MR. HO YEW MUN is the Independent Director of our Group and was appointed to our Board in December 2007. He is currently an executive director of Ho Yew Mun Pte Ltd, a company providing consultancy and advisory services. Between February 2001 and April 2005, he was Managing Director, Investment Banking Group, Equity Capital Markets, DBS Bank Ltd. During this period, he was also the Head of Equity Capital Markets (Hong Kong) from November 2001 to November 2003. Mr Ho was Senior Vice President and Head of Securities Market Division, Singapore Exchange and was also the Listing Manager in the then Stock Exchange of Singapore during the period June 1993 to December 2000. From August 1988 to March 1993, he was a Financial Management Consultant with The Treasury (New Zealand), served as Acting Manager of Financial Management Implementation in 1991, and also Financial Controller, Government Computing Service (New Zealand). Mr Ho is an International Member and a Fellow of The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, UK, the Vice- President of The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, Singapore Branch, and a Fellow of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Singapore. He is also a Member of the Singapore Institute of Directors. He graduated from Victoria University, Wellington with a master degree in business administration.