BOARD OF
DIRECTORS
GERARD LIM EWE KENG
Non-Executive &
Non-Independent Director
MR. GERARD LIM EWE KENG
was appointed to the Board on 21 February 2013. He
was last re-elected to the Board on 28 October 2015.
Mr. Lim holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of
Birmingham and an MBA from University of Aston, U.K.
Mr. Lim is the General Manager of Kien Huat Realty Sdn Bhd (“Kien Huat”), an investment
holding company which is a substantial shareholder of Genting Berhad (“Genting”).
Genting and its subsidiaries Genting Malaysia Berhad and Genting Plantations Berhad are
listed on Bursa Malaysia and Genting Singapore PLC is listed on the Singapore Exchange.
He is also a director of Golden Hope Ltd, acting as the trustee of the Golden Hope Unit
Trust (“Golden Hope”) – an investment holding company which is a substantial shareholder
of Genting Hong Kong Ltd, a company listed on both the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
and Singapore Exchange.
He also oversees the private investments of Kien Huat and Golden Hope which include
investments in a ski resort near Beijing, casino resorts in the U.S., genomics, intellectual
property and trade-marks, mineral exploration, real estate and leisure lifestyle.
Prior to joining Kien Huat and Golden Hope, he was the Chief Financial Officer of Genting
Hong Kong Ltd responsible for finance, legal and IT and was involved in the setting up
of the cruise division in Genting Hong Kong (formerly known as Star Cruises Limited). He
started his career in corporate planning in the Genting Group and has worked in various
companies in the Group.
MR. GARY JAMES WEISMAN
was appointed to the Board on 28 October 2015.
Mr. Weisman holds a Bachelor of Science in Social Science from the California State
University at San Diego. Mr. Weisman was President of North Sails, now the world’s
leading sailmaking company and the largest division in the North Technology Group (NTG).
Mr. Weisman became President in 1998 and retired in 2013, having served with North
Sails for almost 40 years since joining in 1974.
Mr. Weisman served as a director of NTG from 1998 to 2013. Mr. Weisman also served
as a director of the Edgewater Powerboat Company, an NTG portfolio company and a
Florida-based manufacturer of small luxury yachts and premium center console fishing
boats from 2011 until the acquisition of NTG by Oakley Capital Group in 2014.
An expert yachtsman, Mr. Weisman has owned powerboats and sailboats for more than
25 years, and has fished and cruised over 50,000 miles aboard his vessels. He has also
raced hundreds of thousands of miles on the Grand Prix yachting circuit. In 2017, his
family will launch a new Grand Banks 60, to be named
Iluka
, for further adventures.
GARY JAMES WEISMAN
Independent Director
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GRAND BANKS YACHTS LIMITED
ANNUAL REPORT
2016
