John Witt joined the Board in 2016 and was appointed Chairman in July 2024. He has been with the Jardine Matheson group since 1993 and has held a number of senior positions, including group finance director of Jardine Matheson from 2016 to 2020 and the chief financial officer of Hongkong Land and Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group. John is chairman of Jardine Matheson Limited, Jardine Pacific and Jardine Cycle & Carriage, and group managing director of Jardine Matheson and managing director of Hongkong Land. He is also a commissioner and chairman of the executive committee of Astra. John is a Chartered Accountant and has an MBA from INSEAD.

John Witt*

Chairman

Scott Price joined the Board as Group Chief Executive effective on 1st August 2023. Scott has over 30 years of retail, logistics and consumer packaged goods sectors experience from around the world. Scott was previously the President, International at UPS, before which he was the executive vice president of global leverage at Walmart and was also the President & CEO of DHL Express in Europe. He started his career with the Coca Cola Company and held country business positions in various locations across Asia. He is also a director of Yonghui Superstores.

Scott Price*

Group Chief Executive

Tom van der Lee joined the Board as Group Chief Financial Officer in October 2024, having served in various senior financial roles within the Group since 2016. He is a Chartered Controller with extensive regional experience in the Asian retail markets. He previously held various finance director roles with FrieslandCampina.

Tom van der Lee*

Group Chief Financial Officer

Graham Baker joined the Board in July 2024. He was previously an executive director and chief financial officer of Smith+Nephew in the United Kingdom from 2017 to 2020. Prior to joining Smith+Nephew, he worked for 20 years for AstraZeneca PLC in a range of senior roles in the United Kingdom and internationally, including in Japan and Singapore, and then as chief financial officer of generic pharmaceutical company Alvogen. He is also the group finance director of Jardine Matheson Holdings Limited.

Graham Baker

Dave Cheesewright joined the Board in 2021. He is a member of the Audit Committee of the Company. He is currently a non-executive director of Rapha Racing Ltd. He was the former president and chief executive officer of Walmart International.

Dave Cheesewright

Weiwei Chen joined the Board in 2021. She is the Chair of the Audit Committee of the Company. She is currently an independent non-executive director and a member of the audit committee and the compensation committee of LianBio and board senior adviser to Pharmplus. She was the former vice president and chief financial officer, China of Starbucks and chief financial officer, China Division of Yum! Brands.

Weiwei Chen

Ben Keswick joined the Board as Managing Director in April 2012 and held the position until June 2020. He was Chairman from 2013 to 2024. He was also managing director of Jardine Matheson from 2012 to 2020 and chairman of Jardine Cycle & Carriage from April 2012 until July 2024. He has held a number of executive positions since joining the Jardine Matheson group in 1998, including finance director and then chief executive officer of Jardine Pacific between 2003 and 2007, and group managing director of Jardine Cycle & Carriage until March 2012. He is executive chairman of Jardine Matheson and chairman of Hongkong Land and Mandarin Oriental. He is also a commissioner of Astra. He has an MBA from INSEAD. 

Ben Keswick

Christian Nothhaft joined the Board in 2021. He is currently the chair of Active Capital Partners Limited. He was the former CEO of Watsons Personal Care Stores, China and managing director of Fortress.

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