The Board of Directors (the Board) of Link Asset Management Limited (Link), the manager of Link Real Estate Investment Trust (Link REIT; Hong Kong stock code: 823), announced today (Thursday) that Melissa Wu Mao Chin will be appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director and a member of the Audit and Risk Management Committee of Link effective from 3 Apr 2023.

Ms Wu, aged 56, is a Chartered Accountant and was a Partner at KPMG. She retired from KPMG in 2020, following a career there spanning over 30 years. She has extensive experience in providing audit services to multinational and listed companies in Hong Kong and Mainland China, in particular those in the real estate, consumer and transportation sectors. In addition, she held a number of management roles at KPMG including the Head of People, Head of Audit and Head of Consumer and Industrial Markets.

Ms Wu has also held a number of public service positions notably, serving on several committees instituted by Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) governmental bodies, including HKSAR Law Reform Commission, HKSAR Standing Committee on Judicial Salaries and Conditions of Service, HKSAR Advisory Committee on Post-service Employment of Civil Servants, HKSAR Standing Committee on Disciplined Services Salaries and Conditions of Service and the Estate Agents Authority.

Ms Wu holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) degree from the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom. She is a fellow of both The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales and the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Link Chairman Nicholas Allen said, “We are very delighted to welcome Ms Wu to join the Board. With her extensive experience in audit services as well as impressive record of public service, we are confident that she will provide valuable insights and perspectives to the Board and contribute to the continued success of Link.”

Ms Wu’s biography is provided in the directorate change announcement published by Link on the HKEXnews website today.

A picture of Ms Wu can be downloaded here.

About Link

Link Real Estate Investment Trust (Hong Kong stock code: 823), is the largest REIT in Asia by market capitalisation^#. It is managed by Link Asset Management Limited, a leading real estate investor and asset manager in the world. Since its listing in 2005 as the first REIT in Hong Kong, Link REIT has been 100% held by public and institutional investors. It is a constituent of the Hong Kong securities market benchmark Hang Seng Index, as well as a component of the Dow Jones Sustainability Asia Pacific Index, the FTSE4Good Index Series and the Hang Seng Corporate Sustainability Index. From its home in Hong Kong, Link Asset Management Limited owns and manages a diversified portfolio including retail facilities, car parks, offices and logistics assets spanning from China’s Beijing, Greater Bay Area (Hong Kong, Guangzhou and Shenzhen), and Yangtze River Delta centred around Shanghai, to the UK’s London, Australia’s Sydney and Melbourne and Singapore*. Link Asset Management Limited seeks to extend its portfolio growth trajectory and grasp expansion opportunities in different markets in pursuit of sustainable growth.

For details, please visit https://www.linkreit.com.

#Source: Factset

*Proposed acquisition announced on 28 December 2022; Pending completion