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Name

Position

Meth Jiaravanont

Non-Executive Director, Member of Audit Committee

Meth Jiaravanont	Non-Executive Director, Member of Audit Committee
Mr. Meth Jiaravanont, aged 52. Prior to his re-designation as a non-executive Director, Mr. Jiaravanont had been an executive Director since 2005. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Occidental College, California, USA and a Master degree in Business Administration from New York University, USA. Mr. Jiaravanont has extensive experience in investment, finance, banking and strategic business in Asia and USA. He is also an executive director of C.P. Lotus Corporation (formerly known as Chia Tai Enterprises International Limited), a company listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.

Patrick Thomas
Siewert

Non-Executive Director, Member of Audit Committee & Remuneration Committee

Patrick Thomas Siewert	Non-Executive Director, Member of Audit Committee & Remuneration Committee
Mr. Patrick Thomas Siewert, aged 54, is currently a senior director of The Carlyle Group, focused on investments in consumer and retail businesses across Asia. Prior to joining The Carlyle Group in April 2007, Mr. Siewert held various positions in Asia with The Coca-Cola Company including group president and president and chief operating officer and corporate executive committee member during the period 2001 to 2007. Mr. Siewert was responsible for some of the highest growth businesses in The Coca-Cola Company and some of its most innovative and successful product launches. Mr. Siewert’s early career experiences were with the Eastman Kodak Company, where he had worked since 1974, holding positions in sales management, marketing, finance, brand management, business planning and general management in various countries around the world. He served as chairman, Greater China Region, chief operating officer of Kodak’s global consumer business and president, Kodak Professional, its global commercial business. He was a senior vice-president of Eastman Kodak Company. Mr. Siewert attended the Rochester Institute of Technology in Imaging Science, Business and Service Management and received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration/Finance from Elmhurst College, Illinois and a Master of Science from Rochester Institute of Technology. He currently serves as a director of Avery Dennison Corporation (a company listed on New York Stock Exchange), Computime Group Limited (a company listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited), Natural Beauty Bio-Technology Limited (a company listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited), kbro Co., Limited, Eastern Broadcasting Company, Coates Group Holdings PTY Limited, Zhejiang Kaiyuan Hotel Investment & Management (Group) Company Limited and a past director of US-Hong Kong Business Council, US China Business Council, US-ASEAN Business Council and board of governors of American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong. He is also a member of the Young Presidents’ Organization, World Presidents’ Organization and Chief Executives Organization. Mr. Siewert is a recipient of several diversity awards and a United Nations IPC Lifetime Achievement Award.

Poon Yee Man Alwin

Alternate to Patrick Thomas Siewert

Poon Yee Man Alwin	Alternate to Patrick Thomas Siewert
Mr. Poon Yee Man Alwin, aged 39, is currently a director of Carlyle Asia Investment Advisors Limited based in Hong Kong and is focused on buyout opportunities in Asia. He has been working at Carlyle since 2007. Prior to joining Carlyle, Mr. Poon spent close to ten years at Olympus Capital, an Asia-based private equity fund, where he was most recently a Managing Director and a member of the Investment Committee. Prior to that, Mr. Poon was a management consultant with Bain & Company based in Hong Kong. Mr. Poon received his Master of Science in operations research from University of California, Berkeley and his Bachelor in Science in computer science from Cornell University.

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