01-Mar-2011

APPOINTMENT

Director

Executive

40

British

Master of Arts (major in Finance and Accounting), Swiss business school of St Gallen

Mr John Peter Clare, aged 40, a British National, was appointed as the Group Finance Director of DKSH Holdings (Malaysia) Berhad on 1 March 2011.

Mr John Peter Clare graduated from Swiss business school of St Gallen with a Master of Arts (Major in Finance and Accounting). Thereafter he worked for 3 years in the Corporate Audit department of Roche, a Swiss pharmaceutical company. In 1999, he joined Diethelm Thailand in Internal Audit and has since 2003 headed the DKSH worldwide group internal audit department out of Hong Kong. In this capacity, he has overseen the audit activities of the group and has over the years supported various corporate initiatives and projects. Since the end of 2008, Mr Clare had, based in Hong Kong, headed the group's risk management department. In November 2010 he took on the responsibility for DKSH's finance activities in Malaysia as the Country Finance Manager and relocted to Kuala Lumpur.

Mr Clare does not have any family relationship with any director and/or major shareholder of DKSH Holdings (Malaysia) Berhad, nor any personal interest in any business arrangement involving the Company.

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