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Annual Report 2015
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DIRECTORS’ PROFILES
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE REPORT (CONTINUED)
LIM SIT CHEN LAM PAK NG
Independent Non-Executive Chairman
Appointed Director: 12 February 2007
Appointed Chairman: 12 February 2015
Qualifications:
MBA degree from the Graduate
School of Business of Columbia University,
New York, N.Y, USA
Lim Sit Chen (Maurice) is the founding partner
of Stewardship Consulting, based in Singapore,
providing strategy consulting services to
family-owned companies and government
organisations. Prior to Stewardship Consulting,
Maurice was in banking, advising public
and private sector clients in treasury and
risk management, financial strategy and
investment management. He has worked in
London, Montreal, New York, Singapore and
Tokyo.
A Mauritian and Canadian citizen, born in 1947,
he lives in Singapore.
Committees:
Board of Directors (Chairperson)
Risk Committee
Corporate Governance Committee
(Chairperson)
JAMES BENOIT
Chief Executive Officer and Executive
Director
Appointed: 31 May 2007
Resigned: 23 September 2015
Qualifications:
Chartered Financial Analyst
James was previously a global management
executive with the Hong Kong and Shanghai
Banking Corporation Group for 16 years in
emerging and developing markets in China,
Philippines, Hong Kong, the Middle East,
Canada and Mauritius. He has developed,
implemented and grown leading consumer
banking, wealth management, credit card and
corporate banking businesses in these regions
with proven ability to engage customers,
regulators and staff from diverse backgrounds.
He is also a co-founder of the local Chapter of
the CFA Institute which has won global awards
for revitalisation under his Presidency. He is a
sought-after financial conference speaker and
opinion leader published in media channels in
South Africa, India, UK, Vietnam, Singapore,
Philippines and Mauritius. James Benoit is not
a director of any listed company in Mauritius.
Committees:
Board of Directors
(Resigned 23 September 2015)
Risk Committee
(Resigned 23 September 2015)
Conduct Review Committee
(In Attendance up to 23 September 2015)
Audit Committee
(In Attendance up to 23 September 2015)
Corporate Governance Committee
(In Attendance up to 23 September 2015)
BRETT CHILDS
Independent Non-Executive Director
Appointed: 27 January 2010
Qualifications:
Chartered Accountant
(South Africa)
Prior to moving to Mauritius, where he has
been for thirteen years, Brett spent fifteen
years living in London during which time he
was involved in the development of Equitas,
the vehicle set up by Lloyds of London to
acquire distressed re-insurance contracts.
He then founded and built a successful
venture capital business focused on the IT
industry, ultimately culminating in the listing
of companies on the London Stock Exchange,
Finnish HEX exchange and exciting other
investments via trade sales. Brett is Executive
Chairperson of Brait (an investment business
listed in Luxembourg and the JSE), an entity
incorporated in Mauritius which he joined in
2004. He also sits on the Boards, in a non-
executive capacity, of a number of privately
and publicly-owned investment businesses.
Committees:
Board of Directors
Audit Committee