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MANAGEMENT TEAM
LEADERSHIP STRUCTURE
VINCENT YEO WEE ENG
Chief Executive Officer
Mr Yeo is also the Executive Director of the H-REIT Manager
and the HBT Trustee-Manager and his profile can be found
under the "Board of Directors" section on pages 36 and 37
of the Annual Report.
ANNIE GAN
Chief Financial Officer
Ms Gan is responsible for CDLHT’s financial and capital
management functions. She oversees all matters involving
finance and accounting, treasury, taxation, compliance and
fund management, ensuring the alignment with CDLHT’s
investment strategy while focusing on optimising revenue
and investment returns.
Ms Gan has more than 28 years of diverse experience in
financial management, treasury, mergers and acquisitions,
taxation and corporate advisory as well as in-depth
knowledge of the hospitality, property development
and property investment industries. Prior to joining the
H-REIT Manager and the HBT Trustee-Manager, Ms Gan
was the Group Financial Controller of the public-listed
company, Orchard Parade Holdings Limited ("OPHL"),
a subsidiary of Far East Organisation Pte Ltd. She also
served as a Director of all the subsidiaries of OPHL,
primarily responsible for the stewardship of the subsidiaries’
affairs and advising on new investment opportunities.
Ms Gan was also previously with PricewaterhouseCoopers,
Singapore as Senior Audit Manager, where she was
responsible for due diligence and acquisition audits,
profit forecast reviews and the statutory audits of
several public-listed companies and large multinational
corporations.
Ms Gan is a Chartered Accountant with the Institute of
Singapore Chartered Accountants and a Fellow of Certified
Public Accountants of Australia and holds a Bachelor of
Commerce from The Australian National University.
DAVID LING
Head, Strategic Development
Mr Ling is responsible for origination of strategic investment
opportunities from the regional and international markets
for H-REIT. His role includes identifying and securing value
propositions, covering both single assets and portfolios,
with the objective of growing the long term income and
capital value of H-REIT investment holdings. His role is
also to expand the network of hospitality relationships for
H-REIT to gain access to greater deal flow.
Mr Ling has 27 years of diverse hospitality and real estate
experience in markets across Asia Pacific and Europe,
and established relationships with major institutional and
private investment houses, brokerage firms and financial
institutions. His passion and entrepreneurial spirit drove
him to establish and manage four new offices of HVS
Hospitality Services in Asia Pacific between 2004 and
2014 as its Chairman and Managing Director, as well as
pioneered and chaired the largest and most influential
hotel investment conference in mainland China - the annual
China Hotel Investment Conference.
Mr Ling speaks regularly at international conferences and
lectures at universities and industry seminars. He served on
the international board of HVS from 2005 to 2013 and the
Hotel Licensing Board of Singapore from 2011 to 2014.
Graduated with a Master in Urban Land Appraisal from
University of Reading, United Kingdom, and a Bachelor
of Business (Distinction) in Valuation and Land Economy
from Curtin University in Australia, Mr Ling is a member
of the Australian Property Institute, Singapore Institute of
Surveyors and Valuers and a Licensed Appraiser registered
with the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore.
PAUL KITAMURA
Head, Asset Management
Mr Kitamura is responsible for CDLHT’s asset management
function which involves performance monitoring and value
enhancement initiatives across the portfolio.
Earlier, he operated his own hospitality consultancy and
served as Senior Vice President of asset management
for GIC Real Estate. He was responsible for the fund’s
Asia-Pacific hospitality portfolio which comprised assets
such as the Westin Tokyo, Shangri-La Sydney and Park
Hyatt Melbourne, a portfolio of serviced apartments
in Japan and a retail portfolio in Australia. During the
2008/09 global downturn, he successfully drove fast-track
cost efficiency initiatives and led the brand conversion of
the 1,053-room Hilton Fukuoka.
His hotel experience includes leading IHG’s efforts
in Japan as country head from 2002-2008, securing
exclusivity with ANA Airlines to form a JV partnership for
a 50-property chain in Japan. During this period, deal
flow increased 200% including signing of the 600-room
Crowne Plaza Kobe and successful extension of the group’s
presence in Tokyo, Yokohama, Kyoto and Nagasaki.
Operationally, he led IHG’s business in Japan through a
brand portfolio covering 10 cities which includes Tokyo,
Yokohama and Kyoto.
Mr Kitamura also held senior Asia Pacific brand
management and marketing positions within IHG in Hong
Kong and Singapore. He started his career with Mandarin
Oriental Hotel Group where he spent 10 years in a variety
of sales & marketing roles at the property, regional and
corporate levels.
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