Mr Lim was appointed as the Chairman and Independent Non-executive Director of the Manager on 1 November 2010. He is also a member of the Audit Committee.
Mr Lim is currently retired. He was previously a senior partner at Ernst & Young in Singapore where he served as audit partner for various clients and assisted in managing the firm. Prior to his appointment at Ernst & Young, Mr Lim was the Managing Partner of Arthur Andersen in Singapore from 1990 to 2002. He also held the position of Area Managing Partner Asia Pacific for Audit & Business Advisory Services from 1999 to 2000. In all, Mr Lim has over 32 years of experience working in public accountancy, specialising in auditing companies across a variety of industries.
He is also an independent director of several publicly listed companies in Singapore and of the Singapore Tourism Board.
Mr Lim holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Western Australia. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore.
Mr Yong was appointed as Independent Non-executive Director of the Manager on 1 November 2010. He is also a member of the Nominating and Remuneration Committee and the Chairman of the Audit Committee.
Mr Yong has served as Managing Director of InnoTek Limited since 2010, having held key leadership roles in the SGX-ST listed technology group for 12 years, including as Chief Financial Officer and, from 2002, as Executive Director of the InnoTek Group.
A Certified Public Accountant and a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, Mr Yong started his accounting and auditing career with KPMG LLP and subsequently spent more than 10 years in Ernst & Young until 1994 and thereafter, a partner in Moore Stephens, an international accounting firm. Throughout Mr Yong's auditing career which spans over a decade, he also acted as reporting accountant for several significant initial public offerings and major merger and acquisitions ("M&A") transactions. In his foray into the corporate world, Mr Yong took on the position of Group Financial Controller in the listed FMCG group, QAF Ltd, between 1996 and 1999.
With a robust background in accounting, auditing, finance and, advisory services, Mr Yong played pivotal roles in M&A transactions, strategic investments and corporate actions to unlock shareholder value. He has brought these capabilities onboard to InnoTek Limited, where he is the key driver for its strategic direction, corporate governance compliance, and risk management & controls.
He had also served as a member of the financial statements review committee and was a member of the China Committee of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore. He holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the International Management Centre, Europe.
Mr Xayaraj is the Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Manager. He is Executive Director of the Manager since 15 March 2010. He has more than 20 years of experience in real estate investment, development and asset management in many property markets.
Before joining the Manager, Mr Xayaraj was the Director, Real Estate Investments of TCP from October 2009 to August 2010. Prior to that, Mr Xayaraj was the Senior Manager, Marketing at Cambridge Industrial Property Management Pte. Ltd. from January 2009 to August 2009.
Mr Xayaraj was with Cambridge Industrial Trust Management Limited from December 2005 to December 2008 as an Assistant Vice President (Investment). From January 2004 to December 2005, he was involved in the business development and asset management at Ascendas Land (Singapore) Pte Ltd for two years.
Mr Xayaraj was also a Vice President, Research and Finance at Pacific Star Asset Management Pte. Ltd. from January 2003 to December 2003. He was Assistant Manager, Project & Financial Analysis at Pacific Star Property Management Pte Ltd from July 2002 to December 2002. Prior to that, he also held other positions such as Senior Manager (Research) with Jones Lang LaSalle Property Consultants Pte Ltd from January 2002 to April 2002, Equities Research Analyst with OUB Securities Pte Ltd from July 1999 to March 2001, UOB Investment Research Pte Ltd from December 1997 to July 1999 and Tsang & Ong Research (Pte) Ltd from January 1997 to December 1997, and Property Analyst/Valuer at Stewart, Young, Hillesheim & Atlin Ltd in Toronto (Canada) from February 1988 to December 1994.
Mr Xayaraj holds a Bachelor of Applied Science (Honours) degree from the University of Windsor and a Master of Business Administration from the Imperial College, University of London.
Mr Chua is a Non-executive Director of the Manager and also a member of the Nominating and Remuneration Committee on 1 November 2010. Mr Chua has worked in Freight Links Group for over 20 years. During his service with Freight Links Group, Mr Chua served in numerous vocations in management and in operations.
Mr Chua is currently Executive Director and Chief Corporate Development Officer of Freight Links Express Holdings Limited and is responsible for corporate development, investment and properties within the Freight Links Group.
Mr Chua is concurrently a non-executive director of Freight Management Holdings Berhad, an associate company of Freight Links Express Holdings Limited, which is listed on Bursa Malaysia. Mr Chua also holds the position of Executive Director in a number of other subsidiaries in the Freight Links Group located in Singapore and overseas.
Mr Chua holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Singapore, a Diploma in Personnel Management from the Singapore Institute of Management and Singapore Institute of Personnel Management and a Diploma in Business Administration from the National University of Singapore.
Ms Ng Shin Ein was appointed as an Non-executive Director of the Manager on 1 November 2010. She is also a member of the Audit Committee.
She is the Regional Managing Director of Blue Ocean Associates Pte. Ltd., a firm focused on private investments in Asia. Prior to this, Ms Ng was with the SGX-ST, where she was responsible for developing Singapore's capital market by bringing foreign companies to list in Singapore. Additionally, she was part of the Singapore Exchange's Initial Public Offering Approval Committee.
Ms Ng started her career as a corporate lawyer in Messrs Lee & Lee, pursuant to her admission as an advocate and solicitor of the Singapore's Supreme Court. Whilst in legal practice, she advised on joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions and fund raising exercises. Ms Ng sits on the boards of NTUC Fairprice Cooperative, Yanlord Land Group Limited, First Resources Limited and Eu Yan Sang International Ltd.. Additionally, she is an adjunct research fellow focused on Philanthropy and social enterprises with the Business School of National University of Singapore.
Ms Ng holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from the Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London and a Post Graduate Diploma in Singapore Law from the National University of Singapore.