PGW
04/12/2012 15:59
DIRECTOR
REL: 1559 HRS PGG Wrightson Limited
DIRECTOR: PGW: PGG Wrightson Directorship Appointments
The Chairman of PGG Wrightson, Sir John Anderson, announced today several
changes to the composition and membership of the board of directors and board
committees. Included in the changes is the recent establishment of an
AgriTech Committee which has been formed to provide additional board
oversight in relation to the AgriTech business.
The changes see the appointment of three new directors and the retirement of
two existing directors.
Newly appointed to the board are Wai Yip (Patrick) Tsang, Kean Seng U and Lim
Siang (Ronald) Seah. Retiring as directors are Dr Zhi-Kang Li and Wah Kwong
(WK) Tsang who will each remain involved with Dr Li continuing as an expert
member of the AgriTech Committee and WK as an alternate director.
It has been determined by the board that for the purposes of the NZX Listing
Rules, Mr Seah is an independent director.
Brief biographies for the new directors follow:
Wai Yip (Patrick) Tsang
Mr Tsang began his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers as an auditor. He has
held finance roles in a number of companies listed on the main board of Hong
Kong Stock Exchange, including China Resources Enterprises Limited and
Tianjin Development Holdings Limited. Mr Tsang is currently a director of
China Pipe Group Limited, a Hong Kong listed company. He has over 20 years
of experience in auditing, accounting, investor relations and corporate
finance including initial public offerings, restructuring and merger and
acquisition transactions.
Mr Tsang holds a Bachelor's degree in accountancy (Honours) and is a fellow
member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants, a fellow
member of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and a member of the
Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
Lim Siang (Ronald) Seah
Mr Seah is a Singaporean with a background in banking and funds management
and spent much of his career working for the AIG group of companies in
Singapore, serving as Chairman of AIG Global Investment Corporation
(Singapore) Ltd until 2005. He is currently director of a number of listed
Singaporean companies including Yanlord Land Group Ltd, for which he is also
chairman of the Audit Committee, Global Investments Ltd, Telechoice
International Ltd and Invenio Holdings Pte Ltd (a subsidiary of Olam
International).
Mr Seah holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics (Honours) from the University
of Singapore.
Kean Seng U
Mr U is Head of Corporate and Legal Affairs for Agria Corporation, a role he
has held since December 2008. He has extensive experience in advising
multi-national corporations and sovereign entities on direct investments in
The People's Republic of China as well as offshore mergers and acquisitions
of foreign assets by entities of The People's Republic of China. Mr U
previously practiced as a partner at Singaporean law firm, Shooklin & Bok
LLP, focused on East Asia, and he led a corporate finance team in Allen &
Overy Shooklin & Bok, JLV, an international law venture partnership with
London based Allen & Overy LLP.
Mr U sits as independent and non-executive director of several public listed
corporations. He received a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) degree from Monash
University (Australia). He is a Barrister and Solicitor, Supreme Court of
Victoria, Australia; Advocate & Solicitor, Supreme Court of Singapore and
Solicitor of England and Wales. In addition to his extensive legal
knowledge, Mr U is also a qualified economist, having completed his degree
majoring in Economics and Accounting, B Ec at Monash University, Australia.
For additional information contact:
Julian Daly, General Counsel & Company Secretary: +64 3 372 0972
End CA:00230663 For:PGW Type:DIRECTOR Time:2012-12-04 15:59:35
