Yap E Hock

Mr. Yap E Hock (“Mr. Yap”), was appointed as an executive Director on 9 December 2017. Mr. Yap is responsible for exploring business development opportunities and implementation of operational strategies of the Group. Mr. Yap is a director of certain subsidiaries of the Company. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and a fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Mr. Yap started his career with the London office of KPMG as an auditor specializing in insolvency from August 1978 to May 1983. From May 1983 to January 1987, he worked at Chase Manhattan Bank as an investment banker and in various investment banks in the region. He later took up management roles in several financial services companies in the Asia Pacific Region. He served as the Chief Executive Officer and as the Group Managing Director of Prime Credit Limited during the period from August 1999 to December 2007. He had also served as an independent non-executive director of SRE Group Limited (HKSE Stock Code: 1207), a company listed on the Stock Exchange, from September 2004 to May 2012.