Biography

Director Since: 2015

Committees: Finance and Human Resources

Career Highlights: Mr. Pickerell was Head of Asia of Nikko Asset Management from 2010 to 2014 and served as its Chairman, Asia from 2014 to 2015. From 2007 to 2010, he was CEO, Asia, at Morgan Stanley Investment Management.

Mr. Pickerell has also served as Chief Executive, Asia-Pacific, of HSBC Asset Management, as Chairman of Jardine Fleming Funds, and as Managing Director of Jardin Pacific, Ltd. His current international service includes memberships on the Supervisory Committee for the Tracker Fund of Hong Kong and the International Advisory Council of the Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Hong Kong.

Key Skills and Qualifications: Mr. Pickerell brings to the Board executive leadership experience and extensive experience in the asset management and financial services industries, particularly in the Asia Pacific Region. This includes his having served as the chief executive for Asia-Pacific for a number of investment management firms and having sat on global management committees of several major investment management firms. He has also had exposure to numerous non-financial industries from his time as Managing Director of a large Asian conglomerate. He also brings to the Board executive-level experience in executive compensation, international, marketing, and accounting and finance.

Education: Bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Other Public Company Boards:

Current: Dah Sing Banking Group Limited (Chair of the Risk Management and Compliance Committee and a member of the Audit Committee); First Pacific Company Limited (Finance, Corporate Governance Committees and Ad Hoc Selection Committees).