Biography of Panellists

TEMASEK REVIEW 2014
PANELLIST BIOGRAPHY
Rohit SIPAHIMALANI
Co-Head, Investment Group
Head, India
Rohit Sipahimalani joined Temasek in 2008 and is currently Co-Head, Investment Group and
Head, India.
Prior to Temasek, Rohit spent 11 years with Morgan Stanley holding senior positions across
its Mumbai and Hong Kong offices, including Co-Head of the Asia Pacific M&A business in
Hong Kong, before his most recent appointment as Managing Director & Head of South East
Asia Investment Banking in Singapore.
Rohit has worked on transactions in several Asian countries, including China, South Korea,
Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand and India.
Rohit started his career with Citibank, Mumbai, after which he spent a few years with
McKinsey & Co in India as a management consultant, before he joined Morgan Stanley.
Rohit graduated with a degree in Economics from St. Stephens College, Delhi and received
an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.
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WU Yibing
Head, China
Wu Yibing joined Temasek in 2013 and is currently Head, China.
Yibing was most recently Chairman and CEO of Goldstone Investment Co. Ltd., the direct
investment arm of CITIC Securities, and concurrently, President of CITIC Private Equity
Funds Management, a position he has held since December 2009.
Yibing began his career with McKinsey, rising to become Senior Partner and Head of Asia
Pacific M&A Practice. He was also General Manager of McKinsey Beijing, where he was
responsible for providing M&A, corporate restructuring and IPO advisory for large Chinese
enterprises. He had advised a number of leading Asian companies in their international
expansion effort. He subsequently joined the Lenovo Group, and led the acquisition and
integration of the IBM PC business, serving as Chief Strategy Officer, Chief Integration
Officer, Chief Transformation Officer/ Chief Information Officer of Lenovo Group.
Yibing was later appointed to Lenovo parent Legend Holdings, as Executive Vice President
responsible for the overall business operations and overseeing its direct investment
business. During his tenure at Legend, he successfully led the equity investments in financial,
energy and consumer sectors as well as a number of growth capital investments in new
energy and high-tech arena.
Yibing serves on the board of China Social Entrepreneur Foundation.
Yibing holds a PhD in Biochemistry from Harvard University and a BSc. in Molecular Biology
from University of Science and Technology of China.
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PEK Siok Lan
Senior Managing Director, General Counsel
Pek Siok Lan joined Temasek in April 2012 and is currently Senior Managing Director,
General Counsel.
Prior to joining Temasek, Ms. Pek was Executive Vice President and General Counsel at ST
Telemedia where she was responsible for the company's legal, regulatory and corporate
secretarial affairs. She has over 25 years of experience in the legal services sector and has
executed various complex merger and acquisition transactions.
Ms. Pek holds a LLB (Honours) from the National University of Singapore.

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