Mr. George Yong-boon Yeo

Biography

Aged 62, is an Independent Non-executive Director of the Company, having been appointed on 2 November 2012. Mr. Yeo is the Chairman of Kerry Logistics Network Limited (listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange) and a director of Kerry Holdings Limited. He was the Vice-chairman of Kerry Group Limited until 30 June 2016. He has been a member of the International Advisory Committee of Mitsubishi Corporation since June 2014 and a non-executive director of Wilmar International Limited since November 2014. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the World Economic Forum and the International Advisory Board of the Berggruen Institute on Governance. In 2013, he was appointed a member of the Pontifical Commission for Reference on the Economic-Administrative Structure of the Holy See. He became a member of the Vatican Council for the Economy in February 2014. In 2012, Mr. Yeo was presented with the Order of Sikatuna by the Philippines Government and the Padma Bhushan by the Indian Government, and became an Honorary Officer of the Order of Australia. From 1988 to 2011, Mr. Yeo was a member of the Singapore Parliament and held various Cabinet positions, including Minister for Foreign Affairs, Minister for Trade and Industry, Minister for Health, Minister for Information and the Arts and Minister of State for Finance. From 1972 to 1988, Mr. Yeo served in the Singapore Armed Forces and attained the rank of Brigadier-General in 1988 when he was Director of Joint Operations and Planning in the Ministry of Defence.

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