Board & Committees

Board

CHAIR & INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Gordon Lawson

Appointed July 2014/ Chair from July 2022

Gordon has many years of experience in the City, latterly as head of equity proprietary trading and EMEA equity, derivatives and convertible bond risk at Salomon/Citigroup and then as the founder of Pendragon Capital, a large event-driven hedge fund. Gordon is an adviser to several funds, sits on the Advisory Boards of several companies and funds, including Bridges Ventures and is Chair of Parkwalk Advisors.

SENIOR INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - CHAIR OF THE NOMINATION AND REMUNERATION COMMITTEE Vi Peterson

Appointed April 2018/ Senior INED and NRC Chair from November 2023

Vi is an international business consultant based in Melbourne Australia, with extensive experience across a diverse range of senior management roles and non-executive directorships in the private sector, public sector (trade diplomacy) and not-for-profit / university sector. She came back in 1993 to establish the ANZ Bank’s greenfield operations in Vietnam. She later served as Australia’s Senior Trade Commissioner to Vietnam until 1999. In 2000 she established a consultancy firm specialising in the provision of strategic advice to companies operating in emerging markets, helping them to navigate the complex political, cultural and regulatory environment in Asia. Concurrently until 2021, she was the co-founder and Executive Director of The Alliance for Safe Children, a US not-for-profit corporation with a global mission to reduce the rising toll of child mortality arising from preventable injuries in Asia by advocating and raising funds for prevention program with governments and institutional donors.

INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - CHAIR OF THE RISK MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE Entela Benz-Saliasi

Appointed May 2019/ RMC Chair from November 2023

Entela holds a PhD in Financial Asset Management and Engineering from Swiss Finance and Banking Institute, a postgraduate degree from Linacre College, Oxford and MPhil from IUHEI, Geneva, Switzerland. She has served as Adjunct Associate Professor at Department of Finance, HKUST Business School in Hong Kong for more than 16 years. Alongside teaching, she has been acting as a consultant for Sustainable and Climate Investing since 2007. She has done extensive academic and industry work on the value of Climate Risk on company financial performance for leading financial institutions. She is also the founder and CEO of Intensel, a global-award winning (COP28) company on AI and Climate Solutions leveraging ML/Deep Learning , geospatial and satellite data for mapping climate-related financial risk. She sits on various pro-bono boards in Hong Kong and the Philippines. As a financial professional she worked in the Investment bank and hedge fund industry before moving into an academic and entrepreneurship role. Given the wealth of expertise spanning across academia and industry, she has acquired a comprehensive experience in analyzing financial statements, accounting policies, practices, and governance. She is a frequent speaker in large conference from The Economist to CLSA Forum etc.

INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - CHAIR OF AUDIT AND COMPLIANCE COMMITTEE Low Suk Ling

Appointed July 2021/ ACC Chair from November 2023

Suk Ling currently serves as General Counsel for Marsh McLennan Asia, a global professional services firm with business in risk management, insurance and investment advising.  In this role, she looks after legal and compliance at Marsh and Mercer in Asia.

Independent Non-Executive Director - CHAIR OF THE MANAGEMENT ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE Sarah Arkle

Appointed January 2022/ MEC Chair from November 2023

Sarah is an investment professional with over thirty years’ experience. Originally working for Save and Prosper Group and WI Carr (Overseas) Ltd, she joined Threadneedle Asset Management (now Columbia Threadneedle) in 1983. She held various positions there, including ten years as Chief Investment Officer before retiring in 2011 and Chair of JPMorgan Emerging Markets Investment Trust until 2022. Since 2011 Sarah has been a member of the Prince’s Trust Women Supporting Women Group.

INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Charles Cade

Appointed October 2023

Mr. Cade is an investment professional with over 25 years’ experience in investment companies. He was among the leading analysts throughout his career at Numis Securities, Winterflood Securities, HSBC and Merrill Lynch. He joined the City following an MBA, having previously worked for a consultancy firm and as an economist in the UK government. He is currently a non-executive director of Temple Bar Investment Trust, a member of the investment committee of the Rank Foundation charity, and an independent consultant to interactive investor.

Non-Executive Director Dominic Scriven, OBE

Appointed May 1995

Born in Britain, Dominic is a graduate in Law and Sociology from Exeter University. After spells in finance in London and Hong Kong, he has spent the past 30 years at the head of Dragon Capital, Vietnam’s largest private asset manager. He was appointed OBE by the British Queen in 2006, and received a Labour medal from the Vietnamese President in 2014. In business, Dominic is an active promoter of financial market development, good governance and sustainability, with a particular focus on Natural Capital, that in 2019 led to the endowment of the Dragon Chair in Biodiversity Economics at Exeter University. Privately, his interests and passions range from Vietnamese art – to biodiversity and eliminating the illegal trade in wildlife.

Lead Portfolio Manager

VEIL Lead Portfolio Manager Le Anh Tuan

Appointed February 2024

Le Anh Tuan, MA of Corporate Finance from the University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City, commenced his career in Internal Auditor & Planning Dept in a Singaporean FMCG Co. for the period from 2003 to 2006. Tuan joined Dragon Capital in 2006 as Senior Analyst focusing on property and agri-fishery sectors, and was promoted to Deputy Portfolio Manager of VEIL in 2010. In May 2013, Tuan moved to a SMA mandate for an European Sovereign Wealth Fund as Deputy Portfolio Manager. In 2016, Tuan was further promoted to the sole Portfolio Manager of the SMA, demonstrating exemplary growth not only as a portfolio manager but also in his leadership acumen. Since February 2024, Tuan became VEIL’s Lead Portfolio Manager.

Committees

Risk Management

Chair: Entela Benz-Saliasi
Member: Vi Peterson
Member: Low Suk Ling

Management Engagement

Chair: Sarah Arkle
Member: Gordon Lawson
Member: Charles Cade

Nomination and Remuneration

Chair: Vi Peterson
Member: Entela Benz-Saliasi
Member: Gordon Lawson

Audit and Compliance

Chair: Low Suk Ling
Member: Charles Cade
Member: Sarah Ankle