2018 Annual Report
JARDINE MATHESON MATHESON JARDINE ANNUAL REPORT 2018 JARDINE MATHESON ANNUAL REPORT 2018 Jardine Matheson is a diversified Asian-based group with unsurpassed experience in the region, having been founded in China in 1832. We comprise a broad portfolio of market-leading businesses, which represent a combination of cash generating activities and long-term property assets and are closely aligned to the increasingly prosperous consumers of the region. Contents Introduction 1 Financial Statements 28 Highlights 2 Independent Auditors’ Report 122 Chairman’s Statement 4 Five Year Summary 130 Jardine Matheson Group Businesses at a Glance 7 Responsibility Statement 131 Business Review 8 Corporate Governance 132 People and the Community 20 Principal Risks and Uncertainties 138 Financial Review 22 Shareholder Information 139 Directors’ Profiles 27 Group Offices 140 Where we operate Our operations Our philosophy We operate principally in Greater Across the Group, our 469,000 Principled leadership, long-term China and Southeast Asia, where employees work in a wide range perspective, innovative thinking and our subsidiaries and affiliates of businesses in major sectors a commitment to mutual growth that can leverage and tap our vast including motor vehicles and related inspires us. They also underpin our experience, expertise, networks, operations, property investment businesses which provide products, and long-standing relationships and development, food retailing, services, and experiences that impact in the region. Our goal is to help home furnishings, engineering and the lives of many millions every day. Group companies achieve construction, transport services, These values also apply in our sustainable growth over the insurance broking, restaurants, workspaces, where we strive to long term by providing financial luxury hotels, financial services, provide positive, safe working and other resources.
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