The Hon. Rupert Carington*+ (Aged 62)
Chairman
Was appointed as a director of the Company on 18 September 1995. He has run his own financial advisory business since leaving Morgan Grenfell, the merchant bank, in 1987 after a career of 17 years including a period as Chief Executive of the Hong Kong office. He has considerable experience of investment trust companies having been Chairman of the Korea Asia Fund for 10 years and Chairman of the Schroder Emerging Countries Fund for 7 years as well as a director of the Fleming Natural Resources Investment Trust. He sits on a number of corporate advisory boards including those
of three Asian businesses.
Robert Binyon*+ (Aged 59)
Was appointed as a director of the Company on 17 February 2000. Until March 2003, he was a Managing Director of CDC Capital Partners responsible for CDC’s investments and operations in the
Asia Pacific region. He continues to be based in the region and is a director on a number of funds and companies in Asia.
Anthony Fenn*+ (Aged 68)
Was appointed as a director on 1 June 2005. He retired at the end of 2003 after 38 years as an Investment Executive with Sun Life Financial of Canada. He held various positions in the course of his career and was for the last 6 years Head of Investments, Asia. Before moving to Asia he was Chief Investment Officer for the UK and oversaw the setting up of Sun Life’s investment management subsidiary there. He also has investment experience in Hong Kong, Japan, China, Indonesia, India, and
the Philippines.
Robert Boyle (Aged 62)
Was appointed as a director of the Company on 26 November 2009. He is a Chartered Accountant and was a partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, where he was responsible for multi-national client accounts, specialising in the telecoms and media sectors: he was chairman of the PwC European Entertainment and Media Practice for twelve years and retired in 2006. He is a non-executive director, and chairman of the audit committee, of Maxis Berhad (in Malaysia), Witan Investment Trust PLC, Prosperity Voskhod Fund Ltd (an AIM listed company), Centaur Media plc and the Hampshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. He is also the independent member of the audit committee of the National Trust.
The Rt. Hon. the Earl of Cromer*+ (Aged 64)
Was appointed as a director of the Company on 24 November 1995, and is Chairman of the Audit Committee and the Management Engagement Committee. He is a former director of Inchcape Pacific Ltd. in Hong Kong and worked in the Far East for 28 years. He is a director of London Asia Capital plc and is currently chairman of the JF China Region Fund Ltd. He is chairman of the Western Provident Association (WPA) and the Japan High Yield Property Fund Limited.
Nicholas Smith*+ (Aged 59)
Was appointed as a Director of the Company on 28 May 2010. He joined the Jardine Fleming Group in 1986 in Hong Kong serving, from 1993, as Chief Financial Officer and as a member of the Executive
Committee. After returning to the UK, Mr Smith became a director of Robert Fleming International Ltd in 1998 and the Director of Origination – Investment Banking serving until 2000. Mr Smith currently serves as Chairman of privately-held Ophir Energy plc and as a non-executive director of Asian Citrus Holdings Ltd, PLUS Markets Group plc, Sorbic International Ltd., and Japan Opportunities Fund II Limited.
* Member of the Audit and Management Engagement Committee
+ Member of the Nomination Committee