Date of appointment as Director : 5 June 1973
Date of last re-election : 25 October 2006
Nature of appointment : Executive
Board committees served on :
Executive Committee (Chairman since 13 August 2001)
Nominating Committee (Member since 25 September 2002)

Mr Frank Benjamin is the Executive Chairman and founder of F J Benjamin. He stepped down as Group Chief Executive Officer last year, a position he held since the founding of F J Benjamin in 1959. With more than 40 years of experience in the retail industry, Mr Benjamin is involved in defining the overall strategy and vision of the Group.

Date of appointment as Director : 1 August 1996
Date of last re-election : 28 October 2005
Nature of appointment : Non-executive (Independent with effect from 1 July 2007)
Board committees served on :
Executive Committee (Member since 13 August 2001)
Remuneration Committee (Member since 25 September 2002)

Mr Keith Tay is the Non-executive Deputy Chairman of the Group. He was Chairman and Managing Partner of KPMG Peat Marwick from 1984 to 1993. He is the Vice Chairman of the Governing Council of The Singapore Institute of Directors. He also serves on the board of the Singapore International Chamber of Commerce, of which he was Chairman from 1995 to 1997. He is also Chairman of Stirling Coleman Capital Ltd and Aviva Ltd.

He sits on the boards of Allgreen Properties Limited, Rotary Engineering Limited, Singapore Airport Terminal Services Limited, Singapore Reinsurance Corporation Ltd and Singapore Post Limited.

Date of appointment as Director : 26 July 1973
Date of last re-election : 27 October 2004
Nature of appointment : Executive
Board committees served on :
Executive Committee (Member since 13 August 2001)

Mr Eli Manasseh (Nash) Benjamin is the Chief Executive Officer of the Group, and has been with F J Benjamin since 1968. He has more than 30 years of experience in the fashion retail and timepiece distribution businesses. He succeeded Mr Frank Benjamin as Group Chief Executive Officer last year. He is involved in the formulation of long-term corporate strategies and policies of the Group, maintains a close relationship with all the Group’s principals as well as oversees the business development arm of the Group.

He sits on the board of the National Museum of Singapore.

Date of appointment as Director : 11 January 1990
Date of last re-election : 25 October 2006
Nature of appointment : Independent
Board committees served on :
Audit Committee (Member since 30 June 2003)
Remuneration Committee (Member since 25 September 2002)
Nominating Committee (Chairman since 25 September 2002)

Mr Joseph Grimberg was a Senior Partner of Drew & Napier prior to serving as Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court of Singapore from 1987 to 1989. Upon completion of his term of office, he returned to Drew & Napier LLC where he is currently a Senior Consultant.

He sits on the board of Jurong Cement Limited and is the Chairman of Hotel Properties Limited.

Date of appointment as Director : 8 July 2002
Date of last re-election : 28 October 2005
Nature of appointment : Independent
Board committees served on :
Audit Committee (Member since 8 July 2002 and appointed Chairman since 30 June 2003)
Remuneration Committee (Chairman since 25 September 2002)
Nominating Committee (Member since 30 June 2003)

Mr Reggie Thein is a member of the Governing Council of The Singapore Institute of Directors, a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, and member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore. He was previously a Senior Partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers, Vice-Chairman of Coopers & Lybrand, and Managing Partner of its consulting services firm.

He sits on the boards of BIL International Limited, Grand Banks Yachts Limited, Guocoland Ltd, Haw Par Corporation Ltd, Keppel Telecommunications & Transportation Ltd, MFS Technology Limited, Mobile-One Limited and Ascendas Pte Ltd.

Date of appointment as Director : 3 November 2000
Date of last re-election : 25 October 2006
Nature of appointment : Executive
Board committees served on :
Executive Committee (Member since 25 September 2002)

With F J Benjamin since 1989, Mr Douglas Benjamin takes on the dual role of Chief Executive Office of F J Benjamin (Singapore) Pte Ltd and Divisional Chief Executive Office of the Creative and Licensing Division. He oversees the Group’s operations in Singapore, directs the international expansion of house labels, RAOUL and Paint8, and helms the RAOUL design team in his capacity as creative director.

Mr Douglas Benjamin sits on the board of trustees for the KK Hospital & Health Endowment Fund.

Date of appointment as Director : 1 April 2005
Date of last re-election : 28 October 2005
Nature of appointment : Executive
Board committees served on :
Executive Committee (Member since 1 April 2005)

Ms Karen Chong is the Chief Financial Officer and Joint Company Secretary of the Group. She has been with the Group since 1997. She is a Fellow of CPA Australia, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and a member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore. Prior to joining the Group, she was with a public accounting firm for several years and has accumulated more than 10 years of financial and operational experience in the local and overseas retail industry.

Date of appointment as Director : 3 November 2000
Date of last re-election : 25 October 2006
Nature of appointment : Independent
Board committees served on :
Audit Committee (Member since 30 September 2002)

Ms Wong Ai Fong is the Director of Communications, Asia Pacific with Nokia Pte Ltd. She was formerly the General Manager of the Singapore Marketing Communications department of the Group between 1994 and 2000. Prior to joining the Group, she had more than 10 years of marketing experience in the financial services, media and entertainment industries.

Date of appointment as Director : 1 July 2005
Date of last re-election : 28 October 2005
Nature of appointment : Independent

Mr Timothy Chia is the Founder of the Hup Soon Global Group of companies and currently serves as Deputy Chairman and Group Chief Executive Officer of Hup Soon Global Corporation Limited. He was the President of PAMA Group Inc., from 1986 to end 2004.

He sits on the boards of Banyan Tree Holdings Ltd, Fraser and Neave Limited, Singapore Post Limited, Fraser Centrepoint Limited and SP PowerGrid Limited. He is also a member of the Board of Trustee of Singapore Management University.

Date of appointment as Director : 14 March 2007
Nature of appointment : Non-executive

Ms Chew Gek Khim is Deputy Chairman and the Chief Executive Officer of the Tecity Group. She was the non-executive director of Robinsons & Company for 18 years from 1988 to 2006.

Ms Chew is also the Deputy Chairman of The Tan Chin Tuan Foundation in Singapore and The Tan Sri Tan Foundation in Malaysia and is active in community and public service, serving on the boards of National Heritage Board, Singapore Totalisator Board and NUS Faculty of Law.