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EC World Real Estate Investment Trust ANNUAL REPORT 2016
BOARD OF
DIRECTORS
Mr Alvin Cheng Yu-Dong
Executive Director and
Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Mr Cheng was appointed as Executive Director and
Deputy Chief Executive Officer on 20 January 2017.
Mr Cheng spent more than 30 years in REIT and
business trust management, as well as investment
banking, mergers and acquisitions and corporate
advisory. He has extensive experience in corporate
finance and corporate investment across North Asia
and South-East Asia. Prior to joining the Manager, he
was the Executive Director & Chief Executive Officer
for LMIRT Management Ltd, which is the Manager of
Lippo Malls Indonesia Retail Trust (LMIR Trust), listed on
the SGX-ST.
Mr Cheng also has a wealth of experience in banking,
as well as corporate restructuring, and mergers and
acquisitions in logistic sector. Mr Cheng was formerly
the Chief Executive Officer & Executive Director of
PST Management (trustee-manager of Pacific Shipping
Trust), Director of Corporate Strategy and Planning of
APL and APL Logistics in China and part of the global
management team of APL Logistics. Prior to that, he
was a Regional Director with GE Capital Asia Pacific,
and has held senior regional roles with Chemical Bank
and Rabobank.
Mr Cheng holds Master of Science (Ocean Engineering)
and Master of Science (Economics of Ocean
Transportation) from Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Massachusetts, the United States of America.
the United Kingdom. Mr Lai also accumulated extensive
experience in investment management over the past 15
years as former Chairman of the Investment Committee
of the Singapore Chinese Orchestra, former Managing
Director of Tembusu Partners Pte Ltd, and currently
as director of the Char Yong Foundation and Champ
Buyout III Pte Ltd.
Mr Lai holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree in
Economics and a Master of Arts from the University of
Cambridge in England. He is also a CFA charter holder
from the CFA Institute, United States of America.
Mr Goh Toh Sim
Executive Director and
President of Investment & Asset Management
Mr Goh was appointed as Executive Director and President
of Investment & Asset Management on 17 May 2016.
Mr Goh has over 20 years of experience in the
management of industrial parks, real estate development
and business management in China. Prior to joining the
Manager, he was the Chief Representative in China for
Keppel Corporation Limited where he was responsible
for government relations and business development.
Prior to joining Keppel Corporation and from July 2006
to November 2009, Mr Goh was the Chief Executive
Officer of Evergro Properties Limited, a real estate
developer in Tianjin, Jiangyin and Changzhou, where
he was responsible for the general management of the
company, including setting of strategies, land and project
acquisitions and property development.
Mr Goh also served as the CEO of Ascendas (China)
Pte Ltd from January 2004 to June 2006, where he was
responsible for developing and managing Ascendas’
businesses in China. He initiated the development of
Ascendas’ businesses in several cities in China including
Shanghai, Hangzhou, Dalian, Xian, and Nanjing. From
January 2000 to December 2003, he was the Deputy Chief
Executive Officer of China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial
Park Development Group Co., Ltd. (formerly known as
China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park Development
Co., Ltd.) where he was responsible for infrastructure
development, finance and government relations.
Mr Goh holds a Diplôme d’ Ingénieur (French engineering
degree which is equivalent to a Master’s degree) in
Telecommunications from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure
des Télécommunications, Paris, France, and a Master
of Business Administration from Insead, Fontainebleau,
France.