REO Real Estate Opportunities - Company Directors

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The Directors
	Ray Horney Chairman Mr Horney has been the Chairman of the Company since its launch. He founded Rayford Supreme Holdings plc, a UK retail group listed on the London Stock Exchange, in 1983, which was acquired by Harris Queensway plc in 1985. He became chairman of St James Beach Hotels, a group of three hotels in Barbados, in 1989, which was listed on the London and Barbados Stock Exchanges in 1994. He took on the added responsibility of managing director in 1995 and the group was then purchased by Elegant Hotels in an agreed takeover in 1997. Mr Horney is also chairman of Nordic Land plc, which is listed on the London Alternative Investment Market (AIM). He is vice chairman of Sandyport Development Co. Limited, a private property company in Nassau, Bahamas, and is also chairman of Havenview Investments Limited and Castle Market Holdings Limited. He is a director of Treasury Holdings Real Estate Pte., Ltd, Trustee-Manager of Treasury China Trust, a Singapore Business Trust, listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange. He is chairman of the Management Engagement Committee.

	Richard Barrett Mr Richard Barrett is Managing Director of Treasury Holdings, which he co-founded in 1989 and owns 50% of its shares, and is also Chairman of Treasury Holdings and its business interests in China and Russia. He is also Chairman and Non-Executive Director of the Board of Treasury Holdings Real Estate Pte., Ltd, Trustee-Manager of Treasury China Trust. Mr Barrett started his career in Agri Commodities with R Barrett + Co Ltd, his family holding company from 1977 to 1987. Since 1987, he has been involved in the investment sector, beginning with Rivoli Investment Co. He is also a director/shareholder of a number of private wind farm, waste-to-energy and solar energy technology companies in Ireland and Europe. Mr Barrett was awarded the Ernst and Young Industry Entrepreneur of the Year in 2007. He served on the Advisory Board of the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University from 2005 to 2008 and is a Senior Research Fellow of the Asian Competitiveness Institute at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in Singapore, part of the National University of Singapore. Mr Barrett has been Guest Lecturer at Harvard University, ESADE Barcelona, Trinity College Dublin, Kings Inns Dublin, the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland, Royal Society of Chartered Surveyors (HK), United Nations Sustainability Conference in South East Asia and at numerous other conferences. Mr Barrett is a double graduate in Economics, holds a postgraduate degree in Law from Trinity College, Dublin and is a Barrister at Law of the King’s Inns, Dublin. He holds a Diploma in French Language from Institut de Francais, Villefranche sur Mer, France and a Diploma in Spanish Language from ESADE, Barcelona, Spain. Mr Barrett has also authored numerous publications and articles on Real Estate, China and Renewable Energy.

	Keith Jenkins Mr Jenkins was managing partner of KPMG Jersey from 1975 to 1997, specialising in audit and advisory services to the financial services sector. He was a council member and treasurer of the Jersey Chamber of Commerce and was the former appointee of the States of Jersey Finance and Economics Committee to the Jersey Child Care Trust. He is also a director of Nordic Land plc. He is chairman of the Audit Committee.

	Philip Jenkinson Mr Jenkinson was called to the French Bar in 1985 and is currently managing partner of Triplet and Associes, a French law practice specialising not only in French Corporate and M & A matters but also Real Property in France. Prior to being called to the French Bar, he spent six years as Vice Consul (Commercial) at a British Consulate Overseas and before that he worked in industry for seven years with Italian, Dutch and UK corporations. He is also a director of Nordic Land plc.

	Robert Tincknell Mr Tinknell joined Treasury Holdings in 2002 as Group Development Director and became Group Deputy Managing Director of CREO in 2004. After taking responsibility for the China expansion program in 2005, Rob and his family moved to Shanghai in 2006 and he has been responsible for setting up the overall China business. Rob was previously Managing Director of the commercial division of The Berkeley Group plc and completed many well known large scale development projects. He is a Chartered Surveyor.

	Garth Milne He was formerly head of the investment funds division at UBS Warburg having originally set up the team at Laing and Cruikshank. Mr Milne has been involved in investment funds in the City of London for over 30 years and is a director of several investment companies including Sargem Limited, Utilico Emerging Markets Limited, The Directors’ Dealing Investment Trust plc, INVESCO Perpetual UK Smaller Companies Trust PLC.

	Martin Richardson M Richardson has been a partner of the Jersey practice of Rawlinson & Hunter since 1987, specialising in trust and mutual fund administration services, to the financial sector. He is a director of Diversified Portfolios Fund Limited, Equity Investment Partnership Investment Company PLC and a number of other companies.