Keppel REIT Management Limited (Keppel REIT Management), as Manager of Keppel REIT, announces that Mr Loh Chin Hua, with his expanded responsibilities as Chief Executive Officer of Keppel Corporation, will take on the role of Advisor to the Board of Keppel REIT Management. He will relinquish his board seat to Mr Lim Kei Hin, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Keppel Land, who will be appointed Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of Keppel REIT Management with effect.
Mr Loh Chin Hua, 52, is the CEO of Keppel Corporation as well as the Chairman of Keppel Land and Alpha Investment Partners Limited (Alpha), the real estate fund management arm of Keppel Land. He has over 25 years of experience in real estate investing and funds management.
Prior to joining Alpha, Mr Loh was Managing Director at Prudential Investment Management Inc. where he led its Asian real estate fund management business. He was head of the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation's (GIC) European real estate group in London before returning to head the Asian real estate group at GIC.
Mr Lim Kei Hin, 56, has been the CFO of Keppel Land Group since 2007. Prior to this, he was the CFO of Singapore Airport Terminal Services Limited. He has more than 20 years of diverse experience in different financial and general management roles in Singapore, the Philippines, Australia and the USA.
He is currently a Director in various subsidiary companies and associated companies of Keppel Land, including Keppel Thai Properties Public Company Limited, Keppel Philippines Properties, Inc., Keppel Land China Limited, and Alpha.
Mr Lim holds a Bachelor of Science (Economics) Degree in Accounting & Finance (Honours) from the London School of Economics & Political Science, UK.
With these new appointments, the Board of Keppel REIT Management will comprise a total of nine directors, of whom six are Independent Directors.
