SINGAPORE WINDSOR HOLDINGS LIMITED | Annual Report 2015
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KEY MANAGEMENT
LO CHI CHUNG ALAN
Mr. Lo was appointed on 16 Oct 2014 as our Senior Vice
President, Corporate Development and he is responsible
for the Group’s corporate affairs and expanding our
strategic business alliances. He had been working at
various well-known financial institutions in Singapore and
Hong Kong including Maybank Kim Eng Securities Pte Ltd,
Deutsche Securities Asia Limited, Morgan Stanley Asia
Limited among others. He has accumulated more than 20
years of capital markets experience and corporate finance-
related knowledge. Mr. Lo holds a Master of Business
Administration from the Columbia Business School in New
York, NY, USA. During his course of studies at Columbia
Business School, he was in the Dean’s List as well as the Beta
Gamma Sigma for his outstanding academic achievements.
He also obtained a Bachelor in Electrical Engineering (cum
laude) from Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
ANDREW SHEPHERD
Mr. Shepherd was appointed on 1 April 2014 as our Senior
Vice-President, Finance & Business Development and he
is responsible for the business development including
financial structuring of the Group’s portfolio of investments
in Myanmar. Armed with a wealth of international
corporate finance experience and with a strong commercial
background in the emerging markets of Asia Pacific and
the Middle East, he is a highly experienced Chief Financial
Officer with a strong track record in various notable listed
companies including the Jardine Matheson Group, Dairy
Farm, Metro Pacific Investments Corporation among
others where he was involved in various management
roles which includes M&A, investor relations, business
development and corporate finance. He is a Chartered
Certified Accountant and he is a University of Edinburgh
graduate with a Bachelor in Biological Sciences (Honours).
JOHN PIKE
Mr. Pike joined our Group as a legal adviser on 16 February
2015 and was appointed as General Counsel on 2 May
2015. He is responsible for all legal matters inside our
Group. Mr. Pike was a Barrister with 12 years of experience,
for the UK government, in the High court and around
England and Wales in contract, fraud and a wide variety of
civil law matters, then in various legal roles in Cambodia.
He also published influential legal academic work. He also
is also expert in the shipping industry and in ship mortgage
finance. He has advised a number of LDC governments
in Asia and the Americas on shipping policy and the
Cambodian government on fraud investigations. With his
strong financial background, Mr. Pike has been part of the
senior bank management with a major American bank,
originating cross border transactions in capital projects
for clients. As an experienced credit analyst in Europe and
Asia, he also managed a significant trading department
in bonds, convertibles and equity derivatives with a
focus in Japan, and advised major European investment
institutions. Mr. Pike has been the head of Economic and
Investment Research for a major European bank with a staff
of 70 professionals in five major financial centers around
the world advising on USD140 billion in assets. He is an
Oxford University educated economist.
JAMES DE VILLIERS-SMITH
Mr. Villiers-Smith joined Myanmar Infrastructure Group Pte
Ltd as Vice President, Operations on 1 December 2014 and
was subsequently promoted to Chief Operations Officer.
He is responsible for carrying out the strategic plan and day-
to-day running of MIG Myanmar, by developing functional
roles and assigning responsibilities to his employees.
Mr. Villiers-Smith has over 30 years’ of experience in the
telecommunication and infrastructure industries. He held
various senior management positions of Chief Technical
Officer, Managing Director and Project Director operating
predominantly in the African market. He is a well-rounded
telecoms engineer in several technologies – GSM, CDMA,
GPRS, vSat, AC/DC power and control systems and
excels with start-up business in third world environments
and emerging markets. Mr. Villiers-Smith started his
telecommunication career as a Satellite design and
planning engineer in South Africa. He is currently pursuing
his Master of Business Administration education at The
University of Cumbria (UK), offered in partnership with the
Robert Kennedy Business School in Zurich, Switzerland. Mr
Villers-Smith also has diplomas in Telecommunication and
Advanced Project Management.
STEPHEN DENG
Mr. Deng was appointed as the Director of SMI
Construction Services Pte Ltd and Procurement Director of
Myanmar Infrastructure Group Pte Ltd on 10 April 2015. He
is responsible for our development in the rapidly growing
business of distribution of construction and mining
machineries in Myanmar. Before joining our Group, Mr.
Deng worked as the General Manager of Moet-Hennessy’s
newly established Winery in Shangri-La, Yunnan Province
for 3 years and responsible for establishing the winery,
vineyard and the team from scratch. He also worked as
a senior manager for 3 years in Augus Partners, a Beijing
Based boutique consulting companies focused onM&A and
took key roles in major projects of renowned international
companies like LVMH. Mr. Deng had more than 7 years of
experience in renowned consulting companies including
Cap Gemini, PricewaterHouse Coopers and Arthur
Andersen. He has a master degree in Finance and is also a
CFA Charter Holder.
