Steven Grapstein
Steven Grapstein CPA, 67, was appointed as Director on 17 November 2003 and was appointed as Chairman of the Audit Committee on 7 May 2013. He is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Como Holdings USA Inc., an international investment group with extensive interests in the retail and hotel industries. He serves on the Board of Directors of Urban Edge, a US publicly listed company on the New York Stock Exchange, and is the Chairman of their Governance Committee and a member of their Audit committee. He also serves as a member of the Board of Directors of David Yurman corp., a privately held US entity and creator of luxury jewellery and time pieces where he is Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Governance Committee. He is also a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Mr Grapstein was a director of and then Chairman of the Board of Tesoro Corporation, a US publicly held Fortune 100 company engaged in the oil and gas industry, a position he held until 2015. Having served as Chief Executive Officer, he then became Chairman of Presidio International dba A/X Armani Exchange, a fashion retail company, until its sale on 15 May 2014. Como Holdings USA Inc. is ultimately owned by Mr Ong Beng Seng and Mrs Christina Ong. Mr Grapstein has extensive knowledge of the North American retail market and is experienced in corporate finance and US capital markets.
