The board of directors of Link Asset Management Limited (Link) announced that Ms. Jana ANDONEGUI SEHNALOVA (Ms. SEHNALOVA) has been appointed as an independent non-executive director (INED), a member of the Finance and Investment Committee (FIC) and the Sustainability Committee (SC) of Link and Mrs. ENG-KWOK Seat Moey (Mrs. ENG) has been appointed as an INED and a member of the Audit and Risk Management Committee (ARMC) of Link, all effective from 14 November 2024. Ms. SEHNALOVA, aged 46, is a managing director of Vantage Point Asset Management Pte. Ltd. She is also the co-founder and managing director of Tovana Investment Advisors GmbH.
Ms. SEHNALOVA has over 23 years of experience in the global real estate and equities sectors. She was a managing director of Conduit Securities Limited from 2021 to 2023, the chief executive officer and global portfolio manager of La Francaise Forum Securities (UK) Limited from 2009 to 2021, a portfolio manager and international analyst of Citi Property Investors from 2004 to 2009 and international real estate securities analyst in the global real estate securities team of European Investors Inc. from 2001 to 2004. Ms. SEHNALOVA holds a Master of Law degree (summa cum laude) from Charles University and a Master of Business Administration degree from Prague University of Economics and Business.
Mrs. ENG, aged 65, is an independent non-executive director of Mapletree Industrial Trust Management Ltd., as manager of Mapletree Industrial Trust (listed on the Singapore Exchange). She is also a consultant of Allen & Gledhill LLP. Mrs. ENG held the position of group head of capital markets at DBS Bank Ltd. (DBS) and was a member of its group management committee prior to her retirement in March 2024.
As a senior banker, Mrs. ENG brings more than 30 years of investment banking experience. Mrs. ENG oversaw and led several teams in the region on advisory and corporate finance as well as structuring and executing equity transactions. She also oversaw the securities business under DBS Vickers Securities and the capital markets digital business under the DBS Digital Asset Ecosystem.
For her outstanding contributions, Mrs. ENG was inducted as an Institute of Banking and Finance Distinguished Fellow in 2018. Mrs. ENG holds a Master of Commerce degree from the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. Link confirms that following the above-mentioned changes, the composition of the Board and each of the five Board Committees complies with the requirements of the Corporate Governance Policy.
The composition of the Board and the five Board Committees effective from 14 November 2024 is set out below: Board:- Chair - Duncan Gareth OWEN; Members ? Jana ANDONEGUI SEHNALOVA, Barry David BRAKEY, Christopher John BROOKE, Ed CHAN Yiu Cheong, ENG-KWOK Seat Moey, Jenny GU Jialin, Ann KUNG YEUNG Yun Chi, Blair Chilton PICKERELL, Melissa WU Mao Chin, Ian Keith GRIFFITHS, George Kwok Lung HONGCHOY (Group CEO), NG Kok Siong (CFO). Audit and Risk Management Committee:- Members - Barry David BRAKEY, ENG-KWOK Seat Moey, Jenny GU Jialin, Ann KUNG YEUNG Yun Chi.
Chair - Melissa WU Mao Chin. Finance and Investment Committee:- Chair - Duncan Gareth OWEN. Members - Jana ANDONEGUI SEHNALOVA, Barry David BRAKEY Christopher John BROOKE, Ed CHAN Yiu Cheong, Ian Keith GRIFFITHS, George Kwok Lung HONGCHOY (Group CEO), NG Kok Siong (CFO).
Nomination Committee:- Chair - Duncan Gareth OWEN. Members - Blair Chilton PICKERELL, Melissa WU Mao Chin. Remuneration Committee:- Members- Duncan Gareth OWEN, Barry David BRAKEY, Christopher John BROOKE, Ed CHAN Yiu Cheong, Ann KUNG YEUNG Yun Chi.
Chair - Blair Chilton PICKERELL. Sustainability Committee:- Members - Duncan Gareth OWEN, Jana ANDONEGUI SEHNALOVA, Ian Keith GRIFFITHS. Chair - Christopher John BROOKE.