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Mr. Watkins was appointed as a casual director on February 28, 2005, and was re-elected as a director at the Annual General Meeting on May 9, 2005. Mr. Watkins was a Director and Group General Counsel of the Jardine Matheson Group in Hong Kong from 1997 until 2003. He was Group Legal Director of Schroeders plc in 1996-1997 and of Trafalgar House plc from 1994-1996. He was previously a partner and solicitor in the London and Hong Kong offices of Linklaters from 1975 to 1994. He currently is a non-executive Director of Mandarin Oriental International Ltd, Jardine Cycle & Carriage Ltd, MCL Land Ltd and Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation Ltd and is a member of the Audit Committees of Jardine Cycle & Carriage Ltd and MCL Land Ltd and the Chairman of the Audit Committee of Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation Ltd. Mr. Watkins has a law degree from the University of Leeds (First Class Hons.). | 