Mr. Jonathan Yap Neng Tong

Mr. Jonathan Yap Neng Tong is an Executive Director of the Board and the CEO of the Trustee-Manager. He has been with Ascendas since 2004 and is the CEO (India Funds) with effect from 1 June 2007. Mr. Yap manages both a-iTrust and Ascendas India Development Trust, a private fund focusing on integrated real estate development in India. Mr. Yap was previously CEO, India Operations while also managing a-iTrust (formerly known as Ascendas India IT Parks Trust) when it was a private fund. Prior to this, he was with the Australian Stock Exchange-listed Lend Lease Corporation since 1997 and his last held position was Investment Director of its Asian real estate investment business and concurrently Deputy Fund Manager of Asia Pacific Investment Company I and II (private funds focusing on Asian real estate). From 1992 to 1997, Mr. Yap was with Tan Chong Realty Pte Ltd (the real estate arm of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange-listed Tan Chong Group) and the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore. Over his 15-year real estate career, Mr. Yap has held positions in fund management, investment management, asset management, development management, marketing, leasing, sale and valuation. He has worked in Singapore, India, Australia and Hong Kong. Mr. Yap holds a Bachelor of Science in Estate Management (Honours) degree and a Masters of Science degree in Project Management from the National University of Singapore.   Back to Top

Mr. Johnnie Tng Chin Hwee

Mr. Johnnie Tng Chin Hwee is concurrently the Chief Financial Officer of the Trustee-Manager and the Property Manager. Prior to joining Ascendas in 2006, Mr. Tng had held senior positions in various corporate finance and private equity investment activities. He was Vice-President — Corporate Finance at RGM International Pte Ltd., an Indonesian conglomerate involved in resource-based industries. At RGM International Pte Ltd., he led several multi-million dollar mergers and acquisitions activities, ranging from pulp and paper forestry and mill acquisitions to palm oil trading and plantation acquisitions. Whilst at RGM International Pte Ltd, he was seconded to Asian Agri, the second largest business unit within the group, and was responsible for the overall finance function. Asian Agri is the largest privately-held palm oil producer in Indonesia. Whilst supervising Asian Agri’s merger and acquisition activities, Mr. Tng was instrumental in re-organising the palm oil business into upstream-plantation and downstream-refining segments, putting in place relevant internal control measures and improving upon the financial reporting process. Before RGM International Pte Ltd., Mr. Tng advised a private investor in carrying out the takeover of a freight forwarding company listed on the SGX-ST, Freight Links Express Holdings Ltd. He held the position of Executive Vice President — Strategic Business Development, in Freight Links Express Holdings Ltd. after the takeover, and led its debt restructuring exercise and disposed of non-core assets which finally brought the group to profitability. He also led the acquisition of a speciality chemical logistics company in Singapore by Freight Links Express Holdings Ltd., in order to help diversify the business. Prior to Freight Links Express Holdings Ltd, Mr. Tng joined a group of young  Singaporean entrepreneurs to establish a private equity fund targeted for seed stage internt investments. He led the team in due diligence assignments and made several technology investments. Mr. Tng holds a Bachelor of Accountancy Honours degree from the Nanyang Technological University of Singapore.   Back to Top

Mr. Soundararajan Ram

Mr. Soundararajan Ram is the Investment Manager of the Trustee-Manager and joined Ascendas in 2005. Prior to his current position in the Trustee-Manager, he was Senior Manager (Asset Management) based out of India, responsible for monitoring and managing Ascendas’ Indian portfolio including that of a-iTrust when it was a private fund. He was also responsible for evaluating acquisitions and implementing investment and financing strategies.Prior to Ascendas, Mr. Soundararajan Ram was with Ernst and Young India’s Corporate Finance group from May 2002 to October 2005, where he was a Senior Associate in the Real Estate and Hospitality Industry Group. Prior to May 2002, Mr. Soundararajan Ram was with Andersen India in the mergers and acquisitions practice for two years. He has six years of corporate finance and private equity experience spread over a range of industries including real estate and across product segments such as mergers and acquisitions, capital markets and restructuring. Mr. Soundararajan Ram holds a Bachelor’s degree from Mumbai University majoring in Commerce and a Masters degree in Business Administration with a specialisation in Finance from the Bharatidasan Institute of Management.   Back to Top

Ms Chin Yean Cheng

Ms Chin Yean Cheng is the Asset Manager of the Trustee-Manager and joined Ascendas in 2006 as Assistant Vice-President — Portfolio, Asset and Risk Management. She was responsible for reviewing the group’s portfolio asset performance and strategies, monitoring capital allocation and managing the investment approval and risk assessment process. Prior to this, Ms Chin was with Mapletree Investments Pte Ltd as its Senior Property Manager, where she led the property services team to manage a portfolio of office and industrial properties. In 1998, Ms Chin joined Pidemco Land Pte Ltd which later merged with DBS Land to become CapitaLand Limited. She was with the group for seven years, and her last held position was Assistant Director of PREMAS International Ltd, the wholly-owned services unit of CapitaLand Limited. During her tenure, she worked in Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok for over five years. She was seconded to both cities to set up the country operations, and carried out integrated asset management of commercial space, where she implemented HQ’s asset management practices, formulated strategies to increase profitability of properties managed, and completed asset enhancement projects. She has managed prime office buildings, including Citibank Tower in Kuala Lumpur, Six Battery Road in Singapore and Siam Commercial Bank Park Plaza in Bangkok. Ms Chin was a director of the Singapore-Thai Chamber of Commerce from 2004 to 2005. Ms Chin holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the National University of Singapore.   Back to Top

Mr. Wayne Lee

Mr. Wayne Lee Weng Bunn is the Fund Analyst of the Trustee-Manager and joined Ascendas in 2007. He will be responsible for maintaining the fund model, analyzing and forecasting the performance of the fund as well as supporting the implementation of investment and fund management strategies. Prior to Ascendas, Mr. Wayne Lee was with Wing Tai Holdings Limited as Business Development Executive, where he is involved in the identifying and pursing new real estate development and investment opportunities in local and overseas markets and performing due diligence, deal negotiation on the acquisition. Prior to this, he was with Chesterton International Property Consultants Pte Ltd as a Valuer, carried out property valuation for REITs’ portfolio and financial organizations as well as consultancy studies for corporate clients. Mr. Wayne Lee graduated from the University of South Australia with a Bachelor of Business degree majoring in Property. He also holds a Master of Science (Real Estate) from National University of Singapore (NUS).   Back to Top

Mr. Tang Ming Yen Edmund

Mr. Edmund Tang is the Investor Relations Manager of the Trustee-Manager and joined Ascendas in 2006 as Assistant Vice President in the Real Estate Fund Business department in Singapore.  He worked closely with the Ascendas China and India teams to create and launch new private funds for Ascendas, and helped to launch the Ascendas China Industrial & Business Parks Fund and Ascendas India Development Trust in 2007. Prior to joining the Ascendas Group, he was with CapitaLand Financial Limited, the financial arm of CapitaLand Limited.  While at CapitaLand, he was the investment manager for ARC-CapitaLand Residences Japan Fund. Mr. Tang have worked more than 7 years in the banking sector for banks such as Banque Nationale de Paris and HSBC Bank focusing in the area of Project Finance, and have gained more than 4 years of export credit financing experience while servicing the customers of Ericsson Telecommunications Ltd in Asia Pacific region. Mr. Tang graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder (USA) with a Bachelor of Science majoring in Electrical Engineering Computer Science.  He also has a Masters of Business Administration from the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh (USA).   Back to Top