LEADERSHIP STRUCTURE
LEADERSHIP STRUCTURE
Prior to his appointment as the Chief Executive Officer of
the H-REIT Manager and HBT Trustee-Manager, he was the
President of Millennium & Copthorne International Limited
("
MCIL
"), Asia Pacific from 2003 to July 2006, responsible
for overseeing the hotel operations in Asia Pacific and the
corporate office in Singapore. Prior to that, he held the
position of Chief Operating Officer from 2001 to 2003.
Mr Yeo served as Chief Executive Officer of City e-Solutions
Limited until November 2008 and as an Executive Director
until April 2009. He is currently a non-executive Director of
CDL Investments New Zealand Limited.
Between 1998 and 2000, he was an Executive Director
of M&C based in London overseeing global sales and
marketing. Between 1993 and 1998, he was the Executive
Director and then the Managing Director of Millennium &
Copthorne Hotels New Zealand Limited where he developed
and integrated the largest chain of hotels in New Zealand.
Since 1998, Mr Yeo has been a non-executive Director of
Millennium & Copthorne Hotels New Zealand Limited until
stepping down from the position on 31 December 2015.
Mr Yeo graduated Summa Cum Laude and the top of his
faculty in 1988 from Boston University with a Bachelor of
Science in Business Administration (Major in Finance).
JENNY LIM YIN NEE, 62
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 Lead Independent Director and the Chairman
of the Audit and Risk Committees of the H-REIT Manager
and the HBT Trustee-Manager which was established on
29 December 2015 following the merger of the Audit and
Risk Management Committees. Ms Lim was previously the
Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the
Risk Management Committee of both the H-REIT Manager
and the HBT Trustee-Manager until the committees were
dissolved on 29 December 2015.
Ms Lim was a partner of one of the top four accounting
firms and retired 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. She has substantial experience in
corporate advisory, corporate reorganisations and mergers
and acquisitions and has led regional and global projects
across a wide spectrum of industries.
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, 58
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 and Risk Committees of both the H-REIT Manager and
HBT Trustee-Manager. Mr Chan was previously a member
of the Audit Committees of the H-REIT Manager and the
HBT Trustee-Manager until the committees were dissolved
on 29 December 2015.
Mr Chan is the Managing Director of Hsin Chong Strategic
Investment (International) Ltd. 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 structured finance transactions
for major real estate and hotel companies in the region.
Mr Chan was also a non-executive director in Royal Orchid
Hotel (Thailand) Public Company Ltd from 2012 to 2014.
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 completed the Executive Management
Programs at the Kellogg Graduate School of Management,
Northwestern University, United States of America.
DANIEL MARIE GHISLAIN DESBAILLETS, 66
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. Mr Desbaillets is a member of the Nominating and
Remuneration Committees of the H-REIT Manager and the
HBT Trustee-Manager.
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.
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