchant Bank as an
Assistant Manager with responsibilities covering the sale of
bonds and securities and offshore (ACU) loan administration
for the bank. Between 2002 and 2003, Mr Seah served on the
panel of experts of the Commercial Affairs Department of
Singapore.
Mr Seah graduated with a Bachelor of Arts and Social
Sciences (Second Class Upper in Economics) from the then
University of Singapore in 1975.
RONALD NATHANIEL ISSEN, 53
Mr RonaldNathaniel Issen was appointed a Non-Independent
and Non-Executive Director of the H-REIT Manager and the
HBT Trustee-Manager on 7 April 2014.
Mr Issen is currently a Non-Executive Director and Deputy
Chairman of City e-Solutions Limited and during the past
three years, was also a past Non-Executive and Non-
Independent Director of Food Junction Holdings Limited
(until December 2013). He is the Non-Executive Chairman,
Asia, for Hailo Network Holdings Limited, a Non-Executive
Director of Capella Hotel Group Asia Pte. Ltd. and the
Managing Director of Issen & Company.
Mr Issen has served in the past as a Senior Advisor based
in Hong Kong with private equity group Apollo Global
Management LLC, and had also served on the Executive
Management Committee of eSun Holdings Limited.
He began his career with Smith Barney and the Boston
Consulting Group and later worked for then-Credit
Agricole Indosuez.
Mr Issen holds a Master of Business Administration from
Stanford University, where he was an EJ Gallo Foundation
Fellow, and holds a Bachelor of Arts from Williams College,
cum laude with honors. He also serves as Chapter Head/
President and as a member of the Board of Directors of the
Stanford GSB Chapter of Hong Kong Limited.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
M&C REIT Management Limited and
M&C Business Trust Management Limited
Executive Boardroom, Novotel Singapore Clarke Quay
