Malaysian, 60

(Chairman of the Board, Independent Director; Member of the Audit Committee, Risk Management Committee, Nominating Committee and Remuneration Committee)

Dato’ Dr. Zaha Rina binti Zahari joined the Board on 12 June 2014.

Dato’ Dr. Zaha Rina holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Accounting and Finance from Leeds Metropolitan University, United Kingdom, a Master in Business Administration from University of Hull, United Kingdom and a Doctorate in Business Administration from University of Hull, United Kingdom focusing on capital markets research and specialising in derivatives.

She was a consultant to Financial Technologies Middle East based in Bahrain for the set up of Bahrain Financial Exchange launched in January 2009. Prior to this, she was with Royal Bank of Scotland Group in Singapore from August 2007 to May 2008. She has more than 25 years of experience in the financial, commodities and securities industry and the development of the Malaysian capital market, which includes managing a futures broking company, and was the Chief Executive Officer of RHB Securities Sdn Bhd from 2004 to 2006. She has previous board appointments at the Commodity and Monetary Exchange of Malaysia from 1993 to 1996, then as the Chief Operating Officer of Kuala Lumpur Options and Financial Futures Exchange in 2001, which merged to become MDEX in June 2001. She was then appointed Head of Exchanges, managing the operations of KLSE, MESDAQ, MDEX and Labuan International Financial Exchanges in September 2003 prior to KLSE’s (now known as Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad) demutualisation. She is also a regular speaker at many international conferences and forums.

Dato’ Dr. Zaha Rina was a Director of Zurich Insurance Malaysia Berhad prior to being appointed Chairman of Manulife Holdings Berhad in December 2013. She was also a Director of Tanah Makmur Berhad. Currently, she sits on the board of POB, Hibiscus Petroleum Berhad and IGB Berhad besides holding directorships in several private limited companies. She is a Vice-President of Persatuan Chopin Malaysia and Divemaster with National Association of Underwater Instructors. She was a Member of Global Board of Advisers for XBRL until 2009 and was also on the Board of Trustee for Malaysian AIDS Foundation until May 2010.

Malaysian, 65

(Executive Director; Member of the Nominating Committee)

Mr. Chan joins the Board on 22 October 1994. He graduated from University College Cardiff with a Bachelor of Law (Honours) degree. He had 13 years of working experience as a practising lawyer, after having been called to the Bar at Middle Temple in 1980 and the Malaysian Bar in 1982.

He is the Managing Director and the Chief Executive Officer of Pacific & Orient Berhad (“POB”). He also sits on the boards of other subsidiary companies of POB such as P & O Capital Sdn. Bhd., Pacific & Orient Distribution Sdn. Bhd., P & O Global Technologies Sdn. Bhd., P & O Global Technologies, Inc. and P&O Global Technologies (Thailand) Co., Ltd. He was previously on the boards of the Kuala Lumpur Commodities Exchange and Malaysian Futures Clearing Corporation Sdn. Bhd.

Mr. Chan is also a Director of several private limited companies, as well as a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of Ancom Berhad.

South African, 44

(Non-Independent Non-Executive Director; Member of the Audit Committee, Risk Management Committee, Nominating Committee and Remuneration Committee)

Mr. Prasheem joins the Board on 25 April 2016.

Presently, Mr. Prasheem is a Regional Executive of Sanlam Emerging Market’s (“SEM”) South East Asian operations. His role involves overlooking SEM’s investments in the region that currently comprises a life insurance company and general insurance company in Malaysia. He is also involved in expansion in the region, actively looking for partners that meets SEM’s criteria.

Mr. Prasheem holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Actuarial Science from the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa in 2001 and is a qualified Actuary and Fellow of both the Actuarial Societies of South Africa and Malaysia. He has over 15 years of experience in Capital and Risk Management, General Insurance Pricing, Reserving, Product Development and Reinsurance Structuring and Optimization. Mr. Prasheem has been involved in management and strategy at a group level for the majority of his career with his current focus areas being capital optimisation and business strategy.

Before joining SEM, Mr. Prasheem acted as the Chief Actuary for a large South African general insurance company and prior to that was part of the senior management team of one of the world’s largest cell captive insurance companies. Mr. Prasheem is currently the Chief Executive Officer and the Managing Director of MCIS Insurance Berhad.

Malaysian, 61

(Independent Director; Member of the Audit Committee, Risk Management Committee, Nominating Committee and Remuneration Committee)

Puan Norazian joins the Board on 1 April 2015.

Puan Norazian holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Mathematics from the University of Leeds, United Kingdom and a Master of Business Administration (Finance) from the Edith Cowan University, Australia.

Puan Norazian has worked for more than 25 years in the financial services industry, with the last 15 years being in senior management roles. She has experience in treasury operations, business and banking operations, risk management and support services. Specifically, she has worked in foreign exchange, international banking, investments, sales, customer and corporate relations, IT and asset and liability management. She began her career at the Treasury Department in Bank Bumiputra (M) Berhad, has worked at EON Bank Group, KAF Discount Berhad, Daimler Chrysler (M) Sdn. Bhd. and was the Deputy Chief Executive Officer at her last post at Bank Simpanan Nasional.

She was also Bank Simpanan Nasional’s Board nominee at Prudential BSN Takaful Berhad. Currently, she sits on the boards of Kenanga Investment Bank Berhad and Kenanga Investors Berhad as an Independent Director.

Malaysian, 64

(Independent Director; Chairman of the Risk Management Committee and Nominating Committee, and Member of the Audit Committee and Remuneration Committee)

Dr. Loh joins the Board on 1 July 2019.

Dr. Loh currently sits on the board of Malaysia Building Society Berhad (MBSB, a financial holding company) and WTK Holdings Berhad as an Independent Non-Executive Director. He is also the Chairman of Rating Committee, Malaysian Rating Corporation Berhad (MARC). He has wide exposure in areas of banking and financial services that includes insurance and credit rating. Since 1994, he held several senior executive positions in a few Malaysian banking groups and later on he held board positions in several private companies and companies listed on the main market of Bursa Malaysia, which are engaged in different sectors of the economy. Amongst his various directorship roles, he was previously a Director of MBSB Bank Berhad (wholly owned by MBSB), Asian Finance Bank Berhad, YKGI Holdings Berhad, and was a Member of the Board Risk Committee of the State Government Economic Development Agency in Sarawak. He was also a board member of Transnational Insurance Brokers (M) Sdn Bhd, a licensed insurance & takaful brokerage firm for several years.

He holds a doctorate from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia and is also an Advanced Management Programme graduate from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, USA. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Corporate Directors Malaysia (ICDM).

Malaysian, 67

(Independent Director; Chairman of the Audit Committee and Remuneration Committee, Member of Risk Management Committee and Nominating Committee)

Mr. Lim joins the Board on 31 January 2020.

He holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Economics from Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom. He is a Fellow of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, member of Malaysia Institute of Accountants and Malaysia Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He also is the Founding President of Insolvency Practitioners Association of Malaysia (IPAM) and its current council member.

Mr. Lim has over 40 years of experience in assurance, corporate advisory, restructuring and insolvency. With many years of experience in insolvency and reconstruction in Malaysia and internationally, Mr. Lim founded Rodgers Reidy & Co. Kuala Lumpur in 2014.  

He was a Partner in Ernst & Young from 2002 to 2009, in charge of restructuring and insolvency. Prior to that, he was with Arthur Andersen from 1979 to 2001, first 7 years in assurance before focusing in restructuring and insolvency. He became a Partner of Arthur Andersen in 1990, and led the global corporate finance practice, including restructuring and insolvency.

He was appointed as a Member of the Corporate Law Reform Committee (“CLRC”) by the Domestic Trade Minister under the purview of the Companies Commission of Malaysia. CLRC’s objective was to update and upgrade the Companies Act which resulted in the new Companies Act, 2016. In addition, Mr. Lim was a Commissioner to the United Nations Compensation Commission from 1998 to 2002 and was a Director of Perbadanan Insurans Deposit Malaysia from 2010 to 2016.

Mr. Lim currently serves as Managing Partner of Rodgers Reidy & Co. and sits on the boards of Malaysia Building Society Berhad as Non-Independent Non-Executive Director, Anglo-Eastern Plantation PLC as a Senior Independent Director, PLUS Malaysia Berhad and Majuperak Holdings Berhad as an Independent Director besides holding directorships in several private limited companies.

2015: 8

2016: 7

2017: 6

2018: 6

2019: 6

2020: 6

2021: 8

Malaysian, 67

(Independent Director; Chairman of the Audit Committee and Remuneration Committee, Member of Risk Management Committee and Nominating Committee)

Mr. Lim joins the Board on 31 January 2020.

He holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Economics from Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom. He is a Fellow of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, member of Malaysia Institute of Accountants and Malaysia Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He also is the Founding President of Insolvency Practitioners Association of Malaysia (IPAM) and its current council member.

Mr. Lim has over 40 years of experience in assurance, corporate advisory, restructuring and insolvency. With many years of experience in insolvency and reconstruction in Malaysia and internationally, Mr. Lim founded Rodgers Reidy & Co. Kuala Lumpur in 2014.  

He was a Partner in Ernst & Young from 2002 to 2009, in charge of restructuring and insolvency. Prior to that, he was with Arthur Andersen from 1979 to 2001, first 7 years in assurance before focusing in restructuring and insolvency. He became a Partner of Arthur Andersen in 1990, and led the global corporate finance practice, including restructuring and insolvency.

He was appointed as a Member of the Corporate Law Reform Committee (“CLRC”) by the Domestic Trade Minister under the purview of the Companies Commission of Malaysia. CLRC’s objective was to update and upgrade the Companies Act which resulted in the new Companies Act, 2016. In addition, Mr. Lim was a Commissioner to the United Nations Compensation Commission from 1998 to 2002 and was a Director of Perbadanan Insurans Deposit Malaysia from 2010 to 2016.

Mr. Lim currently serves as Managing Partner of Rodgers Reidy & Co. and sits on the boards of Malaysia Building Society Berhad as Non-Independent Non-Executive Director, Anglo-Eastern Plantation PLC as a Senior Independent Director, PLUS Malaysia Berhad and Majuperak Holdings Berhad as an Independent Director besides holding directorships in several private limited companies.

Malaysian, 60

(Chairman of the Board, Independent Director; Member of the Audit Committee and Risk Management Committee, Member of the Nominating Committee and Remuneration Committee)

Dato’ Dr. Zaha Rina binti Zahari joined the Board on 12 June 2014.

Dato’ Dr. Zaha Rina holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Accounting and Finance from Leeds Metropolitan University, United Kingdom, a Master in Business Administration from University of Hull, United Kingdom and a Doctorate in Business Administration from University of Hull, United Kingdom focusing on capital markets research and specialising in derivatives.

She was a consultant to Financial Technologies Middle East based in Bahrain for the set up of Bahrain Financial Exchange launched in January 2009. Prior to this, she was with Royal Bank of Scotland Group in Singapore from August 2007 to May 2008. She has more than 25 years of experience in the financial, commodities and securities industry and the development of the Malaysian capital market, which includes managing a futures broking company, and was the Chief Executive Officer of RHB Securities Sdn Bhd from 2004 to 2006. She has previous board appointments at the Commodity and Monetary Exchange of Malaysia from 1993 to 1996, then as the Chief Operating Officer of Kuala Lumpur Options and Financial Futures Exchange in 2001, which merged to become MDEX in June 2001. She was then appointed Head of Exchanges, managing the operations of KLSE, MESDAQ, MDEX and Labuan International Financial Exchanges in September 2003 prior to KLSE’s (now known as Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad) demutualisation. She is also a regular speaker at many international conferences and forums.

Dato’ Dr. Zaha Rina was a Director of Zurich Insurance Malaysia Berhad prior to being appointed Chairman of Manulife Holdings Berhad in December 2013. She was also a Director of Tanah Makmur Berhad. Currently, she sits on the board of POB, Hibiscus Petroleum Berhad and IGB Berhad besides holding directorships in several private limited companies. She is a Vice-President of Persatuan Chopin Malaysia and Divemaster with National Association of Underwater Instructors. She was a Member of Global Board of Advisers for XBRL until 2009 and was also on the Board of Trustee for Malaysian AIDS Foundation until May 2010.

Malaysian, 61

(Independent Director; Member of the Audit Committee, Risk Management Committee, Nominating Committee and Remuneration Committee)

Puan Norazian joins the Board on 1 April 2015.

Puan Norazian holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Mathematics from the University of Leeds, United Kingdom and a Master of Business Administration (Finance) from the Edith Cowan University, Australia.

Puan Norazian has worked for more than 25 years in the financial services industry, with the last 15 years being in senior management roles. She has experience in treasury operations, business and banking operations, risk management and support services. Specifically, she has worked in foreign exchange, international banking, investments, sales, customer and corporate relations, IT and asset and liability management. She began her career at the Treasury Department in Bank Bumiputra (M) Berhad, has worked at EON Bank Group, KAF Discount Berhad, Daimler Chrysler (M) Sdn. Bhd. and was the Deputy Chief Executive Officer at her last post at Bank Simpanan Nasional.

She was also Bank Simpanan Nasional’s Board nominee at Prudential BSN Takaful Berhad. Currently, she sits on the boards of Kenanga Investment Bank Berhad and Kenanga Investors Berhad as an Independent Director.

South African, 44

(Non-Independent Non-Executive Director; Member of  the Audit Committee, Risk Management Committee, Nominating Committee and Remuneration Committee)

Mr. Prasheem joins the Board on 25 April 2016.

Presently, Mr. Prasheem is a Regional Executive of Sanlam Emerging Market’s (“SEM”) South East Asian operations. His role involves overlooking SEM’s investments in the region that currently comprises a life insurance company and general insurance company in Malaysia. He is also involved in expansion in the region, actively looking for partners that meets SEM’s criteria.

Mr. Prasheem holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Actuarial Science from the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa in 2001 and is a qualified Actuary and Fellow of both the Actuarial Societies of South Africa and Malaysia. He has over 15 years of experience in Capital and Risk Management, General Insurance Pricing, Reserving, Product Development and Reinsurance Structuring and Optimization. Mr. Prasheem has been involved in management and strategy at a group level for the majority of his career with his current focus areas being capital optimisation and business strategy.

Before joining SEM, Mr. Prasheem acted as the Chief Actuary for a large South African general insurance company and prior to that was part of the senior management team of one of the world’s largest cell captive insurance companies. Mr. Prasheem is currently the Chief Executive Officer and the Managing Director of MCIS Insurance Berhad.

Malaysian, 64

(Independent Director; Chairman of the Risk Management Committee and Nominating Committee, and Member of the Audit Committee and Remuneration Committee)

Dr. Loh joins the Board on 1 July 2019.

Dr. Loh currently sits on the board of Malaysia Building Society Berhad (MBSB, a financial holding company) and WTK Holdings Berhad as an Independent Non-Executive Director. He is also the Chairman of Rating Committee, Malaysian Rating Corporation Berhad (MARC). He has wide exposure in areas of banking and financial services that includes insurance and credit rating. Since 1994, he held several senior executive positions in a few Malaysian banking groups and later on he held board positions in several private companies and companies listed on the main market of Bursa Malaysia, which are engaged in different sectors of the economy. Amongst his various directorship roles, he was previously a Director of MBSB Bank Berhad (wholly owned by MBSB), Asian Finance Bank Berhad, YKGI Holdings Berhad, and was a Member of the Board Risk Committee of the State Government Economic Development Agency in Sarawak. He was also a board member of Transnational Insurance Brokers (M) Sdn Bhd, a licensed insurance & takaful brokerage firm for several years.

He holds a doctorate from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia and is also an Advanced Management Programme graduate from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, USA. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Corporate Directors Malaysia (ICDM).

2015: 4

2016: 4

2017: 4

2018: 4

2019: 4

2020: 4

2021: 4 

Malaysian, 64

(Independent Director; Chairman of the Risk Management Committee and Nominating Committee, and Member of the Audit Committee and Remuneration Committee)

Dr. Loh joins the Board on 1 July 2019.

Dr. Loh currently sits on the board of Malaysia Building Society Berhad (MBSB, a financial holding company) and WTK Holdings Berhad as an Independent Non-Executive Director. He is also the Chairman of Rating Committee, Malaysian Rating Corporation Berhad (MARC). He has wide exposure in areas of banking and financial services that includes insurance and credit rating. Since 1994, he held several senior executive positions in a few Malaysian banking groups and later on he held board positions in several private companies and companies listed on the main market of Bursa Malaysia, which are engaged in different sectors of the economy. Amongst his various directorship roles, he was previously a Director of MBSB Bank Berhad (wholly owned by MBSB), Asian Finance Bank Berhad, YKGI Holdings Berhad, and was a Member of the Board Risk Committee of the State Government Economic Development Agency in Sarawak. He was also a board member of Transnational Insurance Brokers (M) Sdn Bhd, a licensed insurance & takaful brokerage firm for several years.

He holds a doctorate from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia and is also an Advanced Management Programme graduate from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, USA. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Corporate Directors Malaysia (ICDM).

Malaysian, 61

(Independent Director; Member of the Audit Committee, Risk Management Committee, Nominating Committee and Remuneration Committee)

Puan Norazian joins the Board on 1 April 2015.

Puan Norazian holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Mathematics from the University of Leeds, United Kingdom and a Master of Business Administration (Finance) from the Edith Cowan University, Australia.

Puan Norazian has worked for more than 25 years in the financial services industry, with the last 15 years being in senior management roles. She has experience in treasury operations, business and banking operations, risk management and support services. Specifically, she has worked in foreign exchange, international banking, investments, sales, customer and corporate relations, IT and asset and liability management. She began her career at the Treasury Department in Bank Bumiputra (M) Berhad, has worked at EON Bank Group, KAF Discount Berhad, Daimler Chrysler (M) Sdn. Bhd. and was the Deputy Chief Executive Officer at her last post at Bank Simpanan Nasional.

She was also Bank Simpanan Nasional’s Board nominee at Prudential BSN Takaful Berhad. Currently, she sits on the boards of Kenanga Investment Bank Berhad and Kenanga Investors Berhad as an Independent Director.

South African, 44

(Non-Independent Non-Executive Director; Member of  the Audit Committee, Risk Management Committee, Nominating Committee and Remuneration Committee)

Mr. Prasheem joins the Board on 25 April 2016.

Presently, Mr. Prasheem is a Regional Executive of Sanlam Emerging Market’s (“SEM”) South East Asian operations. His role involves overlooking SEM’s investments in the region that currently comprises a life insurance company and general insurance company in Malaysia. He is also involved in expansion in the region, actively looking for partners that meets SEM’s criteria.

Mr. Prasheem holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Actuarial Science from the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa in 2001 and is a qualified Actuary and Fellow of both the Actuarial Societies of South Africa and Malaysia. He has over 15 years of experience in Capital and Risk Management, General Insurance Pricing, Reserving, Product Development and Reinsurance Structuring and Optimization. Mr. Prasheem has been involved in management and strategy at a group level for the majority of his career with his current focus areas being capital optimisation and business strategy.

Before joining SEM, Mr. Prasheem acted as the Chief Actuary for a large South African general insurance company and prior to that was part of the senior management team of one of the world’s largest cell captive insurance companies. Mr. Prasheem is currently the Chief Executive Officer and the Managing Director of MCIS Insurance Berhad.

Malaysian, 60

(Chairman of the Board, Independent Director; Member of the Audit Committee and Risk Management Committee, Member of the Nominating Committee and Remuneration Committee)

Dato’ Dr. Zaha Rina binti Zahari joined the Board on 12 June 2014.

Dato’ Dr. Zaha Rina holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Accounting and Finance from Leeds Metropolitan University, United Kingdom, a Master in Business Administration from University of Hull, United Kingdom and a Doctorate in Business Administration from University of Hull, United Kingdom focusing on capital markets research and specialising in derivatives.

She was a consultant to Financial Technologies Middle East based in Bahrain for the set up of Bahrain Financial Exchange launched in January 2009. Prior to this, she was with Royal Bank of Scotland Group in Singapore from August 2007 to May 2008. She has more than 25 years of experience in the financial, commodities and securities industry and the development of the Malaysian capital market, which includes managing a futures broking company, and was the Chief Executive Officer of RHB Securities Sdn Bhd from 2004 to 2006. She has previous board appointments at the Commodity and Monetary Exchange of Malaysia from 1993 to 1996, then as the Chief Operating Officer of Kuala Lumpur Options and Financial Futures Exchange in 2001, which merged to become MDEX in June 2001. She was then appointed Head of Exchanges, managing the operations of KLSE, MESDAQ, MDEX and Labuan International Financial Exchanges in September 2003 prior to KLSE’s (now known as Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad) demutualisation. She is also a regular speaker at many international conferences and forums.

Dato’ Dr. Zaha Rina was a Director of Zurich Insurance Malaysia Berhad prior to being appointed Chairman of Manulife Holdings Berhad in December 2013. She was also a Director of Tanah Makmur Berhad. Currently, she sits on the board of POB, Hibiscus Petroleum Berhad and IGB Berhad besides holding directorships in several private limited companies. She is a Vice-President of Persatuan Chopin Malaysia and Divemaster with National Association of Underwater Instructors. She was a Member of Global Board of Advisers for XBRL until 2009 and was also on the Board of Trustee for Malaysian AIDS Foundation until May 2010.

Malaysian, 67

(Independent Director; Chairman of the Audit Committee and Remuneration Committee, Member of Risk Management Committee and Nominating Committee)

Mr. Lim joins the Board on 31 January 2020.

He holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Economics from Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom. He is a Fellow of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, member of Malaysia Institute of Accountants and Malaysia Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He also is the Founding President of Insolvency Practitioners Association of Malaysia (IPAM) and its current council member.

Mr. Lim has over 40 years of experience in assurance, corporate advisory, restructuring and insolvency. With many years of experience in insolvency and reconstruction in Malaysia and internationally, Mr. Lim founded Rodgers Reidy & Co. Kuala Lumpur in 2014.  

He was a Partner in Ernst & Young from 2002 to 2009, in charge of restructuring and insolvency. Prior to that, he was with Arthur Andersen from 1979 to 2001, first 7 years in assurance before focusing in restructuring and insolvency. He became a Partner of Arthur Andersen in 1990, and led the global corporate finance practice, including restructuring and insolvency.

He was appointed as a Member of the Corporate Law Reform Committee (“CLRC”) by the Domestic Trade Minister under the purview of the Companies Commission of Malaysia. CLRC’s objective was to update and upgrade the Companies Act which resulted in the new Companies Act, 2016. In addition, Mr. Lim was a Commissioner to the United Nations Compensation Commission from 1998 to 2002 and was a Director of Perbadanan Insurans Deposit Malaysia from 2010 to 2016.

Mr. Lim currently serves as Managing Partner of Rodgers Reidy & Co. and sits on the boards of Malaysia Building Society Berhad as Non-Independent Non-Executive Director, Anglo-Eastern Plantation PLC as a Senior Independent Director, PLUS Malaysia Berhad and Majuperak Holdings Berhad as an Independent Director besides holding directorships in several private limited companies.

2015: 5

2016: 4

2017: 4

2018: 6

2019: 5

2020: 6

2021: 5 

Malaysian, 64

(Independent Director; Chairman of the Risk Management Committee and Nominating Committee, and Member of the Audit Committee and Remuneration Committee)

Dr. Loh joins the Board on 1 July 2019.

Dr. Loh currently sits on the board of Malaysia Building Society Berhad (MBSB, a financial holding company) and WTK Holdings Berhad as an Independent Non-Executive Director. He is also the Chairman of Rating Committee, Malaysian Rating Corporation Berhad (MARC). He has wide exposure in areas of banking and financial services that includes insurance and credit rating. Since 1994, he held several senior executive positions in a few Malaysian banking groups and later on he held board positions in several private companies and companies listed on the main market of Bursa Malaysia, which are engaged in different sectors of the economy. Amongst his various directorship roles, he was previously a Director of MBSB Bank Berhad (wholly owned by MBSB), Asian Finance Bank Berhad, YKGI Holdings Berhad, and was a Member of the Board Risk Committee of the State Government Economic Development Agency in Sarawak. He was also a board member of Transnational Insurance Brokers (M) Sdn Bhd, a licensed insurance & takaful brokerage firm for several years.

He holds a doctorate from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia and is also an Advanced Management Programme graduate from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, USA. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Corporate Directors Malaysia (ICDM).

Malaysian, 61

(Independent Director; Member of the Audit Committee, Risk Management Committee, Nominating Committee and Remuneration Committee)

Puan Norazian joins the Board on 1 April 2015.

Puan Norazian holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Mathematics from the University of Leeds, United Kingdom and a Master of Business Administration (Finance) from the Edith Cowan University, Australia.

Puan Norazian has worked for more than 25 years in the financial services industry, with the last 15 years being in senior management roles. She has experience in treasury operations, business and banking operations, risk management and support services. Specifically, she has worked in foreign exchange, international banking, investments, sales, customer and corporate relations, IT and asset and liability management. She began her career at the Treasury Department in Bank Bumiputra (M) Berhad, has worked at EON Bank Group, KAF Discount Berhad, Daimler Chrysler (M) Sdn. Bhd. and was the Deputy Chief Executive Officer at her last post at Bank Simpanan Nasional.

She was also Bank Simpanan Nasional’s Board nominee at Prudential BSN Takaful Berhad. Currently, she sits on the boards of Kenanga Investment Bank Berhad and Kenanga Investors Berhad as an Independent Director.

Malaysian, 65

(Executive Director; Member of the Nominating Committee)

Mr. Chan joins the Board on 22 October 1994. He graduated from University College Cardiff with a Bachelor of Law (Honours) degree. He had 13 years of working experience as a practising lawyer, after having been called to the Bar at Middle Temple in 1980 and the Malaysian Bar in 1982.

He is the Managing Director and the Chief Executive Officer of Pacific & Orient Berhad (“POB”). He also sits on the boards of other subsidiary companies of POB such as P & O Capital Sdn. Bhd., Pacific & Orient Distribution Sdn. Bhd., P & O Global Technologies Sdn. Bhd., P & O Global Technologies, Inc. and P&O Global Technologies (Thailand) Co., Ltd. He was previously on the boards of the Kuala Lumpur Commodities Exchange and Malaysian Futures Clearing Corporation Sdn. Bhd.

Mr. Chan is also a Director of several private limited companies, as well as a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of Ancom Berhad.

South African, 44

(Non-Independent Non-Executive Director; Member of  the Audit Committee, Risk Management Committee, Nominating Committee and Remuneration Committee)

Mr. Prasheem joins the Board on 25 April 2016.

Presently, Mr. Prasheem is a Regional Executive of Sanlam Emerging Market’s (“SEM”) South East Asian operations. His role involves overlooking SEM’s investments in the region that currently comprises a life insurance company and general insurance company in Malaysia. He is also involved in expansion in the region, actively looking for partners that meets SEM’s criteria.

Mr. Prasheem holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Actuarial Science from the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa in 2001 and is a qualified Actuary and Fellow of both the Actuarial Societies of South Africa and Malaysia. He has over 15 years of experience in Capital and Risk Management, General Insurance Pricing, Reserving, Product Development and Reinsurance Structuring and Optimization. Mr. Prasheem has been involved in management and strategy at a group level for the majority of his career with his current focus areas being capital optimisation and business strategy.

Before joining SEM, Mr. Prasheem acted as the Chief Actuary for a large South African general insurance company and prior to that was part of the senior management team of one of the world’s largest cell captive insurance companies. Mr. Prasheem is currently the Chief Executive Officer and the Managing Director of MCIS Insurance Berhad.

Malaysian, 60

(Chairman of the Board, Independent Director; Member of the Audit Committee and Risk Management Committee, Member of the Nominating Committee and Remuneration Committee)

Dato’ Dr. Zaha Rina binti Zahari joined the Board on 12 June 2014.

Dato’ Dr. Zaha Rina holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Accounting and Finance from Leeds Metropolitan University, United Kingdom, a Master in Business Administration from University of Hull, United Kingdom and a Doctorate in Business Administration from University of Hull, United Kingdom focusing on capital markets research and specialising in derivatives.

She was a consultant to Financial Technologies Middle East based in Bahrain for the set up of Bahrain Financial Exchange launched in January 2009. Prior to this, she was with Royal Bank of Scotland Group in Singapore from August 2007 to May 2008. She has more than 25 years of experience in the financial, commodities and securities industry and the development of the Malaysian capital market, which includes managing a futures broking company, and was the Chief Executive Officer of RHB Securities Sdn Bhd from 2004 to 2006. She has previous board appointments at the Commodity and Monetary Exchange of Malaysia from 1993 to 1996, then as the Chief Operating Officer of Kuala Lumpur Options and Financial Futures Exchange in 2001, which merged to become MDEX in June 2001. She was then appointed Head of Exchanges, managing the operations of KLSE, MESDAQ, MDEX and Labuan International Financial Exchanges in September 2003 prior to KLSE’s (now known as Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad) demutualisation. She is also a regular speaker at many international conferences and forums.

Dato’ Dr. Zaha Rina was a Director of Zurich Insurance Malaysia Berhad prior to being appointed Chairman of Manulife Holdings Berhad in December 2013. She was also a Director of Tanah Makmur Berhad. Currently, she sits on the board of POB, Hibiscus Petroleum Berhad and IGB Berhad besides holding directorships in several private limited companies. She is a Vice-President of Persatuan Chopin Malaysia and Divemaster with National Association of Underwater Instructors. She was a Member of Global Board of Advisers for XBRL until 2009 and was also on the Board of Trustee for Malaysian AIDS Foundation until May 2010.

Malaysian, 67

(Independent Director; Chairman of the Audit Committee and Remuneration Committee, Member of Risk Management Committee and Nominating Committee)

Mr. Lim joins the Board on 31 January 2020.

He holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Economics from Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom. He is a Fellow of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, member of Malaysia Institute of Accountants and Malaysia Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He also is the Founding President of Insolvency Practitioners Association of Malaysia (IPAM) and its current council member.

Mr. Lim has over 40 years of experience in assurance, corporate advisory, restructuring and insolvency. With many years of experience in insolvency and reconstruction in Malaysia and internationally, Mr. Lim founded Rodgers Reidy & Co. Kuala Lumpur in 2014.  

He was a Partner in Ernst & Young from 2002 to 2009, in charge of restructuring and insolvency. Prior to that, he was with Arthur Andersen from 1979 to 2001, first 7 years in assurance before focusing in restructuring and insolvency. He became a Partner of Arthur Andersen in 1990, and led the global corporate finance practice, including restructuring and insolvency.

He was appointed as a Member of the Corporate Law Reform Committee (“CLRC”) by the Domestic Trade Minister under the purview of the Companies Commission of Malaysia. CLRC’s objective was to update and upgrade the Companies Act which resulted in the new Companies Act, 2016. In addition, Mr. Lim was a Commissioner to the United Nations Compensation Commission from 1998 to 2002 and was a Director of Perbadanan Insurans Deposit Malaysia from 2010 to 2016.

Mr. Lim currently serves as Managing Partner of Rodgers Reidy & Co. and sits on the boards of Malaysia Building Society Berhad as Non-Independent Non-Executive Director, Anglo-Eastern Plantation PLC as a Senior Independent Director, PLUS Malaysia Berhad and Majuperak Holdings Berhad as an Independent Director besides holding directorships in several private limited companies.

2015: 6

2016: 7

2017: 4

2018: 6

2019: 4

2020: 4

2021: 3 

Malaysian, 67

(Independent Director; Chairman of the Audit Committee and Remuneration Committee, Member of Risk Management Committee and Nominating Committee)

Mr. Lim joins the Board on 31 January 2020.

He holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Economics from Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom. He is a Fellow of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, member of Malaysia Institute of Accountants and Malaysia Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He also is the Founding President of Insolvency Practitioners Association of Malaysia (IPAM) and its current council member.

Mr. Lim has over 40 years of experience in assurance, corporate advisory, restructuring and insolvency. With many years of experience in insolvency and reconstruction in Malaysia and internationally, Mr. Lim founded Rodgers Reidy & Co. Kuala Lumpur in 2014.  

He was a Partner in Ernst & Young from 2002 to 2009, in charge of restructuring and insolvency. Prior to that, he was with Arthur Andersen from 1979 to 2001, first 7 years in assurance before focusing in restructuring and insolvency. He became a Partner of Arthur Andersen in 1990, and led the global corporate finance practice, including restructuring and insolvency.

He was appointed as a Member of the Corporate Law Reform Committee (“CLRC”) by the Domestic Trade Minister under the purview of the Companies Commission of Malaysia. CLRC’s objective was to update and upgrade the Companies Act which resulted in the new Companies Act, 2016. In addition, Mr. Lim was a Commissioner to the United Nations Compensation Commission from 1998 to 2002 and was a Director of Perbadanan Insurans Deposit Malaysia from 2010 to 2016.

Mr. Lim currently serves as Managing Partner of Rodgers Reidy & Co. and sits on the boards of Malaysia Building Society Berhad as Non-Independent Non-Executive Director, Anglo-Eastern Plantation PLC as a Senior Independent Director, PLUS Malaysia Berhad and Majuperak Holdings Berhad as an Independent Director besides holding directorships in several private limited companies.

Malaysian, 60

(Chairman of the Board, Independent Director; Member of the Audit Committee and Risk Management Committee, Member of the Nominating Committee and Remuneration Committee)

Dato’ Dr. Zaha Rina binti Zahari joined the Board on 12 June 2014.

Dato’ Dr. Zaha Rina holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Accounting and Finance from Leeds Metropolitan University, United Kingdom, a Master in Business Administration from University of Hull, United Kingdom and a Doctorate in Business Administration from University of Hull, United Kingdom focusing on capital markets research and specialising in derivatives.

She was a consultant to Financial Technologies Middle East based in Bahrain for the set up of Bahrain Financial Exchange launched in January 2009. Prior to this, she was with Royal Bank of Scotland Group in Singapore from August 2007 to May 2008. She has more than 25 years of experience in the financial, commodities and securities industry and the development of the Malaysian capital market, which includes managing a futures broking company, and was the Chief Executive Officer of RHB Securities Sdn Bhd from 2004 to 2006. She has previous board appointments at the Commodity and Monetary Exchange of Malaysia from 1993 to 1996, then as the Chief Operating Officer of Kuala Lumpur Options and Financial Futures Exchange in 2001, which merged to become MDEX in June 2001. She was then appointed Head of Exchanges, managing the operations of KLSE, MESDAQ, MDEX and Labuan International Financial Exchanges in September 2003 prior to KLSE’s (now known as Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad) demutualisation. She is also a regular speaker at many international conferences and forums.

Dato’ Dr. Zaha Rina was a Director of Zurich Insurance Malaysia Berhad prior to being appointed Chairman of Manulife Holdings Berhad in December 2013. She was also a Director of Tanah Makmur Berhad. Currently, she sits on the board of POB, Hibiscus Petroleum Berhad and IGB Berhad besides holding directorships in several private limited companies. She is a Vice-President of Persatuan Chopin Malaysia and Divemaster with National Association of Underwater Instructors. She was a Member of Global Board of Advisers for XBRL until 2009 and was also on the Board of Trustee for Malaysian AIDS Foundation until May 2010.

Malaysian, 61

(Independent Director; Member of the Audit Committee, Risk Management Committee, Nominating Committee and Remuneration Committee)

Puan Norazian joins the Board on 1 April 2015.

Puan Norazian holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Mathematics from the University of Leeds, United Kingdom and a Master of Business Administration (Finance) from the Edith Cowan University, Australia.

Puan Norazian has worked for more than 25 years in the financial services industry, with the last 15 years being in senior management roles. She has experience in treasury operations, business and banking operations, risk management and support services. Specifically, she has worked in foreign exchange, international banking, investments, sales, customer and corporate relations, IT and asset and liability management. She began her career at the Treasury Department in Bank Bumiputra (M) Berhad, has worked at EON Bank Group, KAF Discount Berhad, Daimler Chrysler (M) Sdn. Bhd. and was the Deputy Chief Executive Officer at her last post at Bank Simpanan Nasional.

She was also Bank Simpanan Nasional’s Board nominee at Prudential BSN Takaful Berhad. Currently, she sits on the boards of Kenanga Investment Bank Berhad and Kenanga Investors Berhad as an Independent Director.

South African, 44

(Non-Independent Non-Executive Director; Member of  the Audit Committee, Risk Management Committee, Nominating Committee and Remuneration Committee)

Mr. Prasheem joins the Board on 25 April 2016.

Presently, Mr. Prasheem is a Regional Executive of Sanlam Emerging Market’s (“SEM”) South East Asian operations. His role involves overlooking SEM’s investments in the region that currently comprises a life insurance company and general insurance company in Malaysia. He is also involved in expansion in the region, actively looking for partners that meets SEM’s criteria.

Mr. Prasheem holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Actuarial Science from the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa in 2001 and is a qualified Actuary and Fellow of both the Actuarial Societies of South Africa and Malaysia. He has over 15 years of experience in Capital and Risk Management, General Insurance Pricing, Reserving, Product Development and Reinsurance Structuring and Optimization. Mr. Prasheem has been involved in management and strategy at a group level for the majority of his career with his current focus areas being capital optimisation and business strategy.

Before joining SEM, Mr. Prasheem acted as the Chief Actuary for a large South African general insurance company and prior to that was part of the senior management team of one of the world’s largest cell captive insurance companies. Mr. Prasheem is currently the Chief Executive Officer and the Managing Director of MCIS Insurance Berhad.

Malaysian, 64

(Independent Director; Chairman of the Risk Management Committee and Nominating Committee, and Member of the Audit Committee and Remuneration Committee)

Dr. Loh joins the Board on 1 July 2019.

Dr. Loh currently sits on the board of Malaysia Building Society Berhad (MBSB, a financial holding company) and WTK Holdings Berhad as an Independent Non-Executive Director. He is also the Chairman of Rating Committee, Malaysian Rating Corporation Berhad (MARC). He has wide exposure in areas of banking and financial services that includes insurance and credit rating. Since 1994, he held several senior executive positions in a few Malaysian banking groups and later on he held board positions in several private companies and companies listed on the main market of Bursa Malaysia, which are engaged in different sectors of the economy. Amongst his various directorship roles, he was previously a Director of MBSB Bank Berhad (wholly owned by MBSB), Asian Finance Bank Berhad, YKGI Holdings Berhad, and was a Member of the Board Risk Committee of the State Government Economic Development Agency in Sarawak. He was also a board member of Transnational Insurance Brokers (M) Sdn Bhd, a licensed insurance & takaful brokerage firm for several years.

He holds a doctorate from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia and is also an Advanced Management Programme graduate from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, USA. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Corporate Directors Malaysia (ICDM).

2015: 1

2016: 2

2017: 1

2018: 2

2019: 1

2020: 1

2021: 1