Q U E K   L E N G   C H A N

Executive Chairman
was appointed to the Board in 1997. Mr Quek has been Executive Chairman of the Group since 2007 and is a member of the Remuneration and Nominating Committees. Mr Quek is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Hong Leong Company (Malaysia) Berhad (“HLCM”) and he sits on the boards of the major public listed companies of HLCM.  He is also the Executive Chairman of Guoco Group Limited, the Company’s intermediate holding company in Hong Kong. Mr Quek qualified as a Barrister-at-Law from Middle Temple, United Kingdom, and has extensive business experience in various business sectors, including financial services, manufacturing and real estate.

P H I L I P   B U R D O N

Deputy Chairman and Independent Non-Executive Director
was appointed to the Board in 1998.  Mr Burdon has been Deputy Chairman of the Group since 2001. He is also Chairman of the Remuneration and Nominating Committees and a member of the Audit Committee. He is respected as a successful businessman and distinguished politician in New Zealand. Mr Burdon was a senior Cabinet Minister in the New Zealand Government from 1990 to 1996 holding key trade and commerce portfolios. He is Chairman of the boards of Superannuation Investments Limited and MFL Mutual Fund Limited and a director of several public listed and private companies including ING Property Trust Management Limited and IAG Ltd. Mr Burdon graduated in law from Canterbury University, New Zealand.

T I M O T H Y   J A M E S   S C O B L E

Group Chief Executive Officer
was appointed to the Board in 2009. Mr Scoble joined the Group in January 2006 as Chief Executive Officer of Guoman Hotels. He continues to be Chief Executive Officer of Guoman Hotels and of the Group’s Clermont Leisure gaming business.  Prior to joining the Group, Mr Scoble was advising a number of private equity firms on leisure sector investment. He has over 20 years of experience in general and financial management in the hotel and restaurant sectors, both in the United Kingdom and internationally.  Mr Scoble is also a non-executive director of The Rank Group Plc. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

R E G G I E   M   T H E I N

Independent Non-Executive Director
was appointed to the Board in 2001. He is also Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Remuneration and Nominating Committees. Mr Thein is a director of United Overseas Bank Limited and a board member and Chairman of the Audit Committees of several listed companies in Singapore, among them Haw Par Corporation Limited, Keppel Telecommunications & Transportation Limited, MobileOne Ltd, GuocoLand Limited, MFS Technology Ltd, FJ Benjamin Holdings Ltd and Otto Marine Limited. He is also a director of Energy Support Management Pte Ltd and Ascendas Pte Ltd. Mr Thein is a member of the Governing Council of the Singapore Institute of Directors, a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and a member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore. He was previously a Senior Partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers, Vice Chairman of Coopers & Lybrand and Managing Partner of its management consulting services firm. In 1999, he was awarded the Public Service Medal by the President of Singapore.

K W E K   L E N G   H A I

Non-Executive Director
was appointed to the Board in 2005. Mr Kwek is also a member of the Audit Committee. He is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Guoco Group Limited, a public listed company on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited. His directorships in other public listed companies include Hong Leong Bank Berhad, GuocoLand Limited and Lam Soon (Hong Kong) Limited. He is also a director of Bank of Chengdu Co., Ltd. Mr Kwek qualified as a Chartered Accountant of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, and has extensive experience in financial services, manufacturing and property investment.

S A T   P A L   K H A T T A R

Independent Non-Executive Director
was appointed to the Board in 2009. Mr Khattar has been the Chairman of GuocoLand Limited, a listed Singapore property developer, since 1990. He is an independent non-executive director and Chairman of the Board Audit Committee of Guoco Group Limited, listed in Hong Kong. He is also a director of other listed companies such as Haw Par Corporation Limited in Singapore and Gateway Distriparks Ltd and India Infoline Ltd in India.  Mr Khattar holds an LLM degree and an LLB (Hons) degree from the University of Singapore.  He was previously the Senior Partner of Khattar Wong & Partners.