Directorate Change

 

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RNS Number : 4384V 
Tembusu Investments Limited 
02 November 2010 
 

                          Tembusu Investments Limited 
                          ("Tembusu" or the "Company") 
 
                               Directorate Change 
 
2 November 2010 
 
Tembusu, the AIM quoted Investing Company, is pleased to announce the 
appointment of Dr. Robert (Bob) Thomas Wearing as a Non-Executive Director of 
Tembusu with immediate effect. 
 
Dr. Wearing BA, MSc, PhD, FCA, aged 60, trained with Kingston Smith LLP and 
qualified as an ACA in 1973 and as an FCA in 1978. He was subsequently a 
financial analyst from 1976 to 1979, first at Associated British Ports then at 
British Olivetti. 
 
In 1979 Bob returned to academia and began lecturing in Accounting at the 
University of Kent at Canterbury, before moving to the University of Essex in 
1980 where he is now Reader in Accounting in the Essex Business School. Dr. 
Wearing is currently supervising three PhD students and teaching on postgraduate 
modules including Strategic Analysis of Financial Statements, International 
Financial Reporting and Cases in Corporate Governance. In August 2010 Bob was 
co-awarded a grant by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and 
Wales ("ICAEW") to carry out research into activist shareholders and the 
implications for corporate governance. A report is expected to be published by 
the ICAEW in 2011. 
 
Dr. Wearing's recent publications include Cases in Corporate Governance, London: 
Sage Publications (2005), Chinese edition in 2008; and Financial Accounting, 
London: Sage Publications (2008) with John Stittle. Dr. Wearing has also 
presented at a number of international conferences, including: 
 
·      C.A. Li and R.T. Wearing, "Risk Management and Non-Executive Directors in 
UK Quoted Banks and Other Financial Institutions" presented at the Annual 
Meeting of the American Accounting Association, San Francisco, California, 
August 2010. 
 
·      C.A. Li and R.T. Wearing, "Are Short Sellers Stakeholders?" presented at 
the 30th Annual Congress of the European Accounting Association, Lisbon, April 
2007 and the Annual Meeting of the American Accounting Association, Anaheim, 
California, August 2008. 
 
·      Y. Millo and R.T. Wearing, "Activist Investors: Some Implications for 
Corporate Governance", presented at the 31st Annual Congress of the European 
Accounting Association, Rotterdam, April 2008. 
Other than his appointment to the Board of Tembusu, Dr. Wearing is not currently 
(and nor has he been at any time in the last five years), a director (or partner 
in a partnership) in any other company. 
Dr. Wearing does not currently own any shares in Tembusu. 
There are no further disclosures to be made in accordance with rule 17 and or 
Schedule Two (g) of the AIM Rules for Companies of the London Stock Exchange in 
connection with Dr. Wearing's appointment. 
For further information please contact: 
 
 
Tembusu Investments Limited 
Yun Zhang, Director                                           Tel:             + 
65 6533 2233 
Mirza Yahya, Non-Executive Director                  Tel:            + 1 416 
9640728 
 
Religare Capital Markets                                    Tel:     + 44 (0)20 
7444 0800 
Nick Harriss 
Ben Jeynes 
 
 
 
 
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