The board of director Home Control International Limited announced that Ms. Keet Yee LAI is appointed as an independent non-executive director of the Company with effect from 10 February 2023. The biographical details of Ms. Lai are set out below: Ms. Lai, aged 57, is currently a Senior Vice President of Philips Electronics Singapore Pte Ltd. Ms. Lai joined the Philips Group (being Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. and its affiliated companies) in May 2001 and has since then developed her career in the consumer electronics, domestic appliances and healthcare industries. Ms. Lai has been a council member of Singapore National Employers Federation (SNEF) since 2018 and its deputy treasurer since 2022.

She has also been a council member of National Integration Council, Singapore, and a board member and chair of finance committee of Spectra Secondary School since 2020. She has been a board member and the chair of finance committee of Tripartite Alliance Limited since 2021. Ms. Lai received her bachelor degree in accountancy from National University of Singapore in 1987 and her master's degree in business administration from University of Dubuque, Iowa, the United States in 1989.

Change In Composition Of The Nomination Committee And The Audit Committee: Ms. Lai is appointed as a member of the nomination committee of the Board and a member of the audit committee of the Board, with effect from 10 February 2023. Accordingly, the Nomination Committee comprises Mr. Werner Peter Van Eck as the chairman of the Nomination Committee, and Mr. Alain Perrot and Ms. Lai as members of the Nomination Committee; while the Audit Committee comprises Mr. Shou Kang Chen as the chairman of the Audit Committee, and Mr. Werner Peter Van Eck and Ms. Lai as members of the Audit Committee.