His appointment will take effect on 1st November 2013.
Mr. Misra is currently the Chairman of the Asia Pacific Advisory Board for Apollo Management, the global private equity and alternative asset management firm. He is also President of Phoenix Advisers Pte Ltd, a boutique advisory and principal investing firm. Mr.
Misra is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Singapore Management University, the Board of Directors of the National University Health System and OUE Hospitality Trust Management Pte Ltd. Mr. Misra held several senior positions, namely, Chief Executive Officer of Citigroup’s Global Corporate and Investment Banking Group in Singapore and Brunei and Country Officer in Singapore, and Head of the Asia Pacific Corporate Bank, in a career spanning 11 years with the Citigroup.
His career prior to Citigroup included stints with Salomon Brothers and Goldman Sachs & Co.
Mr. Misra brings with him extensive strategic, organisational, operational and capital markets experience that will contribute positively to the Company’s businesses in its current stage of development.
The information relating to the appointment of Mr. Misra as required under Rule 704(7) of the Listing Manual of the SGX-ST is set out in the prescribed Announcement of Appointment of Independent Director.
