CDL appoints new group COO, announces changes to board

PROPERTY developer City Developments Ltd (CDL) C09 announced that it has appointed its current group chief strategy officer Kwek Eik Sheng to be the group's chief operating officer (COO) from Jan 1, 2022.

CDL also announced that Philip Yeo Liat Kok will be redesignated as a non-independent director from Jan 1, 2022, having served more than 9 years on the board.

Yeo will also cease to be chairman and member of the nominating committee as well as member of the board sustainability committee (BSC). Ong Lian Jin Colin will take over as chairman of the nominating committee, while Chong Yoon Chou will be appointed as a member of the BSC.

While Yeo had expressed his intention to step down from the board, the company's nominating committee recommended that he remain to maintain a balance of experienced and new independent directors (IDs) on the board.

Furthermore, CDL announced Baker McKenzie.Wong & Leow lawyer Wong Ai Ai's appointment as an independent director on the board. The company noted that she has led a range of landmark transactions for blue-chip clients and led Baker McKenzie as chair of the Asia-Pacific region as well as a member of its global executive committee.

Wong is also a board member of the Singapore Tourism Board and a founding steering committee member of Climate Governance Singapore Limited, a World Economic Forum led initiative to educate non-executive directors on the impact of climate change.

CDL shares closed up 0.9 per cent or S$0.06 at S$6.78 on Tuesday (Dec 28), before the announcements were made.

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