Board & Committees

Board

Independent Non-Executive Director - CHAIR OF THE BOARD Sarah Arkle

Appointed January 2022/ Chair of the Board from July 2024

Sarah is an investment professional with over thirty years’ experience. Originally working for Save and Prosper Group and WI Carr (Overseas) Ltd, she joined Threadneedle Asset Management (now Columbia Threadneedle) in 1983. She held various positions there, including ten years as Chief Investment Officer before retiring in 2011. She was a non-Exec Director of F&C Investment Trust and Janus Henderson Group PLC and was Chair of JPMorgan Emerging Markets Investment Trust until 2022. Since 2011 Sarah has been a member of the Prince’s Trust Women Supporting Women Group.

SENIOR INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - CHAIR OF THE NOMINATION AND REMUNERATION COMMITTEE Vi Peterson

Appointed April 2018/ Senior INED and NRC Chair from November 2023

Vi is an international business consultant based in Melbourne Australia, with extensive experience across a diverse range of senior management roles and non-executive directorships in the private sector, public sector (trade diplomacy) and not-for-profit / university sector. She came back in 1993 to establish the ANZ Bank’s greenfield operations in Vietnam. She later served as Australia’s Senior Trade Commissioner to Vietnam until 1999. In 2000 she established a consultancy firm specialising in the provision of strategic advice to companies operating in emerging markets, helping them to navigate the complex political, cultural and regulatory environment in Asia. Concurrently until 2021, she was the co-founder and Executive Director of The Alliance for Safe Children, a US not-for-profit corporation with a global mission to reduce the rising toll of child mortality arising from preventable injuries in Asia by advocating and raising funds for prevention program with governments and institutional donors.

INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - CHAIR OF AUDIT AND RISK COMMITTEE Low Suk Ling

Appointed July 2021/ ARC Chair from December 2024

Suk Ling currently serves as General Counsel for Marsh McLennan Asia, a global professional services firm with business in risk management, insurance and investment advising.  In this role, she looks after legal and compliance at Marsh and Mercer in Asia.

INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - CHAIR OF THE MANAGEMENT ENGAGEMENT COMMITEE Charles Cade

Appointed October 2023/ MEC Chair from July 2024

Mr. Cade is an investment professional with over 25 years’ experience in investment companies. He was among the leading analysts throughout his career at Numis Securities, Winterflood Securities, HSBC and Merrill Lynch. He joined the City following an MBA, having previously worked for a consultancy firm and as an economist in the UK government. He is currently a non-executive director of Temple Bar Investment Trust, a member of the investment committee of the Rank Foundation charity, and an independent consultant to interactive investor.

Non-Executive Director Dominic Scriven, OBE

Appointed May 1995

Born in Britain, Dominic is a graduate in Law and Sociology from Exeter University. After spells in finance in London and Hong Kong, he has spent the past 30 years at the head of Dragon Capital, Vietnam’s largest private asset manager. He was appointed OBE by the British Queen in 2006, and received a Labour medal from the Vietnamese President in 2014. In business, Dominic is an active promoter of financial market development, good governance and sustainability, with a particular focus on Natural Capital, that in 2019 led to the endowment of the Dragon Chair in Biodiversity Economics at Exeter University. Privately, his interests range from Vietnamese art – to biodiversity and eliminating the illegal trade in wildlife.

Lead Portfolio Manager

VEIL Lead Portfolio Manager Le Anh Tuan

Appointed February 2024

Le Anh Tuan, MA of Corporate Finance from the University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City, commenced his career in Internal Auditor & Planning Dept in a Singaporean FMCG Co. for the period from 2003 to 2006. Tuan joined Dragon Capital in 2006 as Senior Analyst focusing on property and agri-fishery sectors, and was promoted to Deputy Portfolio Manager of VEIL in 2010. In May 2013, Tuan moved to a SMA mandate for an European Sovereign Wealth Fund as Deputy Portfolio Manager. In 2016, Tuan was further promoted to the sole Portfolio Manager of the SMA, demonstrating exemplary growth not only as a portfolio manager but also in his leadership acumen. Since February 2024, Tuan became VEIL’s Lead Portfolio Manager.

Committees

Audit and Risk

Chair: Low Suk Ling
Member: Vi Peterson
Member: Charles Cade

Management Engagement

Chair: Charles Cade
Member: Low Suk Ling
Member: Sarah Arkle

Nomination and Remuneration

Chair: Vi Peterson
Member: Sarah Arkle