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TOM Group Limited — Board/Management Information 2013
Jun 24, 2013
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Board/Management Information
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Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited take no responsibility for the contents of this announcement, make no representation as to its accuracy or completeness and expressly disclaim any liability whatsoever for any loss howsoever arising from or in reliance upon the whole or any part of the contents of this announcement.
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(Stock Code: 2383)
APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND MEMBER OF AUDIT COMMITTEE AND REMUNERATION COMMITTEE
The Board is pleased to announce that Mr. Ip Yuk-keung, Albert has been appointed as the Independent Non-executive Director, a member of the Audit Committee and a member of the Remuneration Committee of the Company with effect from 24 June 2013.
The board of directors (the “Board”) of TOM Group Limited (the “Company”) is pleased to announce that Mr. Ip Yuk-keung, Albert (“Mr. Ip”) has been appointed as an Independent Nonexecutive Director, a member of the Audit Committee and a member of the Remuneration Committee of the Company with effect from 24 June 2013.
Mr. Ip Yuk-keung, Albert , aged 61, is an Independent Non-executive Director and Audit Committee chairman of Eagle Asset Management (CP) Limited (manager of Champion Real Estate Investment Trust (stock code: 2778)) and Hopewell Highway Infrastructure Limited (stock code: 737). He is also an Independent Non-executive Director and Audit Committee member of New World China Land Limited (stock code: 917).
Mr. Ip is an international banking and real estate professional with 33 years of experience at Citigroup, First National Bank of Chicago, Wells Fargo and Merrill Lynch in Hong Kong, Asia and United States. His areas of expertise are in real estate, corporate banking, risk management, transaction banking and wealth management. Mr. Ip was named Managing Director of Citigroup in 2003 and Senior Credit Officer/Real Estate Specialist of Citicorp in 1990. He held senior positions at Citigroup such as Corporate Bank Head, Head of Transaction Banking, Corporate Customer and Financial Institutions coverage and Head of Asia Regional Investment Finance of Wealth Management. He was a Managing Director of Investments at Merrill Lynch (Asia Pacific).
Mr. Ip is a Council and Court Member and an Adjunct Professor of Lingnan University, a Member of International Advisory Board of College of Business, an Adjunct Professor and an Honoree of the Beta Gamma Sigma Chapter at City University of Hong Kong, a Member and Governor of Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong, a Member of the International Advisory Committee and an Adjunct Scholar at University of Macau, an Executive Fellow and a Member of International Advisory Council Asia at Washington University in St. Louis, a Council Member of Cornell University, a Member of School Board Advisory Committee of Victoria
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Shanghai Academy and an Honorary Fellow of Vocational Training Council. Besides, Mr. Ip is a Member of The Management Sub-committee of the Boys' and Girls' Clubs Association of Hong Kong and a Co-opted Member of the Finance Committee of the Urban Renewal Authority.
Mr. Ip holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science at Washington University in St. Louis (summa cum laude), a Master of Science degree in Applied Mathematics at Cornell University and a Master of Science in Accounting and Finance at CarnegieMellon University.
Mr. Ip has entered into a letter of appointment with the Company for an initial term of 1 year. He is subject to retirement by rotation and re-election in accordance with the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “Listing Rules”) and the Articles of Association of the Company. Mr. Ip is entitled to receive a director’s fee of HK$100,000 per annum which is subject to review by the Board with reference to his duties in the Company.
Mr. Ip does not have any interest in any shares or underlying shares of the Company pursuant to Part XV of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Chapter 571 of the Laws of Hong Kong). He does not have any relationship with any directors or senior management or substantial shareholders or controlling shareholders of the Company.
Save as disclosed above, there are no other matters that need to be brought to the attention of the shareholders of the Company and there is no other information which is discloseable pursuant to any of the requirements set out in the Rule 13.51(2) of the Listing Rules.
By Order of the Board TOM GROUP LIMITED Angela Mak Executive Director
Hong Kong, 24 June 2013
As at the date hereof, the directors of the Company are:
Executive Directors: Non-executive Directors: Independent Non-executive Directors: Mr. Yeung Kwok Mung Mr. Frank Sixt (Chairman) Mr. Henry Cheong Ms. Angela Mak Ms. Debbie Chang Mr. James Sha Mr. Edmond Ip Mr. Albert Ip Mrs. Angelina Lee Alternate Directors: Mrs. Chow Woo Mo Fong, Susan (Alternate to Mr. Frank Sixt) Mr. Francis Meehan (Alternate to each of Mr. Frank Sixt, Ms. Debbie Chang and Mr. Edmond Ip)
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