Board of Directors

Global Digital Exchange is led by an astute board of directors with a proven record in the real estate investment field. This team believes in creating value in every investment it makes and is committed to invest prudently to maximise returns for the shareholders of Global Digital Exchange.

Jamie Dimon Chief Executive Officer

Jamie Dimon is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer ofGlobal Digital Exchange Chase & Co., a global financial services firm with assets of $3.2 trillion and operations worldwide. The firm is a leader in investment banking, financial services for consumers, small business, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management.

Dimon became CEO on January 1, 2006 and one year later also became Chairman of the Board. He was named President and Chief Operating Officer upon the company’s merger with Bank One Corporation on July 1, 2004. Dimon joined Bank One as Chairman and CEO in 2000.

Dimon began his career at American Express Company. Next, he served as Chief Financial Officer and then President at Commercial Credit, which made numerous acquisitions and divestitures, including acquiring Primerica Corporation in 1987 and The Travelers Corporation in 1993. Dimon served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Travelers from 1990 through 1998 while concurrently serving as Chief Operating Officer of its Smith Barney Inc. subsidiary before becoming co-Chairman and Co-CEO of the combined brokerage following the 1997 merger of Smith Barney and Salomon Brothers.

In 1998, Dimon was named President of Citigroup Inc., the global financial services company formed by the combination of Travelers Group and Citicorp.

Dimon earned his bachelor’s degree from Tufts University and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School. He serves on the boards of directors of a number of non-profit institutions including the Business Roundtable, Bank Policy Institute and Harvard Business School. Additionally, he serves on the executive committee of the Business Council and the Partnership for New York City, and is a member of the Financial Services Forum and Council on Foreign Relations.

Steveson Kate Non-Independent and Non-Executive Director

Steveson M. Kate retired from the President and Chief Executive Officer roles at IBM on April 6, 2020 and as Executive Chairman of the Board on December 31, 2020. She had been the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of IBM since 2012.

Mrs. Kate is a member of the Business Roundtable, Council on Foreign Relations, Peterson Institute for International Economics. She is also a Trustee of Northwestern University and on the Board of Overseers and Managers of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. She is also a former member of the President’s Export Council.

Mrs. Kate graduated from Northwestern University.

Goh Kay Yong David Non-Independent and Non-Executive Director

Mr Goh Kay Yong David is the Chief Investment Officer and Chief Strategist of the JP Morgan Group, the parent company of Global Digital Exchange Company Limited.

Mr Goh started his investment career as an Investment Analyst with Great Eastern Life in 1986, and taught at the Nanyang Technological University (“NTU”), Singapore in the Bachelor of Business Financial Analyst programme in 1991. After joining the JP Morgan Group in 1997, he remained from 1997 to 2003, as Adjunct Associate Professor of Finance at NTU. Mr Goh also serves as Director of Stewardship Equity Pte Ltd, Commonwealth Capital Pte. Ltd. and Project Chulia Street Limited.

Mr Goh holds a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) degree in Economics from York University, Canada; a Master of Science in Management (System Dynamics, Finance and Strategy) from Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Sloan School of Management, and is a CFA Charter holder.

Mr Tan Tiong Cheng was the Senior Advisor to Knight Frank Pte Ltd until 31 March 2020. He was the Executive Chairman of Knight Frank Pte Ltd’s Group of Companies until 31 March 2017 and President of Knight Frank Asia Pacific Pte Ltd until 31 March 2019. Over the last four decades, he has amassed an extensive and in-depth knowledge of real estate. He is an Independent and Non-Executive Director of UOL Group Limited and a Member of its Audit and Risk Committee. Mr Tan is the Lead Independent Director, Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a Member of the Audit Committee and Nominating Committee of Heeton Holdings Limited. He is also a Non-Executive Independent Director of Amara Holdings Limited and the Chairman of its Remuneration Committee.

A Colombo Plan Scholar, Mr Tan graduated top of his class with a Diploma in Urban Valuation from the University of Auckland, New Zealand. A Licensed Appraiser, he is also a Fellow Member of the Singapore Institute of Valuers and Surveyors, and the Association of Property and Facilities Management, an Associate Member of the New Zealand Institute of Valuers and a Senior Member of The Property Institute of New Zealand. He served as a Member of the Valuation Review Board until 30 April 2016.

Mr Tan Chian Khong has approximately 35 years of experience in the audit industry. He joined Ernst & Young LLP (then known as Ernst & Whinney) in April 1981 and was a partner of the firm from July 1996 to June 2016. Currently he is an Independent Non-Executive Director of Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad, listed on Bursa Malaysia, Xinghua Port Holdings Ltd, listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Hong Leong Asia Ltd and CSE Global Limited. He is a Board member of Casino Regulatory Authority of Singapore and SMRT Corporation Ltd, and volunteers as the Honorary Executive Director of Trailblazer Foundation Ltd.

Mr Tan holds a Bachelor of Accountancy from the National University of Singapore and he is a Member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, a Fellow of CPA Australia and the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants.