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NOBLE GROUP LIMITED (Incorporated in Bermuda with Limited Liability) NOBLE GROUP LIMITED (Incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability) UPDATE ON BOARD OF DIRECTORS The Board of Directors of Noble Group (“Noble” or “Company”) is pleased to announce the updated composition of the Board following the appointment of Mr. Yu Xubo (Patrick) as a Non- executive Director of the Company with effect from 24 June 2015. The Board now comprises 13 Directors, including 9 Independent Non-executive Directors, whose objective judgment on corporate affairs and collective experience is valuable to the Group. The Board is of the view that its size is appropriate, taking into account the nature and scope of operations of the Group. The Directors as a group provide core competencies such as accounting or finance, business or management experience, industry knowledge, strategic planning experience and customer-based experience or knowledge. The Non-executive Directors’ role, amongst others, is to constructively challenge and help develop proposals on strategy, review the performance of management in meeting agreed goals and objectives, and monitor the reporting of performance. Richard Elman, Chairman of Noble Group, said, “I truly believe that the Board of Noble Group is among the strongest in Asia. Our Board members are leaders in their fields, and bring impeccable credentials across commodities, trading, banking and accountancy. The Company benefits immensely from their varied experience and insights.” The list of current directors of Noble Group Limited (the “Company”) is set out below: Executive Directors Appointment Past/Current Positions Date Richard Elman 6 April 1994 Chairman of the Company ex-Board Director of Phibro William James Randall 6 February 2012 Executive Director and President of the Company Yusuf Alireza 16 April 2012 CEO and Executive Director of the Company ex-Co-President of Asia (ex Japan) of Goldman Sachs Non-executive Appointment Past/Current Positions Directors Date Yu Xubo (Patrick) 24 June 2015 President of COFCO Corporation Independent Non- Appointment Past/Current Positions executive Directors Date Robert Chan 16 August 1996 ex-CEO of United Overseas Bank, Hong Kong Ambassador Burton Levin 16 August 1996 38 years of diplomatic service for the US in Asia Alan Smith 22 March 2002 ex-Vice Chairman – Pacific Region of Credit Suisse First Boston Iain Bruce 9 April 2002 ex-Chairman of KPMG Asia Pacific David Eldon 1 January 2007 ex-Chairman of HSBC Irene Lee 1 March 2012 Executive Chairman of Hysan Development Company Limited Richard Margolis 20 June 2013 ex-Regional Director, North East Asia, Rolls Royce Christopher Pratt 3 June 2014 ex-Executive Chairman of Swire Pacific Limited Paul Brough 6 May 2015 ex-Senior Partner of KPMG, Hong Kong For more details, please refer to their Biographies below, or in our Annual Report which is available at www.thisisnoble.com/ar2014 NOBLE GROUP LIMITED 24 June 2015 About Noble Group Noble Group (SGX: N21) manages a portfolio of global supply chains covering a range of industrial and energy products, as well as having a 49% interest in Noble Agri, its agricultural partnership with COFCO. Operating from over 60 locations and employing more than 40 nationalities, Noble facilitates the marketing, processing, financing and transportation of essential raw materials. Sourcing bulk commodities from low cost regions such as South America, South Africa, Australia and Indonesia, the Group supplies high growth demand markets, particularly in Asia and the Middle East. We are ranked number 76 in the 2014 Fortune Global 500. For more information please visit www.thisisnoble.com. For further details please contact: Asia Europe/US Australia Mr. Mark Worthington Ms. Candice Adam Mr. Martin Debelle Bell Pottinger Argentus PR Citadel Tel: +65 6333 3449 Tel: +44 20 7397 2915 Tel: +61 2 9290 3033 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Directors’ Biographies Richard Samuel Elman Chairman and Executive Director Mr. Elman was first appointed as a Director of the Company on 6 April 1994 and was last re- elected at the Annual General meeting on 30 April 2013. Mr. Elman is the founder and Chairman of the Company. He first arrived in Asia during the mid- 1960s from England and has more than 50 years experience in the physical commodities industry. Prior to setting up the group in 1986, he spent 10 years with Phibro as Regional Director of their Asia operations, including two years in New York as a Board Director. Yusuf Alireza Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director Mr. Alireza was first appointed as a Director of the Company on 16 April 2012 and was last re- elected at the Annual General Meeting on 16 April 2014. Prior to joining Noble, Mr. Alireza was Co-President of Asia (ex Japan) for Goldman Sachs and a member of that firm’s Global Management Committee. He joined Goldman in 1992 in New York, moved to London in 1997 where his last position was Head of EMEA sales and structuring efforts. In mid 2008 he moved to Hong Kong to lead Goldman’s Asia Pacific securities division. Mr. Alireza also serves on the Global Board of Room to Read. Mr. Alireza has a joint undergraduate and graduate degree from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. William James Randall Executive Director and President Mr. Randall was first appointed as a Director of the Company on 6 February 2012 and was last re- elected at the Annual General Meeting on 16 April 2014. Mr. Randall's career started with Noble Group in Australia in February 1997, transferring to Asia in 1999 where he established Noble's coal operations, mining and supply chain management businesses. He served as a Director of Noble Energy Inc before being appointed Global Head of Coal & Coke in 2006, and a member of the Noble Group internal management Board in 2008. He was appointed an Executive Director and Head of Hard Commodities in 2012, prior to which he was Head of Energy Coal & Carbon Complex. He holds a Bachelor degree in Business from the Australian Catholic University, majoring in international marketing and finance. David Gordon Eldon Lead Independent Director Mr. Eldon was first appointed as a Director of the Company on 1 January 2007 and was last re- elected at the Annual General Meeting on 30 April 2013. Mr. Eldon retired as Chairman of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, and as a main Board Director of HSBC Holdings plc, in 2005 after 37 years with the HSBC Group, all of which were spent in the Middle and Far East. He is currently Non-Executive Chairman of HSBC Bank Middle East Limited, of HSBC Bank Oman S.A.O.G., and Chair of HSBC’s Global Commercial Banking Risk Committee. He was previously Non-Executive Chairman of the Dubai International Financial Centre Authority ("DIFCA"), and is presently a member of the DIFCA Higher Board. He is a Past Chairman of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Eldon was a Consultant for the Korea National Competitiveness Council - Office of the President, as well as being a Founding Member and Past Chairman of the Seoul International Business Advisory Council. He is Chairman of the Advisory Board of Asiya Investments, a Middle East based investment house operating in Asia, and Adviser to Singapore based Southern Capital Group and Hong Kong based New Lily International Ltd., as well sitting on the Advisory Board of Alexander Proudfoot. In addition he has a number of Government and community appointments in Hong Kong and overseas. Mr. Eldon is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers, and was conferred an Honorary Doctor of Business Administration by the City University of Hong Kong in November 2003. He was named the DHL/SCMP Hong Kong Business Person of the Year for 2003, and in 2004 was awarded the Gold Bauhinia Star by the Government of the Hong Kong SAR. In 2005 he was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for his contribution to banking, and awarded Honorary Citizenship of Seoul in recognition of his work for the city. He was awarded the Asian Banker Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006, and received an Honorary Doctorate from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts in 2011. Mr. Eldon is a Justice of the Peace. Iain Ferguson Bruce Independent Non-Executive Director Mr. Bruce was first appointed as a Director of the Company on 9 April 2002 and, was last re- elected at the Annual General Meeting on 16 April 2014. Mr. Bruce joined KPMG in Hong Kong in 1964 and was elected to its partnership in 1971. He was the Senior Partner of KPMG from 1991 until his retirement in 1996 and served as Chairman of KPMG Asia Pacific from 1993 to 1997. Since 1964, Mr. Bruce has been a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland, and is a fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants, with over 50 years international experience in accounting and consulting. He is a fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Directors and the Hong Kong Securities and Investment Institute. Mr. Bruce serves as an Independent Non-Executive Director on the Boards of several publicly listed companies in Hong Kong, namely Goodbaby International Holdings Limited, Louis XIII Holdings Limited (formerly known as Paul Y. Engineering Group Limited), Sands China Limited, Tencent Holdings Limited and Wing On Company International Limited. He is also an Independent Non-Executive Director of Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited, a company whose shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange. He is an Independent Non- Executive Director of Citibank (Hong Kong) Limited and MSIG Insurance (Hong Kong) Limited, and is the Chairman of KCS Limited. Robert Tze Leung Chan Independent Non-Executive Director Mr.
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