Mr. James Arthur WATKINS, aged 65, is an Independent Non-executive Director of the third session of the Board.

Mr. Watkins has been an Independent Non-executive Director of the Board since 1 February 2005. Mr. Watkins is a qualified solicitor in England and in Hong Kong. He started his career in 1967 as a solicitor at Linklaters, an international law firm. He later became a Partner at the firm’s London office and was subsequently the Senior Partner of the firm’s Hong Kong office. From 1994 to 1996, Mr. Watkins was the Legal Director of Trafalgar House plc, London. He was the group Legal Director at Schroders plc, London from 1996 to 1997. Mr. Watkins was the General Counsel and a director of the Jardine Matheson Group in Hong Kong from 1994 to 2003, during which he served as a director of Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd., Dairy Farm International Holdings Ltd., and Mandarin Oriental International Ltd. Currently, he holds office as the Non-executive Director of Mandarin Oriental International Ltd., Hongkong Land Holdings Ltd., Jardine Cycle & Carriage Ltd., MCL Land Ltd., Global Sources Ltd., Asia Satellite Telecommunications Holdings Ltd. and IL&FS India Realty Fund II LLC.

Mr. Watkins graduated with a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Leeds in England in 1966.