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FORTERRA
ANNUAL REPORT 2013
MANAGEMENT TEAM OF
THE TRUSTEE-MANAGER
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Mr. Andrew SEAH
Chief Executive Officer
Refer to the description under the
section on the Board of Directors,
page 10.
Mr. Richard DING
Chief Strategy Officer &
General Counsel
Mr. Richard Ding is the Chief
Strategy Officer and General
Counsel of the Trustee-Manager
since 2007. Mr. Ding has over
19 years of experience serving
in a number of senior executive
management and legal positions,
with responsibility encompassing
g e n e r a l m a n a g e m e n t ,
investment management, legal
r isk management , corporate
compliance, as well as corporate
transact ion negot iat ion and
execution where he successfully
lead the completion of a wide
range of corporate transactions, in
particular, cross border corporate
finance, mergers and acquisitions,
and venture i nves tment s ,
particularly in China.
From 2003 to 2007, Mr. Ding
served as General Counsel ,
and Director of Strategy and
Corporate Transact ions for
Visteon Corporation’s Asia Pacific
operations, where in addition to
his responsibilities as senior legal
officer in the region; Mr. Ding
was responsible for formulating
Visteon’s Asia Pacific strategy,
and leading Visteon’s merger and
acquisitions and joint venture
efforts in the region. From 2000
to 2003, Mr. Ding served as
Managing Director of Concord
Venture Capital’s operations in
the US where he was responsible
for all of the fund’s operations
in the US, including identifying
new investments, and overseeing
and managing the fund’s existing
investment interest in over
20 portfol io companies. Mr .
Ding was Co-Head of Overseas
Investment and Director of Legal
Affairs at Asia Pulp & Paper
Company from 1996 to 2000.
Mr. Ding began his legal career
as an associate at Winthrop,
Stimson, Putnam and Roberts
where he served in their New York
and Hong Kong offices from 1992
to 1996.