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ANNUAL REPORT 2015
FRASERS HOSPITALITY TRUST
MANAGEMENT TEAM
MS JOSEPHINE LEE
WOAN CHIOU
Financial Controller
Ms Lee is Financial Controller of
the REIT Manager, responsible
for financial matters of the REIT
Manager and FHT. She has 12 years
of commercial financial and regional
internal audit experience and 5 years
of experience in Big Four audit firms.
Before her current appointment,
she was Finance Director at Venture
Corporation Limited, responsible for
the full spectrum of finance functions
for a significant Business Unit with
manufacturing plants in Singapore,
Malaysia and China.
In Venture Corporation Limited, Ms
Lee had spent the initial 6 years in
Shanghai in the capacity of Financial
Controller, where she built up the
local finance team’s capabilities and
provided operational and strategic
support to the General Manager.
Ms Lee also led audit and non-audit
engagements with exposure to
different industries during her 5 years
in Big Four audit firms where she had
experience in the Business Consulting
practice and Transactional Advisory
Services team for IPO engagements.
Ms Lee holds a Bachelor of
Accountancy (Honours) degree from
Nanyang Technological University,
Singapore, and is a Chartered
Accountant of Singapore.
MR COLIN LOW HSIEN YANG
Senior Director, Head of Investment
and Investor Relations
Mr Low is Senior Director, Head of
Investment, responsible for identifying
and evaluating potential acquisitions
of hotels and serviced residences. He
has over 14 years of experience in real
estate.
Mr Low is also the key contact
for maintaining relations with the
investment and research community,
stapled securityholders and the media.
Prior to his current appointment,
he was Director of Business
Development at Frasers Hospitality
Pte. Ltd., overseeing its business
development and investments across
the Asia-Pacific region. Earlier, he
was responsible for investments and
business development at CapitaLand
Malls Asia Limited, AIG Global Real
Estate Investments and The Ascott
Group within the hospitality, retail
and other real estate asset classes. Mr
Low first started his career at United
Overseas Bank, focusing on real estate
corporate banking.
Mr Low holds a Bachelor of Social
Science (Honours) in Economics from
the National University of Singapore.
MR JASON LEONG SAY BOON
Director, Investment
Mr Leong is Director, Investment,
responsible for growing FHT’s portfolio
size through acquisition of new
hospitality assets.
Prior to his current appointment,
he was Deputy Director of Business
Development at Frasers Hospitality
Pte. Ltd., heading its business
development and investments across
the Southeast Asia and Australia
regions. Mr Leong also has extensive
overseas working experience. He
was stationed in New York, USA with
the Overseas Singaporean Unit at
the National Population and Talent
Division, Prime Minister’s Office.
Before that, he worked for The Ascott
Group in business development and
investment, which involved a stint in
Moscow, Russia. He started his career
with International Enterprise Singapore
(IE Singapore) and was based in Manila,
Philippines.
Mr Leong holds a Bachelor of Social
Science (Honours) in Economics from
the National University of Singapore.
MR MARK ROHNER
Senior Director, Head of Asset
Management
Mr Rohner is Senior Director, Head of
Asset Management, responsible for the
asset management of FHT’s portfolio.
His role includes working with the
hotel management teams to optimise
and improve overall operating
performance as well as identifying
and executing asset enhancement
initiatives that will have an accretive
effect on the cash flows generated by
the properties.
Prior to his current appointment, Mr
Rohner was Vice President, Finance,
at Shangri-La Asia Ltd, in charge of
acquisitions and asset management
of the group’s owned hotel portfolio.
During his time with Shangri-La, he
actively asset managed the group’s
key hotel properties in Asia Pacific
and Europe, and completed hotel and
land acquisitions in Australia, Hong
Kong, Italy and Mauritius totalling over
USD800 million.
Mr Rohner joined Shangri-La from
Government of Singapore Investment
Corporation (“GIC”), where he worked
in both its London and Singapore
offices. He was responsible for the
asset management of the fund’s
hotel properties in Europe, Japan and
Australia, and for debt investments and
restructurings in Japan. Prior to GIC,
Mr Rohner held corporate positions
in revenue management and strategic
marketing at Hyatt Hotels & Resorts in
Chicago and Lausanne.
Mr Rohner holds a Bachelor of Science
from Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne
(Honours) and an MBA from INSEAD.
MS CARIS ANG KAI HUI
Deputy Director, Asset Management
Ms Ang is Deputy Director, Asset
Management, responsible for the asset
management of FHT’s portfolio. Her
role includes optimizing and executing
asset management strategies to
improve the income for the portfolio,
through working with the various
hotels and service residence operators.
She is also responsible for identifying
and implementing asset enhancement
initiatives that are yield accretive.
Prior to her current appointment,
she was Senior Manager of Business
Development at Frasers Hospitality
Pte. Ltd., responsible for its business
development and investments across
the Asia-Pacific region. Previously at
Mapletree Logistics Trust Management
Ltd, the manager of SGX-listed
Mapletree Logistics REIT, Ms Ang was
the asset manager for a portfolio of
logistics properties in Singapore and
Malaysia. She started her career at City
Developments Limited, focusing on
property management of commercial
assets.
Ms Ang holds a Bachelor of Science
(Honours) in Building from the
National University of Singapore.
MS LIM WAI QUAN
Finance Manager
Ms Lim is Finance Manager of the REIT
Manager, responsible for financial
matters of the REIT Manager and FHT.
Prior to her current appointment,
she was Finance Manager at Internet
Technology Group Limited (formerly
listed with Singapore Exchange
Securities Trading Limited). Ms
Lim was responsible for financial
and management reporting, and
accounting operations for the group.
Previously, Ms Lim was an Audit
Manager with Ernst & Young LLP,
Singapore.
Ms Lim is a Chartered Accountant with
the Institute of Singapore Chartered
Accountants and a fellow member
of Association of Chartered Certified
Accountants. She holds a Bachelor of
Accountancy (Honours) degree from
University of Hertfordshire, United
Kingdom.
