Nicholas (Nick) John Paris was re-appointed as a Non-Executive Director of Aseana Properties Limited in September 2019 and became Chairman on 29 July 2020 following the retirement of Gerald Ong. He had previously been a Non-Executive Director of Aseana from 22 June 2015 to 20 March 2019. Helen Wong Siu Ming was first appointed as a Non-Executive Independent Director of Aseana Properties in June 2019 and as its Divestment Director in September 2019. In 2021, the Nomination and Remuneration Committee developed an incentive scheme for the Divestment team. Helen has over 29 years of financial and operational experience in the United States and Asia. She is Chief Executive Officer and founder of LAPIS Global Limited, a Hong Kong based investment management and advisory firm. She was formerly the CEO of Cushman & Wakefield Capital Asia where she established the Asia Investment Management and Investment Banking platform.
Thomas (Tom) Holland was appointed as a Non-Executive Independent Director of Aseana Properties Limited in November 2020. Tom has been based in Asia for 27 years with experience working in leadership positions in a number of financial firms. Prior to founding his current platform, Development Finance Asia, a boutique investment firm, Tom was head of Asia for Cube Capital and a senior investment manager for Income Partners Asset Management. Tom has a track record of successfully managing and transacting in private investments in Vietnam, Malaysia, China, Indonesia, Myanmar, Mongolia and Cambodia. Hock Chye Tan was appointed as a Non-Executive Independent Director of Aseana Properties in March 2023. Hock Chye is a Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA) of the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants, a Fellow Member (FCMA) of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and a Chartered Accountant (CA(M)) with the Malaysian Institute of Accountants. He obtained an MBA from Oklahoma City University and has attended a Harvard Premier Management Program. He also holds a Diploma in Commerce from the TAR University College. Robert (Bob) Minty was appointed as a Non-executive Independent Director of Aseana Properties in August 2023. Bobby is an experienced commercial and finance professional and a qualified chartered accountant. Resides and educated in Jersey, he became a chartered accountant and possesses the Certificate in ESG Investing awarded by the CFA Institute.
Board of Directors
NICHOLAS JOHN PARIS
NON-EXECUTIVE
CHAIRMAN
Nick is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants England & Wales and a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst.
Nick is currently a Managing Director of Dolphin Capital Investors Limited which is quoted on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange and a Non-Executive Director of Fondul Proprietatea, a fund listed on the Bucharest and London Stock Exchanges.
In addition, Helen has held numerous executive positions including Chief Operating Officer of Lazard Asia Investment Management HK Limited, Managing Director of IFIL Asia (renamed EXOR S.p.A), where she was responsible for the Asian direct investment activities and Chief Financial Officer of the Singapore listed investment vehicle, Pacific Century Regional Developments Limited.
Helen also has extensive experience in infrastructure and transport through her prior roles at the Provisional Airport Authority, Hong Kong and the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey.
THOMAS (TOM) HOLLAND
NON-EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR
He has worked in Papua New Guinea, Singapore and Malaysia in both private and public companies and held senior management and Board positions. Currently, he is the National Assistant Treasurer of SME Association of Malaysia, Treasurer of the Malaysia Cross Border E-Commerce Association and a member of the Finance and Capital Market Committee of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Kuala Lumpur and Selangor.
Bobby was a founding shareholder in ICECAP Limited, a regulated corporate service provider in Jersey. As part of his role within ICECAP, Bobby has extensive experience as a board member on a wide variety of Jersey companies ranging from funds to property holding companies. He also has extensive knowledge of cross-jurisdictional structures in Jersey and Africa through his 10 years of experience within the ICECAP group as investor and financial controller.
Before founding ICECAP, he worked in PricewaterhouseCoopers in Jersey with a range of businesses from property holding groups to listed venture capital funds.
More recently, Bobby assisted an ultra-high-net-worth private family office to establish a significant and sustainable operating business overseas.
