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Mr Serge Pun
Executive Chairman
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Serge Pun is a Myanmar national and the Chairman of the SPA Group. He founded Serge Pun & Associates Limited in 1983 in Hong Kong and was then primarily active in real estate brokerage and development. Serge Pun has led many real estate investments as a general partner in real estate limited partnerships, including projects such as Stewart Terrace on the Peak in Hong Kong (1987 to 1988) and Village Gardens in Yau Yat Chuen, Kowloon (1988 to 1990), to name a few. In these partnerships, he was involved in the organisation, development, promotion and management of all the projects. In 1988, Serge Pun & Associates Limited opened its first overseas branch in Bangkok. Branches and subsidiaries in Kuala Lumpur (1990), Shenzhen (1988), Chengdu (1992) and Taipei (1992) followed in the ensuing years. Some of Serge Pun's more notable projects overseas were the Sand River Golf Club in Shenzhen (1991- 1997); the 1 million sq. ft. premier office building in Bangkok - Abdulrahim Place at 990 Rama IV (1989 to 2000) and the 1.2 million square feet mixed use development in Dalian PRC known as The Grand Central - a project in which YSH has taken an interest.
In 1991, Serge Pun decided to return to his hometown in Myanmar and set up the SPA Group, which has today grown to include about 30 operating companies active in 6 key businesses including financial services, manufacturing, real estate development, trading and distribution, services, automobile assembly and distribution and agriculture. In 1999, Serge Pun was conferred the title of Doctorate in Philosophy (Ph.D) in Business Administration, honoris causa by the Southern California University for Professional Studies. Serge Pun was appointed an Honorary Business Representative of International Enterprise Singapore for Myanmar from 2004 to 2007. He has been invited to many international forums as guest speaker or panelist on subjects relating to China, Myanmar and ASEAN. He was appointed as a member of the Chinese People Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) of Dalian, PRC since 2007.
Appointed to the board of YSH on 17 August 2006, Serge Pun is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of YSH.
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Mr Andrew Rickards
CEO
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Andrew Rickards qualified as a Chartered Accountant in London in 1988 having read Engineering Science at Exeter University in the UK. He started his investment banking career in 1990 with Barclays de Zoete Wedd and subsequently worked for some major names in the field of investment banking including Schroders, Goldman Sachs and N.M.Rothshild and Sons. He has lived and worked in India, Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan and Australia and has been responsible for raising capital and advising on mergers and acquisitions in many emerging Asian countries, including India, Vietnam, Indonesia and China.
He is also an Independent Director of Charm Communications Inc, a NASDAQ-listed Chinese advertising company.
He is an active sportsman with interests in sailing, skiing and triathalon. His philanthropic activities include marine conservation, where he is Chairman of Bloom Association in Hong Kong, the Paris based marine conservation charity, and supporting medical and other philanthropic institutions in Myanmar.
Appointed to the board of YSH on 21 November 2011, Andrew Rickards is an Executive Director of YSH.
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Mr Cyrus Pun Chi Yam
Executive Director
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Cyrus Pun was educated in the UK and received a bachelor's degree in Economics from the London School of Economics in 2003. He gained his first work experience in China at the beginning of his career with an established manufacturer of building materials, where he headed a team to develop the export and trading market. Prior to joining the SPA Group - an affiliated company of the Group - in 2007, Cyrus Pun worked for Hutchison Port Holdings in the South China Commercial Division based in Hong Kong. His major responsibilities involve revenue analysis, setting price strategy, contract negotiation, and was responsible for account management for a substantial client portfolio.
In February 2007, Cyrus Pun joined SPA Group and assumed a leading role in the development of Grand Central in Dalian, China - a real estate project undertaken by SPA Grand Central (Dalian) Enterprise Co., Ltd, an associated company of the Group.
He was appointed as the Head of Corporate Development of the Company and an alternate director to Mr Serge Pun on 11 June 2010. Following his appointment as the Head of Corporate Development, he has since headed various corporate exercises in identifying and developing new business opportunities as well as evaluating existing businesses of the Group.
Appointed to the board of YSH on 21 February 2011, Cyrus Pun is an Executive Director of YSH and resigned as the alternate director to Mr Serge Pun.
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Mr Adrian Chan Pengee
Lead Independent Director
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Adrian Chan is Head of the Corporate Department and a Senior Partner at Lee & Lee. He is Vice-Chairman of the Singapore Institute of Directors and serves on the Corporate Practice Committee of the Law Society of Singapore and the Listed Companies Committee of the Singapore International Chamber of Commerce. He is also an independent director on the Boards of United Pulp & Paper Company Limited, Isetan (Singapore) Limited, AEM Holdings Ltd, Global Investments Limited and Biosensors International Group Limited, which are public-listed companies on the Singapore Stock Exchange.
He has been elected to and serves as the Honorary Secretary of the Executive Council of the Association of Small and Medium Enterprises. He holds a law degree from the National University of Singapore and is a member of the Singapore Academy of Law.
Re-elected to the board of YSH on 24 July 2009, Adrian Chan is the Lead Independent Director of YSH and the Chairman of the Nominating Committee of YSH.
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Mr Basil Chan
Independent Director
Chairman of Audit Committee
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Basil Chan is the Founder and Managing Director of MBE Corporate Advisory Pte. Ltd. He also sits on the boards of several other public listed companies in Singapore, as their independent non-executive director. Basil Chan has more than 30 years of experience in audit, financial and general management, having held senior financial and management positions in both private and listed companies. Basil Chan is also a director and member of the Governing Council of the Singapore Institute of Directors where he is currently its Treasurer. He was a member of the Corporate Governance Committee in 2001 that developed the Singapore Code of Corporate Governance and was a former member of the Accounting Standards Committee of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore (ICPAS). He was recently appointed to the Auditing and Assurance Standards Committee of ICPAS. Basil Chan holds a Bachelor of Science (Economics) Honours degree majoring in Business Administration from the University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology, Cardiff, Wales, UK. He is a Chartered Accountant by training and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales as well as a member of ICPAS. He is a Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Directors.
Re-elected to the board of YSH on 24 July 2009, Basil Chan is an Independent Director of YSH and the Chairman of the Audit Committee of YSH.
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Dato Dr Mohd Amin Liew Abdullah
Independent Director
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Dato Dr Mohd Amin Liew Abdullah, CFA is currently the Executive Director of Progen Holdings Limited, a leading engineering company listed on the SGX, with activities spanning engineering, design and supply of air-conditioning and mechanical ventilation systems and real estate leasing. Prior to joining Progen Holdings Limited, Dato Dr Amin has held key positions with the Brunei Government over a period of almost 14 years, including being appointed the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Industry and Primary Resources, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance and the Managing Director of the Brunei Investment Agency. During his tenure with the Brunei Investment Agency, he was involved in portfolio strategies and the underlying portfolio activities of all investment portfolios spanning listed equity, fixed income, real estate, private equity and joint venture investments. He also expanded the agencys partnerships in the Middle East and served on the Advisory Board and the Board of Directors of several Middle Eastern funds and financial institutions. Dato Dr Amin also served on the boards of many Brunei government-linked companies in diverse sectors including telecommunications, medical services, hospitality, power generation and education. Prior to his tenure with the Brunei Government, Dato Dr Amin worked as a Crude Oil Trader with Brunei Shell Petroleum Co Sdn Bhd in the mid-nineties after returning from the United Kingdom where he worked for ICI Finance PLC as a research analyst in the late eighties / early nineties.
Dato Dr Amin graduated with a Bachelor degree from Queen Mary College, University of London in 1984 and both a Master degree in 1989 and a PhD degree in 1993 from Imperial College, University of London. Dr Amin also holds a professional qualification as a CFA Charterholder since 2004 and is a member of the CFA Singapore since 2003. Dato Dr Amin was awarded The Most Honorable Order of the Crown of Brunei (D.P.M.B. 2nd Class) in 2010 by His Majesty The Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam, which carries the title of Dato Paduka.
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Mr Kyi Aye
Independent Director
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Kyi Aye is a Myanmar national and a career banker. In his early days, after obtaining his Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Law degrees from the University of Rangoon, he went on to qualify as a Certified Public Accountant and underwent training at the Midland Bank of London and IMF Institute of Washington DC . He started his career in the banking industry in 1960, and was subsequently transferred to The Central Bank of Myanmar in 1965. He held many positions over 25 years in The Central Bank of Myanmar which included Chief Accountant (1987 to 1989) as well as Executive Director (1989 to 1991) of The Central Bank of Myanmar. In 1991, he was appointed as the Managing Director of Myanmar Economic Bank and, subsequently in 1992, as the Governor of The Central Bank of Myanmar. He retired from The Central Bank of Myanmar in 1998 and was invited to become Special Adviser to the Chairman of Yoma Bank Ltd (a member of the SPA Group) in 2000, a position he has retired from since August 2005.
Re-appointed to the board of YSH on 29 July 2010, Kyi Aye is an Independent Director of YSH.
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