34 STRATEGICALLY ADVANCING MANAGEMENT TEAM Mr. Don Kok Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) Mr. Kok was appointed CFO on 15 August 2022. Reporting to the CEO, he oversees all finance and tax-related functions, including the implementation of capital management strategies. He has more than 20 years of experience in accounting and finance, of which close to 15 years were with listed entities in the real estate and fund management industries. Mr. Kok joined the Manager as Financial Controller in August 2019. Prior to joining the Manager, Mr. Kok was Vice President of Finance at Ascendas Funds Management (S) Limited (now known as CapitaLand Ascendas REIT Management Limited), the manager of Ascendas REIT, from 2015 to 2019, where he was responsible for the financial reporting and tax matters of Ascendas REIT. Prior to this, Mr. Kok served as Finance Manager at ARA Asset Management Limited for almost 6 years. He started his finance career at PSA Corporation Limited. Mr. Kok holds a Bachelor of Accountancy (Second Class Honours) from the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Mr. Carlvin Chia Head of Asset Management Mr. Chia joined the Manager in May 2022. He is responsible for developing and executing asset management strategies to drive income performance and returns of ESR-REIT’s portfolio. He has more than 20 years of experience in the real estate industry, covering portfolio and asset management, development, marketing, leasing, and property management. Prior to joining the Manager, Mr. Chia was Head of Asset Management of ARA LOGOS Logistics Trust Management Limited (“ALOG”) since May 2021. Prior to joining ALOG, Mr. Chia was Vice President, Portfolio Management at Ascendas Funds Management (S) Limited, the manager of Ascendas REIT where he was responsible for driving portfolio strategies and performance of its Business & Science Park portfolio of 27 business park assets in Singapore. Prior to this, he was Co-Head of its Logistics portfolio in Singapore, overseeing the performance of 21 logistics assets. He has also held roles at Mapletree and JTC Corporation. Mr. Chia graduated on the Dean’s Merit List with a Bachelor of Business (Property) degree from the University of South Australia. Ms. Charlene-Jayne Chang Head of Capital Markets and Investor Relations Ms. Chang joined the Manager in April 2017 as Head of Capital Markets and Investor Relations. She reports to the CEO and manages the capital markets, fundraising, treasury, investor relations and corporate communications functions of the Manager to execute the REIT’s strategic initiatives. In her role, Ms. Chang is responsible for originating and executing strategic opportunities, mergers and acquisitions and drives fundraising for the REIT across equity and debt capital markets, loan markets, and alternative capital sources as well as treasury strategies. In addition, Ms. Chang is also responsible for investor, media and stakeholder engagement, corporate marketing and communications. Prior to joining the Manager, Ms. Chang was a Director of the Commercial Real Estate division at Standard Chartered Bank and has originated and executed major capital markets, loan and treasury transactions across Singapore and Southeast Asia for real estate companies, REITs and Business Trusts. In her role, she was responsible for the structuring, valuation, fundamental analysis, financing and execution advice for mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings, and follow-on offerings of equity, equity-linked and debt securities. Before joining Standard Chartered Bank, Ms. Chang was based in the Hong Kong and Singapore Corporate Finance offices of the Royal Bank of Scotland, providing corporate finance advisory and executing cross-border transactions across Hong Kong, China and Southeast Asia. Ms. Chang is currently a Non-Executive Independent Director, Audit and Risk Committee member, Nominating Committee member and Remuneration Committee member of GP Industries Limited. Ms. Chang holds a Bachelor of Business Administration with double majors in Finance and Management from the National University of Singapore.
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