The Board of Directors is entrusted with the responsibility for the overall management of the Manager. The Board consists of 11 Directors as follows:
Tan Sri Lim Siew Choon holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree (majoring in Finance) from the University of Central Oklahoma in the United States.
He has more than 41 years of management experience in property development, construction, retail design, retail development as well as corporate management.
He was appointed to the Board of the Manager on 7 April 2011 and subsequently appointed the Chairman of the Manager on 11 August 2011. He is also a director of Pavilion REIT Bond Capital Berhad, an Executive Chairman of WCT Holdings Berhad and also the Non-Independent Non-Executive Chairman of Malton Berhad. His spouse, Puan Sri Tan Kewi Yong is an Executive Director and a major unitholder of Pavilion REIT.
He has no conflict of interest with Pavilion REIT save for the related party transactions as annexed. He has not been convicted of any offences and is not aware of any public sanction or penalty imposed by relevant regulatory bodies during the past 5 years, other than traffic offences, if any.
Puan Sri Tan Kewi Yong pursued her tertiary education in the United Kingdom majoring in Business and Marketing Studies.
She was instrumental in setting up various successful business ventures since her initial foray into trading and distribution businesses. Having acquired knowledge in diverse range of business and industry sectors she possesses experience ranging from retail, marketing, finance and strategic management. She continues to extend her scope of experience, having been involved actively in the property development and real estate investment sectors.
She was appointed to the Board of the Manager on 7 April 2011. She is currently an Executive Director of Malton Berhad. She is the spouse of Tan Sri Lim Siew Choon.
She has no conflict of interest with Pavilion REIT save for the related party transactions as annexed. She has not been convicted of any offences and is not aware of any public sanction or penalty imposed by relevant regulatory bodies during the past 5 years, other than traffic offences, if any.
Dato’ Lee Tuck Fook is a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants and the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He also holds a Master degree in Business Administration from the International Management Centre, Buckingham.
He began his career with KPMG in 1974 under articleship, was subsequently admitted as a partner in 1985 until he left the practice in 1990. From 1990 to 1992, he was appointed the Vice President of Samling Group in Sarawak. He later joined the Renong Berhad group as the Managing Director of Renong Overseas Corporation. Between 1994 and 2000, he was the Chairman of the Executive Committee of the board of Peremba-Kentz Ltd. He was the Managing Director of Cement Industries of Malaysia Bhd from 2001 to 2002.
From 2002 to 2006, he was Managing Director of Paracorp Berhad. In 2003 he was appointed the Executive Director of Malton Berhad and was re-designated as its Managing Director in December 2003. He resigned from the board of Malton Berhad in 2009. On 27 August 2020, he resigned as an Independent Non-Executive Director of SAM Engineering & Equipment (M) Berhad.
He was appointed to the Board of the Manager on 29 July 2011 and a director of Pavilion REIT Bond Capital Berhad. He is also the Independent Non-Executive Chairman of Pesona Metro Holdings Berhad. On 2 November 2016 he was appointed the Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of WCT Holdings Berhad and subsequently re-designated as Group Managing Director on 3 April 2017.
He has no conflict of interest with Pavilion REIT save for the related party transactions as annexed. He has not been convicted of any offences and is not aware of any public sanction or penalty imposed by relevant regulatory bodies during the past 5 years, other than traffic offences, if any.
Ahmad Mohammed F Q Al-Khanji, graduated with a Bachelor of Law (LLB) with honors from Oxford Brookes University, Oxford United Kingdom and he hold a Master in Business Administration (MBA) from London Business School, London United Kingdom. He is admitted to practice in New York.
He is currently the General Counsel of Qatar Investment Authority (QIA).
He was the Head of M&A (Legal) - (QIA) from March 2014 to September 2018 where he led and monitored the execution of new acquisitions and ensured adequate protections for QIA, and relationship management with external parties. From 2006 - 2010, he was an assistant legal counsel of Qatargas Operating Company Limited and was seconded to the project finance team of Allen & Overy LLP in London from September 2008 to March 2009.
He was appointed to the Board of the Manager on 14 June 2016. He does not hold any directorship in any public or public listed company.
He has no conflict of interest with Pavilion REIT save for the related party transactions as annexed. He has not been convicted of any offences and is not aware of any public sanction or penalty imposed by relevant regulatory bodies during the past 5 years, other than traffic offences, if any.
Mohd Abdulrazzaq A A Al-Hashmi, graduated from Qatar University with a major degree in Finance and minor degree in Marketing. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst level 3 candidate.
Mohammed Al-Hashmi is the Post Acquisition Director of the Real Estate Department of Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), where he oversees post-acquisition asset management in the real estate sector. He is responsible for the management of QIA’s real estate portfolio, and is primarily focused on preserving capital investments, creating value and growing the relationship with existing partners.
He was appointed to the Board of the Manager on 14 June 2016. He was also appointed as a member of the Manager’s Nominating Committee on 28 June 2016 and a member of the Manager’s Risk Management Committee and Sustainability Committee on 20 May 2022. He does not hold any directorship in any public or public listed company.
He has no conflict of interest with Pavilion REIT save for the related party transactions as annexed. He has not been convicted of any offences and is not aware of any public sanction or penalty imposed by relevant regulatory bodies during the past 5 years, other than traffic offences, if any.
Navid Chamdia, graduated from University College London with a first class honours degree in Economics. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant and a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants from England and Wales. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst charter holder.
He is currently head of real estate investments at Qatar Investment Authority, focusing primarily on direct acquisitions, joint ventures and co-investments in Europe, the United States and emerging markets. Navid Chamdia is also responsible for real estate fund investments made by the Qatar Investment Authority.
Prior to joining Qatar Investment Authority in 2005, he spent 12 years at Ernst & Young’s Project Finance division in London advising on the financing and delivery of global real estate and infrastructure projects.
He was appointed to the Board of the Manager on 10 August 2011. He was appointed as a member of the Audit Committee of the Manager on 28 June 2016. He does not hold any directorship in any public or public listed company.
He has no conflict of interest with Pavilion REIT save for the related party transactions as annexed. He has not been convicted of any offences and is not aware of any public sanction or penalty imposed by relevant regulatory bodies during the past 5 years, other than traffic offences, if any.
Dato’ Seri Mohamed Azahari bin Mohamed Kamil, graduated from Central Michigan University with Master of Business Administration (Finance). He also holds a Bachelor of Business Administration (Finance) from Western Michigan University and a Diploma in Banking from Universiti Teknologi Mara.
Dato’ Seri Mohamed Azahari bin Mohamed Kamil is a qualified chartered banker of the Asian Institute of Chartered Bankers as well as a Chartered Professional in Islamic Finance. Throughout his career, he held senior management positions in private and public organisations, including Malaysian Industrial Development Finance Berhad, Permodalan Nasional Berhad Group, Amanah Raya Group and being the Chief Executive Officer of Asian Finance Bank Berhad.
He initiated the first Government REIT owned by Amanah Raya in 2005, a multi asset REIT which was listed in 2006. He was also formerly the Managing Director of QSR Brands (M) Holdings Bhd, the operator of KFC and Pizza Hut restaurants in Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei and Cambodia. He was a Non-Executive Director of KPJ Healthcare Berhad and a director of Larkin Sentral Property Berhad.
He was appointed to the Board of the Manager on 7 August 2023. He was also appointed the Chairman of the Manager’s Nominating Committee on 7 August 2023 and also a member of the Audit Committee, Risk Management Committee and Sustainability Committee on the same date.
Dato’ Seri Mohamed Azahari Bin Mohamed Kamil is currently an Independent Non-Executive Director of SEG International Bhd and was the Group President. He is also a Non-Executive Independent Director for Aurelius Healthcare Sdn Bhd.
He has no conflict of interest with Pavilion REIT. He has not been convicted of any offences and is not aware of any public sanction or penalty imposed by relevant regulatory bodies during the past 5 years, other than traffic offences, if any.
Dato’ Mearia @ Massahariah binti Hamzah, graduated from University of New Haven, USA with Master of Business Administration (Accounting and Finance) and a Bachelor of Science degree (Accounting) from the State University of New York, USA.
She has an extensive career spanning over 3 decades in banking, finance and corporate services space, focusing on areas of strategy, transformation, digital payments and Islamic finance.
The last 8 years, she has helmed the role of Senior Vice President at both Bank Muamalat Malaysia Berhad (BMMB) and Bank Simpanan Nasional (BSN), where she drove two (2) key national financial agendas with the successful implementation and promotion of digital payments for retail consumers, as well as a comprehensive financial inclusion initiative in providing basic financial and payment services for the underserved and unserved communities across Malaysia. She had also served as a member of the Management Committee at BSN.
As the Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Pos Malaysia Berhad for 10 years from 2004 until 2014, she had successfully implemented multiple new business models in the financial services sphere, which were in partnership with numerous financial service providers. There she also spearheaded a number of transformation initiatives towards the modernization of Pos Malaysia Berhad and served as a Board member of one of Pos Malaysia’s financial service subsidiary.
She had helmed over a 9-year period from 1995 until 2004 key positions at several prominent listed companies, namely Land & General Berhad, CSM Corporation Berhad and Malton Berhad, which were involved in the development, investment and management of properties in Malaysia and abroad. There, her roles were in strategy and corporate planning, financial management and investor relations.
During the initial years of her career from 1988 until 1995, she gained valuable experience working as an auditor with Arthur Andersen & Co. and Sime Darby Berhad, prior to taking up a role as a corporate banker with Bank of Commerce (M) Berhad.
She was appointed to the Board of the Manager on 3 January 2023. She was also appointed as a member of the Manager’s Audit Committee, Risk Management Committee and Sustainability Committee on the same date. Subsequently on 7 August 2023, she was redesignated as the Chairman of the Risk Management Committee of Manager. She does not hold any directorship in any public or public listed company.
She has no conflict of interest with Pavilion REIT. She has not been convicted of any offences and is not aware of any public sanction or penalty imposed by relevant regulatory bodies during the past 5 years, other than traffic offences, if any.
Baljeet Kaur Grewal A/P Jaswant Singh, graduated from University of Cambridge, United Kingdom with Executive Master in Business Administration and BA International Economics (first class honours) from University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom.
She was a senior investment banking and strategy professional with experiences interalia in investment banking, direct investment portfolio management, Islamic finance and credit research.
She had previously worked as a Management Associate of Deutsche Morgan Grenfell, Kuala Lumpur. In June 2000, she was an Associate Director, Corporate Planning & Strategy (Asia) of ABN AMRO Bank Asia.
In July 2002, she was the Head, Capital Market Research (Fixed Income) of Maybank Investment Bank, Malaysia (Aseambankers) before being appointed as the Managing Director & Vice Chairman of KFH Research Limited, Kuwait Finance House in September 2006.
In 2015, she served as an advisory and finance specialist (West Asian Economic Mission) for Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Turkey and appointed as the Managing Director, Strategy & Portfolio Investments / Samruk-Kazyna Sovereign Wealth Fund of Kazakhstan.
She also served as member of the management board and a non-independent director of KazMunayGas National Oil Company, Kazakhstan.
She was appointed to the Board of the Manager on 14 September 2022. She was also appointed as a member of the Manager’s Audit Committee, Risk Management Committee and Sustainability Committee on 12 October 2022. She was redesignated as the Chairman of the Audit Committee of Manager on 7 August 2023. She does not hold any directorship in any public or public listed company.
She has no conflict of interest with Pavilion REIT. She has not been convicted of any offences and is not aware of any public sanction or penalty imposed by relevant regulatory bodies during the past 5 years, other than traffic offences, if any.
Nor Rejina binti Abdul Rahim graduated with an honours law degree from the University of Kent at Canterbury, UK and was called to the Bar of England and Wales. She is a holder of the Islamic Finance Qualification (IFQ) from the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment, UK and is a Certified Compliance Professional-Compliance Advocate from the Securities Industry Development Corporation, a related arm of the Securities Commission.
She has 25 years’ Capital Markets experience in Malaysia. She was previously the Managing Director and Country Head of Nomura Asset Management Malaysia Sdn Bhd from 2006 to 2021 and subsequently was Advisor until April 2023.
She was appointed to the Board of the Manager on 7 August 2023. She was also appointed as a member and Chairman of the Manager’s Sustainability Committee on 7 August 2023 and also a member of the Audit Committee and Risk Management Committee on the same date.
She currently sits on the boards of KAF Investment Bank Berhad and KAF Investment Funds Berhad. She is an Advisor to the Institutional Investors Council of Malaysia and a Council member of The MIFC (Malaysia International Islamic Financial Centre) Leadership Council which promotes Malaysia as an Islamic Finance hub. She is also the Chairperson of the Sustainability Investment Platform, a Committee Member of MYCIF Platform and Founder of Wahine Capital Sdn Bhd.
She has no conflict of interest with Pavilion REIT. She has not been convicted of any offences and is not aware of any public sanction or penalty imposed by relevant regulatory bodies during the past 5 years, other than traffic offences, if any.
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