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| Announcement Title | Change - Announcement of Appointment |
| Date & Time of Broadcast | Aug 1, 2024 18:45 |
| Status | New |
| Announcement Sub Title | Appointment of Independent Director |
| Announcement Reference | SG240801OTHRTY8O |
| Submitted By (Co./ Ind. Name) | Ngoo Lin Fong |
| Designation | Executive Director & Finance Director |
| Description (Please provide a detailed description of the event in the box below) | Appointment of Independent Director |
| Additional Details | |
| Date Of Appointment | 01/08/2024 |
| Name Of Person | Ng Sook Zhen |
| Age | 36 |
| Country Of Principal Residence | Singapore |
| The Board's comments on this appointment (including rationale, selection criteria, board diversity considerations, and the search and nomination process) | The Board has reviewed the qualifications and experience of Ms Ng Sook Zhen and approved her appointment as an Independent Non-Executive Director. |
| Whether appointment is executive, and if so, the area of responsibility | NA |
| Job Title (e.g. Lead ID, AC Chairman, AC Member etc.) | Member of the Remuneration Committee, Nominating Committee and Audit Committee |
| Professional qualifications | Sook Zhen is a partner in Dentons Rodyk's Regional practice group in the Corporate department. She is the Head of the Japan desk, as well as the BD lead for Philippines. Her practice focuses on Singapore, Japan and China. Prior to joining Dentons Rodyk, she worked as a foreign legal associate with Anderson Mori & Tomotsune, one of the largest Japanese law firms in Japan, for more than two years. Over the years working as lawyer in Singapore and Japan, she has enjoyed an active civil/commercial practice and has advised and assisted Singaporean, Chinese and Japanese clients in a wide variety of matters, including transactions involving healthcare, real estate, employment and regulatory compliance as well as general commercial and corporate matters. In 2021, she was recognized as one of Singapore's 18 most influential lawyers under 40 by Singapore Business Review. She is also on the panel of Arbitrators for Japan Commercial Arbitration Association and Beihai Asia International Arbitration Centre, and has been appointed as a Japan specialist mediator at the Singapore International Mediation Centre. Sook Zhen graduated from the National University of Singapore in 2011 and was called to the bar in July 2012. |
| Any relationship (including immediate family relationships) with any existing director, existing executive officer, the issuer and/ or substantial shareholder of the listed issuer or any of its principal subsidiaries | No |
| Conflict of interests (including any competing business) | No |
| Working experience and occupation(s) during the past 10 years | 1. Dentons Rodyk & Davidson LLP - Partner (Regional Practice Group) (2017 - present) 2. Anderson Mori & Tomotsune - Foreign Legal Associate (2014 - 2017) 3. Drew and Napier - Associate (2011 - 2014) |
| Undertaking submitted to the listed issuer in the form of Appendix 7.7 (Listing Rule 704(7)) Or Appendix 7H (Catalist Rule 704(6)) | Yes |
| Shareholding interest in the listed issuer and its subsidiaries? | No |
| # These fields are not applicable for announcements of appointments pursuant to Listing Rule 704 (9) or Catalist Rule 704 (8). | |
| Past (for the last 5 years) | NA |
| Present | NA |
| (a) Whether at any time during the last 10 years, an application or a petition under any bankruptcy law of any jurisdiction was filed against him or against a partnership of which he was a partner at the time when he was a partner or at any time within 2 years from the date he ceased to be a partner? | No |
| (b) Whether at any time during the last 10 years, an application or a petition under any law of any jurisdiction was filed against an entity (not being a partnership) of which he was a director or an equivalent person or a key executive, at the time when he was a director or an equivalent person or a key executive of that entity or at any time within 2 years from the date he ceased to be a director or an equivalent person or a key executive of that entity, for the winding up or dissolution of that entity or, where that entity is the trustee of a business trust, that business trust, on the ground of insolvency? | No |
| (c) Whether there is any unsatisfied judgment against him? | No |
| (d) Whether he has ever been convicted of any offence, in Singapore or elsewhere, involving fraud or dishonesty which is punishable with imprisonment, or has been the subject of any criminal proceedings (including any pending criminal proceedings of which he is aware) for such purpose? | No |
| (e) Whether he has ever been convicted of any offence, in Singapore or elsewhere, involving a breach of any law or regulatory requirement that relates to the securities or futures industry in Singapore or elsewhere, or has been the subject of any criminal proceedings (including any pending criminal proceedings of which he is aware) for such breach? | No |
| (f) Whether at any time during the last 10 years, judgment has been entered against him in any civil proceedings in Singapore or elsewhere involving a breach of any law or regulatory requirement that relates to the securities or futures industry in Singapore or elsewhere, or a finding of fraud, misrepresentation or dishonesty on his part, or he has been the subject of any civil proceedings (including any pending civil proceedings of which he is aware) involving an allegation of fraud, misrepresentation or dishonesty on his part? | No |
| (g) Whether he has ever been convicted in Singapore or elsewhere of any offence in connection with the formation or management of any entity or business trust? | No |
| (h) Whether he has ever been disqualified from acting as a director or an equivalent person of any entity (including the trustee of a business trust), or from taking part directly or indirectly in the management of any entity or business trust? | No |
| (i) Whether he has ever been the subject of any order, judgment or ruling of any court, tribunal or governmental body, permanently or temporarily enjoining him from engaging in any type of business practice or activity? | No |
| (j) Whether he has ever, to his knowledge, been concerned with the management or conduct, in Singapore or elsewhere, of the affairs of :- | |
| (i) any corporation which has been investigated for a breach of any law or regulatory requirement governing corporations in Singapore or elsewhere; or | No |
| (ii) any entity (not being a corporation) which has been investigated for a breach of any law or regulatory requirement governing such entities in Singapore or elsewhere; or | No |
| (iii) any business trust which has been investigated for a breach of any law or regulatory requirement governing business trusts in Singapore or elsewhere; or | No |
| (iv) any entity or business trust which has been investigated for a breach of any law or regulatory requirement that relates to the securities or futures industry in Singapore or elsewhere, in connection with any matter occurring or arising during that period when he was so concerned with the entity or business trust? | No |
| (k) Whether he has been the subject of any current or past investigation or disciplinary proceedings, or has been reprimanded or issued any warning, by the Monetary Authority of Singapore or any other regulatory authority, exchange, professional body or government agency, whether in Singapore or elsewhere? | No |
| Any prior experience as a director of an issuer listed on the Exchange? | No |
| If no, please state if the director has attended or will be attending training on the roles and responsibilities of a director of a listed issuer as prescribed by the Exchange | No, Ms Ng Sook Zhen will attend the Director's training conducted by SID. |