Mr Sivaram is a Non-Executive and Independent Director of the Managers.

He retired from Ernst & Young (“EY”) Singapore in June 2019 as Assurance Partner, after 35 years with the firm. During his tenure, he served in various roles, principally in audit or assurance.

Mr Sivaram’s audit experience included the audit of listed companies and multinationals in the food and beverage, logistics and real estate industries. His business advisory experience encompassed financial due diligence work for EY’s Transaction Advisory Services Group. As Technical Partner for many years, he advised other partners on complex accounting and auditing issues, conducted training, and set policies relating to risk management for the assurance practice of the firm.

Mr Sivaram is a Board Member and the Audit Committee Chairman of the Land Transport Authority. He also serves on the Board of Singapore Institute of Technology, ESR-LOGOS Funds Management (S) Limited, British and Malayan Holdings Limited and Thakral Corporation Ltd. Previously, he sat on the Board of the Urban Redevelopment Authority and G.K. Goh Holdings Limited.

Previously, he was a member of the Accounting Standards Council – the standard setter in Singapore – for nine years and received the Public Service Medal (PBM) in 2018 for having served as its Deputy Chairman for several years. He was also active on the various committees of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (“ISCA”), the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority and the Singapore chapter of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (“ICAEW”).

Mr Sivaram graduated from the University of Bombay with a Bachelor of Commerce degree and qualified as a chartered accountant in London. He remains a member of both ICAEW and ISCA.