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Directors’ Profiles Continued
Lord Leach of Fairford
Lord Leach joined the Board in 1987. He is deputy
chairman of Jardine Lloyd Thompson, and a director
of Dairy Farm, Hongkong Land, Jardine Matheson,
Jardine Strategic and Rothschilds Continuation
Holdings. He joined the Jardine Matheson group in
1983 after a career in banking and merchant banking.
Dr Richard Lee
Dr Lee joined the Board in 1987. Dr Lee’s principal
business interests are in the manufacturing of textiles
and apparel in Southeast Asia, and he is chairman of
TAL Apparel. He is also a director of Jardine Matheson
and Hongkong Land.
Robert Léon
Mr Léon joined the Board in 1994. He is a manager of
Qualis and a director of Roc Oil Company.
Sydney S W Leong
Mr Leong, a Solicitor of both the Supreme Courts of
Hong Kong and England and Wales, joined the Board
in 1989. He is chairman and a director of a number
of companies, including chairman of Henry G Leong
Estates.
Lord Powell of Bayswater KCMG
Lord Powell joined the Board in 1992. He was
previously Private Secretary and adviser on foreign
affairs and defence to British Prime Ministers, Baroness
Thatcher and Rt Hon John Major. He is a director of
Caterpillar, Hongkong Land, LVMH Moët Hennessy
Louis Vuitton, Matheson & Co, Capital Generation
Partners, Textron Corporation, Schindler Holdings,
Northern Trust Global Services, Yell Group and Magna
Holdings. He is co-chairman of the UK Government’s
Asia Task Force and was previously president of the
China-Britain Business Council and chairman of the
Singapore-British Business Council.
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James Watkins
Mr Watkins joined the Board in 1997. He was a
director and group general counsel of Jardine Matheson
from 1997 to 2003. Mr Watkins qualified as a solicitor
in 1969 and was formerly a partner of the English law
firm, Linklaters. He is also a director of Advanced
Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation, Global
Sources, Asia Satellite Telecommunications Holdings,
Jardine Cycle & Carriage and MCL Land.
Percy Weatherall
Mr Weatherall joined the Board in 2000 and was
Managing Director from 2000 to 2006. He held a
number of senior positions since first joining the
Jardine Matheson group in 1976 until his retirement
from executive office in 2006. He is also a director of
Dairy Farm, Hongkong Land, Jardine Matheson and
Jardine Strategic.