Board of Directors

Robert C. Nicholson

Non-Executive Director

AGE: 62
CITIZENSHIP: British
FIRST ELECTED DIRECTOR: February 23, 2011
LAST RE-ELECTED DIRECTOR: June 1, 2018

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
Mr. Nicholson is a graduate of the University of Kent and is qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales and in Hong Kong.

BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND/ EXPERIENCE
Mr. Nicholson has been a Director of the Company since February 23, 2011. He has been a Director of the Philex Mining and PGPI since November 28, 2008. He is the Chairman of Goodman Fielder Pty Limited (since March 2015), a Commissioner of PT Indofood Sukses Makmur Tbk and a Director of Metro Pacific Investments Corporation, Philex Mining Corporation, PXP Energy Corporation, PacificLight Power Pte. Ltd. and Forum Energy Limited, all of which are First Pacific Group subsidiaries, associates or joint venture.

Mr. Nicholson is also an Independent Non-Executive Director of Pacific Basin Shipping Limited and Lifestyle Properties Development Limited. Previously, he was a senior partner of Reed Smith Richards Butler from 1985 to 2001 where he established the corporate and commercial department, and was also a senior advisor to the board of directors of PCCW Limited between August 2001 and September 2003.

Mr. Nicholson has wide experience in corporate finance and cross border transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, regional telecommunications, debt and equity capital markets, corporate re-organizations and privatizations in China. Mr. Nicholson joined First Pacific’s Board in 2003.

LISTED COMPANIES OF WHICH MR. NICHOLSON IS PRESENTLY A DIRECTOR
Philippines
  1. Philex Mining Corporation
  2. Metro Pacific Investments Corporation
Hong Kong and Indonesia
  1. First Pacific Company Limited
  2. Pacific Basin Shipping Limited
  3. PT Indofood Sukses Makmur Tbk