Iskander Ismail was appointed as the independent director of the Manager on 14 June 2013. He is a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants and fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. He was formerly the executive director and Chief Executive Officer of Kenanga Fund Management Berhad. Having worked in the fund management industry since 1982, he had previously held various senior management roles in the fund management division/subsidiary of Bumiputra Merchant Bankers Berhad and MIDF Berhad, where he was also a director of several MIDF subsidiary companies. He was the first (and for a few years thereafter) chairman of the Malaysian Association of Asset Managers, which he helped establish in November 1996. He served on the Capital Market Advisory Council and was a member of the Bursa Malaysia Berhad listing committee and of the Institutional Shareholders’ Pro Tem committee under the Minority Shareholder Watchdog Group. He is an independent director of a Malaysian public listed company. He also sits on the board of trustees of a local educational foundation.

Best known as the Chief Executive Officer of the then Berjaya Prudential Assurance Berhad before his retirement in 1998, Mr Ho has more than 30 years of experience in the insurance industry. Before joining our Board of Directors on 19 March 2001 as an independent member, he was a Director on the Board of Directors of another unit trust management company. He currently still serves as a Director and a member of the Audit Board of Prudential Assurance Malaysia Berhad. He is also a Director and a member of the Audit Board of Intan Utilities Berhad. Mr. Ho also holds directorship in Winning Formation Sdn Bhd and MOL.Com Berhad.

Guy Robert Strapp is Chief Executive Officer of Eastspring Investments, the asset management business of Prudential Corporation Asia. He is also Chief Executive Officer of Eastspring Investments (Hong Kong) Ltd. and Eastspring Investments (Singapore) Ltd. He chairs the company's executive committee and is also a member of Prudential Corporation Asia's board of directors.

He is responsible for overseeing and driving growth across Eastspring Investments businesses in thirteen (13) countries. This includes joint venture businesses with major partners in China, India and Hong Kong. Guy has held senior executive positions at JP Morgan Investment Management, Citigroup Asset Management and the BT Financial Group. His professional experience in Asia is extensive. Among other roles, he has served as the chief investment officer of Samsung/JP Morgan ITMC in Korea and president of Cititrust in Japan. He began his fund management career in Australia.

Guy holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a member of the Sydney Society of Investment Professionals. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Melbourne and a Diploma of Applied Finance and Investment from the Securities Institute of Australia.

Tan Sri Datuk Abdul Rahim is a graduate of the University of Malaya in Economics and has an MBA from Detroit University Michigan USA. He also attended an Advance Management Program from the University of Harvard, USA. He has served in various Government Departments and institutions including Employees Provident Fund and Permodalan Nasional Berhad from 1964 to 1996. He was appointed as Executive Director with the Berjaya Group Berhad in 1996. He is currently a director of Berjaya Group and also holds directorship in other non-public listed companies. He was appointed to our Board of Directors on 1 March 2006 bringing along with him more than 40 years of invaluable experiences in the government and private sectors.

Julian Christopher Vivian Pull or Ted Pull is Chief Operating Officer for Prudential's fund management business in Asia. He is responsible for the company's finance, business strategy, risk management, operations and IT functions. He works closely with both regional support teams and venture management on the planning and delivery of business strategy, and is responsible for the financial management of the division. In addition, he sits on the Board of a number of Prudential's Asian asset management companies. Since joining Prudential Corporation Asia in 2000, Ted has been a core member of the regional management team driving the expansion of the Asian funds business. He was instrumental in the strategic planning of new operations in Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Korea, China, Vietnam and UAE, all of which have seen vigorous growth while cementing a solid platform for scalability. Originally from London, Ted holds a B. Sc. in Economics from University College London and an MBA in Investment and Finance. Ted has been appointed as our Director on 8 October 2007 bringing along with him 20 years of management experience in Asia, including a number of regional leadership roles based in Hong Kong and Singapore.

Ms Cheah read a Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree in Pure Accounting at the University of Hull, United Kingdom. She attended the MBA course in Imperial College, London. She brings with her an extensive professional experience in audit, financial management and investment management in both United Kingdom and Malaysia. Ms Cheah has a long track record in delivering equity investment performance and awards. She began her fund management career in 1994 with a local bank and has accumulated substantial experience since then in the capital markets basically as a value investor. Between 2001-2008, she was the Chief Investment Officer for Prudential Fund Management Berhad. Ms Cheah rejoined Prudential Fund Management in November 2010 as Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Head of Investments. She was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer on 17 December 2010 and to the Board of Director on 10 January 2011.