Board Members

Mr Wang was first appointed as Chairman on 7 August 2009. Mr Wang is the founding Executive Chairman of AIMS Financial Group and an active participant in Asia Pacific financial services industries. Established in 1991, AIMS Financial Group is a diversified financial services and investment group, active in the areas of mortgage lending, securitisation, investment banking, funds management, property investment, private equity, venture capital and high-tech investment. AIMS Financial Group is also a strategic investor in the Sydney Stock Exchange (SSX) and Mr Wang is a Director of the SSX.

Mr Wang is the President of the AustChina Finance & Investment Council. As the President of AustChina Finance & Investment Council, Mr Wang has been laying the foundations for the financial bridge between Australia and Asia for many years, closely following the development of the Asia Pacific financial sector, at the same time building a professional team. Mr Wang is also a patron of the Taronga Foundation which is affiliated with the Taronga Zoo based in Sydney, Australia which operates wildlife conservation programs.

Richard Nott is the former General Manager and Chief Executive of CGU Lenders Mortgage Insurance Ltd; General Manager Corporate Banking at Standard Chartered Bank Australia Ltd and General Manger Banking and Associate Director at Australian Bank. In addition, he had a twenty six year career with National Australia Bank throughout Australia and England. He was for some years a Director of Prime Insurance group, a Bermudan based Lenders’ Mortgage Insurer.

Richard has been the Director and Chair of the Audit Committee of First American Title Insurance Company of Australia Ltd since 2002. He is a Director of Four Hats Financial Services Pty Ltd, a venture capital company. In addition, Richard is the Director and Chair of the Audit Committee of First Mac B Limited, a part of the First Mac group, Australia’s largest privately owned securitiser of residential housing loans.

Qualifications include a Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Banking, and Masters Degrees in Business Administration, Commerce, Insurance and Risk Management. He is a Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance, Chartered Insurance Institute (UK) and Chartered Institute of Bankers (UK), plus Accounting, Chartered Secretaries, and Management institutes.

For over a decade, Mr. Nott was President of the Australia-Britain Society and in recent years Chairman of the Australia-Britain Society Foundation. He is a member of the Cook Society and Fred Hollows Foundation.

John is currently the Chairman of Mortgage Guarantee Insurance Corporation Australia, the Australian subsidiary of the largest USA loan mortgage insurer, The Chairman and Member of the Audit, Governance & Risk Management Committee for The Australian Wine Society Co-operative Limited. He was the Australian General Manager for a Mezzanine finance company and was also the Head of Corporate Banking Australia at Standard Chartered Bank Australia Limited.

Qualifications include a Bachelor of Commerce, a Master of Business Administration (AGSM) and a Master of Insurance and Risk Management (Deakin). In addition, he is a Certified Practicing Accountant. He is a Fellow of the Tax Institute of Australia, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Secretaries, a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia, a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a Fellow of the Australian Mutuals Institute.

Mr Chong has 32 years of experience in technology, business, finance and general management. From 1986 to 2004, Mr Chong served in various directorial and management positions with Seksun Corporation Ltd (subsequently known as Enporis Greenz Limited), Glaxo Wellcome Asia Pacific, China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park Development Co., Ltd, Standard Chartered Bank and the Economic Development Board. He has also served as a board member of the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (“ACRA”) from 2004-2010 and the National Kidney Foundation from 2008-2010, and as ACRA’s Investment Committee Chairman.

Mr Chong has over 19 years of experience as an independent director and currently serves as independent director and Audit Committee Chairman for Civmec Limited, InnoTek Ltd, and Accordia Golf Trust Management Pte. Ltd. He is also an independent director of Changan Minsheng APLL Logistics Co., Ltd, a leading automobile logistics firm in China which is listed on the mainboard of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. He has also served as independent director of various companies listed on the Singapore and Australia stock exchanges.

Mr Chong holds a Bachelor of Engineering from the University of Tokyo, Japan, and a Master of Business Administration from the National University of Singapore.

Mr Ng joined the Manager in September 2020 and was Head of Investment, Investor Relations & Partnerships prior to his re-designation to Chief Executive Officer in November 2021.

Mr Ng works with the Board and Management Team to determine the strategic direction, overall business and investment strategy of AA REIT. He is responsible for the day-to-day management and execution of the REIT’s business plan.

Mr Ng has over 18 years of experience in direct real estate investments, asset management and corporate finance in Asia and Australia. Prior to joining the Manager, he held senior fund management and investment roles with Lendlease, AEP Investment Management and Mapletree Logistics Trust.

Mr Ng holds a Bachelor of Applied Finance and a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) from Macquarie University, Australia.