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Mr Kevin Xayaraj
Co-founder, Chief Executive Officer and Executive
Director
Mr Xayaraj is the Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer
of the Manager. He is Executive Director of the Manager
since 15 March 2010. He has more than 20 years of
experience in real estate investment, development and
asset management in many property markets.
Before joining the Manager, Mr Xayaraj was the Director,
Real Estate Investments of TCP from October 2009 to
August 2010. Prior to that, Mr Xayaraj was the Senior
Manager, Marketing at Cambridge Industrial Property
Management Pte. Ltd. from January 2009 to August
2009.
Mr Xayaraj was with Cambridge Industrial Trust
Management Limited fromDecember 2005 to December
2008 as an Assistant Vice President (Investment). From
January 2004 to December 2005, he was involved in
the business development and asset management at
Ascendas Land (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. for two years.
Mr Xayaraj was also a Vice President, Research
and Finance at Pacific Star Asset Management Pte.
Ltd. from January 2003 to December 2003. He was
Assistant Manager, Project & Financial Analysis at
Pacific Star Property Management Pte. Ltd. from July
2002 to December 2002. Prior to that, he also held
other positions such as Senior Manager (Research)
with Jones Lang LaSalle Property Consultants Pte. Ltd.
from January 2002 to April 2002, Equities Research
Analyst with OUB Securities Pte. Ltd. from July 1999
to March 2001, UOB Investment Research Pte. Ltd.
from December 1997 to July 1999 and Tsang & Ong
Research (Pte) Ltd from January 1997 to December
1997, and Property Analyst/Valuer at Stewart, Young,
Hillesheim & Atlin Ltd in Toronto (Canada) from February
1988 to December 1994.
Mr Xayaraj holds a Bachelor of Appl ied Science
(Honours) degree from the University of Windsor and
a Master of Business Administration from the Imperial
College, University of London.
Mr Yong Kok Hoon
Independent Non-executive Director
Mr Yong was appointed as an Independent Non-
executive Director of the Manager on 1 November
2010. He is also a member of the Nominating and
Remuneration Committee and the Chairman of the
Audit Committee.
Mr Yong has served as Managing Director of InnoTek
Limited since 2010, having held key leadership roles
in the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited
(“SGX-ST”) listed technology group for 12 years,
including as Chief Financial Officer and, from 2002, as
Executive Director of the InnoTek Group.
A Certified Public Accountant and a Fellow of the
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, Mr
Yong started his accounting and auditing career with
KPMG LLP and subsequently spent more than 10 years
in Ernst & Young until 1994 and thereafter, a partner
in Moore Stephens, an international accounting firm.
Throughout Mr Yong’s auditing career which spans
over a decade, he also acted as reporting accountant
for several significant IPOs and major merger and
acquisitions (“M&A”) transactions. In his foray into the
corporate world, Mr Yong took on the position of Group
Financial Controller in the listed FMCG group, QAF Ltd,
between 1996 and 1999.
With a robust background in accounting, auditing,
finance and, advisory services, Mr Yong played pivotal
roles in M&A transactions, strategic investments and
corporate actions to unlock shareholder value. He
has brought these capabilities onboard to InnoTek
Limited, where he is the key driver for its strategic
direction, corporate governance compliance, and risk
management & controls.
He had also served as a member of the financial
statements review committee and was a member of
the China Committee of the Institute of Certified Public
Accountants of Singapore. He holds a Master of
Business Administration degree from the International
Management Centre, Europe.
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