AREA MANAGEMENT SDN. BHD. - Key Persons

Dato' Stewart LaBrooy is the Executive Chairman of AREA Management Sdn. Bhd. a subsidiary of AREA Advisors Pte Ltd (AREA) an appointment he has taken since his retirement as CEO and Executive Director of Axis REIT Managers Bhd (ARMB) on 31 December 2015. With a career spanning over 40 years in the industrial space, he has spent well over a decade since 2005 in heading Axis REIT and establishing REITs as an important component of the capital markets. He was appointed Executive Director of Axis REIT on 22 March 2005 and Chief Executive Office ("CEO") of Axis REIT since August 2008. Axis REIT was the first REIT to be listed in Malaysia and the first Shariah-compliant industrial REIT in the world. Under his leadership, Axis REIT has won several awards, among them, the APREA Best Practices Award in 2010, 2011 and 2013. Axis REIT has provided its investors with total average annual returns in excess of 25% over the 10 years he helmed the business. Axis REIT still trades today at a 30% premium to its NAV. Dato LaBrooy has been writing on a regular basis on Property and REITs for the local mainstream print and online media for the past five years or so, and is known and recognised as the "REIT Guru" in the country. He is also a prominent speaker on the subject of Industrial Estate Development and Conventional and Islamic REITs in the region, having been invited to deliver papers in Singapore, Hong Kong, Istanbul, New York, London, Saudi Arabia, Philippines and Malaysia. He is a Board member of the Asia Pacific Real Estate Association (APREA), an organization that represents and promotes the real estate asset class in the Asia Pacific region. It is the industry body for the suppliers and users of capital in the real estate sector. He served as the founding Chairman of the Malaysian REIT Managers Association (MRMA), from 2010-2015, an organization he helped set up in 2010 to give Malaysian REIT Managers a single voice for the purpose of engagement with the Regulators and Ministry of Finance. Dato' Stewart LaBrooy is also a director of a number of public and private companies involved in property development, services and property investment. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) degree and a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Studies from the University of Sheffield and is a member of the Institute of Engineers, Malaysia.

Eunice Tan

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Finance Manager
Member of the Executive Committee

Janet Yee - CMO

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Head of Marketing
Member of the Executive Committee

Jazon Yap

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Member of the Executive Committee
Senior Sales & Marketing Executive

Low Kee Siong - CFO

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Finance Director
Member of the Executive Committee
Chief Financial Officer AREA Management Sdn. Bhd
Chief Financial Officer at Area Group of Companies

Low is the Chief Financial Officer at Area Group of Companies, a role he has held since 2017. He holds a first-class honours degree in Accounting from the University of Malaya and is a Chartered Accountant (Malaysia), an ASEAN Chartered Professional Accountant, and a Certified Public Accountant (Malaysia). With over 20 years of professional experience, Low has extensive expertise in auditing, corporate finance, financial and management accounting across diverse industries, including property development, property investment, construction, manufacturing, investment holding, trading, and real estate. Before joining Area Group, Low managed financial operations and corporate exercises at Ann Joo Resources Berhad, leading its trading division. He previously spent over a decade at Ernst & Young, focusing on audit, assurance, and advisory services.

Ng Kim Wooi

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Member of the Executive Committee
Senior Executive, Sale & Credit Administrator

Poon Mun Foong

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Member of the Executive Committee
Project Director

Rajesh Kumar Tharmalingham

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Member of the Executive Committee
Founder and Director AREA Management Sdn Bhd, AREA Real Estate Advisories Sdn Bhd, Non - Executive Director ALPHA REIT Sdn Bhd

Remakantan Ramachandran Nair - COO

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Chief Operating Officer
Member of the Executive Committee
Chief Operating Officer ( COO

Rodney Leo

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Member of the Executive Committee
Cheif Sustainability Officer

Sheela Jane

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Member of the Executive Committee
Assistant Vice President - Digital & Financial Solutions

Shireen Iqbal Binti Mohamed Iqbal

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Member of the Executive Committee
Cheif Executive Officer ( CEO ) Alpha REIT
Chief Executive Officer ( CEO ) Alpha REIT

Suresh Arunagiri

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Member of the Executive Committee
Project Manager

Wong Chee Wei

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Member of the Executive Committee
Senior Project Manager

Yii Toh Kee - CEO

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Chief Executive Officer
Member of the Executive Committee
Chief Executive Officer ( CEO
Chief Executive Officer AREA Management Sdn. Bhd

Yii is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Area Management Sdn Bhd since Nov 2021. She comes with 18 years of experience in the field of construction, specializing in the delivery of large turnkey industrial projects and buildings. Her industrial project portfolio includes multinational and local clients such as Coca-Cola, Jotun, Scientex, and Lam Soon to name a few. Before joining Area Management, she served for 14 years as the Managing Director of Sungai Besi Construction & Engineering Sdn Bhd, a leading industrial construction firm in Selangor. Prior to her managerial role at Sungai Besi Construction & Engineering Sdn Bhd, she served for 4 years as the National Sales Manager for BlueScope Lysaght Sdn Bhd for their pre-engineered building division, covering Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei, and Singapore She is a qualified Civil Engineer and a fellow member of The Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM).