DR GARY HILTON WEISS
LLB (Hons), LLM, JSD
Independent and Non-Executive Director
Dr Gary Hilton Weiss was appointed as an Independent and
Non-Executive Director of The Straits Trading Company
Limited on 1 June 2014.
Dr Weiss is currently the Executive Director of Ariadne
Australia Limited, a diversified investment company with
investments in a variety of sectors, including car parking,
insurance and financial services.
He was on the board of Westfield Holdings Limited, one of
the largest mall operators in Australia and the United States
of America. As the former chairman of Coats Plc, Dr Weiss
has also been involved in managing large businesses with
operations in many regions including Europe, China and
India. Having worked with Industrial Equity Limited and
subsequently as executive director of Whitlam, Turnbull &
Co and Guinness Peat Group plc, Dr Weiss is familiar with
investments across a wide range of industries, corporate
finance and private equity type deals.
Dr Weiss holds an LLB (Hons) and LLM from Victoria
University of Wellington and the degree of Doctor of the
Science of Law (JSD) from Cornell University. He was
admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court
of New Zealand in December 1975 and as a Barrister and
Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria in August 1981.
Dr Weiss was also admitted as a Solicitor of the Supreme
Court of New South Wales in September 1983.
MR CHIA CHEE MING TIMOTHY
B Sc (Cum Laude) Management
Independent and Non-Executive Director
Lead Independent Director
Mr Chia Chee Ming Timothy is the Chairman of Hup Soon
Global Corporation Limited and Gracefield Holdings Limited.
He was appointed as an Independent and Non-Executive
Director and Lead Independent Director of the Company on
27 February 2015.
Currently a Senior Adviser to EQT Funds Management Ltd,
Mr Chia was appointed Chairman, Asia of Coutts & Co
Ltd in January 2012. Mr Chia is also an Independent and
Non-Executive Director of Banyan Tree Holdings Limited
and Fraser and Neave Limited.
He was the president of PAMA Group Inc. when he retired
from the PAMA Group of Companies on 31 December 2004.
In 2007, he founded Hup Soon Global Corporation Limited
and became its founding Chairman. He was chairman of
UBS AG – Asia from October 2009 to September 2011.
Mr Chia graduated with a cum laude in Management from
Farleigh Dickinson University in the United States of America.
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