Tan Sri Dato’ Ahmad Bin Mohd Don

Chairman of the Board
Independent Non-Executive Director of Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad
Member of Group Nomination & Remuneration Committee

72 | Male | Malaysian
Date of Appointment to the Board of Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad: 1 February 2017

Academic/Professional Qualifications:

• Graduate Degree Economics and Business (Summa cum laude), Aberystwyth University, United Kingdom
• Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
• Member of the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants

Tan Sri Dato’ Ahmad bin Mohd Don is Chairman of Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad. He has extensive experience in finance and banking. His work experience covers various capacities with Pernas Securities Sdn Bhd, Permodalan Nasional Berhad and Malayan Banking Berhad. He served as Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Malayan Banking Berhad from 1991 to 1994. Between May 1994 to August 1998, Tan Sri Dato’ Ahmad was the Governor of Bank Negara Malaysia.

Tan Sri Dato’ Ahmad is also the Chairman of Sunway REIT Management Sdn Bhd (manager of Sunway Real Estate Investment Trust listed on Bursa Malaysia) and Independent Non-Executive Director of United Malacca Berhad and Malaysian Genomics Resource Centre Berhad which are listed on Bursa Malaysia.

Lee Boon Huat

Senior Independent Non-Executive Director of Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad
Chairman of Group Risk Management Committee
Member of Executive Committee

62 | Male | Singaporean
Date of Appointment to the Board of Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad: 7 April 2015

Academic/Professional Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Business (Accounting), Western Australia Institute of Technology, Australia

Mr Lee Boon Huat has extensive experience in the financial services industry. He has served with the Monetary Authority of Singapore, Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and Chemical Bank. He held several posts at Standard Chartered Bank including Head of Global Markets (South East Asia), Head of Global Markets (Middle East), and Chief Operating Officer (South East Asia) from 1998 to 2012.

Mr Lee serves on the Boards of British and Malayan Trustees Limited, British and Malayan Holdings Limited (listed on the Singapore Exchange), Technological and Commercial Joint-stock Bank (listed on the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange), and several other private corporations.

Lee Ah Boon

Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad
Chairman of Alliance Investment Bank Berhad
Chairman of Executive Committee
Member of Group Nomination & Remuneration Committee

69 | Male | Singaporean
Date of Appointment to the Board of Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad: 18 April 2012

Academic/Professional Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Accounting (Honours), National University of Singapore

Mr Lee Ah Boon joined Citibank Singapore in 1990 and held various Consumer Banking roles including that of Chief Financial Officer, Senior Operations Officer, Head of Credit Card business and Business Manager. In 2005, he started up Citibank’s Consumer Business in China and returned to Singapore as Regional Operations Head of Citibank. He then moved to Barclays Bank in early 2009 as its International Technology Head for the Global Retail and Commercial Bank businesses.

In September 2010, Mr Lee left Barclays Bank and joined Fullerton Financial Holdings (International) Pte Ltd, a subsidiary of Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited, as its Chief Operating Officer. He remained for three (3) years until his retirement in November 2013.

Mr Lee is currently the Chairman of Alliance Investment Bank Berhad. He is also an Advisor of Fullerton Financial Holdings (International) Pte Ltd.

Datuk Wan Azhar Bin Wan Ahmad

Independent Non-Executive Director of Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad
Chairman of Alliance Islamic Bank Berhad
Member of Executive Committee
Member of Group Audit Committee
Member of Group Nomination & Remuneration Committee

61 | Male | Malaysian
Date of Appointment to the Board of Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad: 7 April 2015

Academic/Professional Qualifications:

• Bachelor in Business Administration (Finance), University of Pacific, Stockton, CA, USA
• Master in Business Administration (International Business), National University San Diego, CA, USA

Datuk Wan Azhar bin Wan Ahmad was the Chief Executive Officer of Credit Guarantee Corporation Malaysia Berhad (“CGC”) from 1997 until his retirement in December 2014. He began his career in banking as a Loans Executive of Hong Leong Bank in 1985 and left the bank as Head of Branches Operations in 1993. He then joined CGC as Head of Credit. In 1995, he was promoted to Assistant General Manager and subsequently to Chief Executive Officer in 1997. In 2000, he was appointed to the Board of Directors and assumed the role of Managing Director.

One of the highlights of his career was the transformation of CGC from a traditional credit guarantee provider into a market-driven and financially sustainable SME-support institution. He was instrumental in the setting up of Credit Bureau Malaysia (“CBM”) where he was the Chairman for six (6) years from 2008 to 2014. On the international front, he was also Chairman of the Association of Development Financial Institutions for Asia Pacific region (“ADFIAP”) from 2012 to 2014.

Upon his retirement, he was appointed as Consultant to the World Bank from 2015 to 2016, undertaking projects relating to SME financing in the Middle East.

Datuk Wan Azhar is currently the Chairman of Alliance Islamic Bank Berhad. He serves on the Board of Trustees of NAMA Foundation and Board of Directors of I-Serve Holdings Limited. He is also the Chairman of the Small Debt Resolution Committee (“SDRC”) at Bank Negara Malaysia.

Ho Hon Cheong

Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad
Member of Group Audit Committee
Member of Group Risk Management Committee

65 | Male | Malaysian
Date of Appointment to the Board of Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad: 26 August 2015

Academic/Professional Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Engineering (Honours), University of Malaya
• Master of Business Administration in Finance and Accounting, McGill University, Canada

Mr Ho Hon Cheong began his banking career with Citibank Malaysia in 1981. Since then, he has held various senior positions with Citibank in Asia Pacific and the Middle East including Country Risk Officer of Citibank Malaysia, Pan Asia Corporate Head of Citibank Asia Pacific in Singapore, and Chief Executive Officer of Citibank Thailand. He also served as General Manager and Group Head of Corporate and Investment Banking with Saudi American Bank in Saudi Arabia

In 2004, Mr Ho was appointed President Director and Chief Executive Officer of PT Bank International Indonesia Tbk. Thereafter he joined Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited in 2009. He returned to Indonesia in 2010 as the President Director and Chief Executive Officer of PT Bank Danamon Indonesia Tbk until his retirement in February 2015.

Mr Ho is a Director of AIA Singapore Pte Ltd and a Commissioner of PT Chandra Asri Petrochemical Tbk, which is listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange. He is also the Non-Executive Chairman of Frasers Logistics and Industrial Trust, listed on the Singapore Exchange.

Thayaparan S. Sangarapillai

Independent Non-Executive Director of Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad
Chairman of Group Audit Committee

65 | Male | Malaysian
Date of Appointment to the Board of Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad: 10 May 2016

Academic/Professional Qualifications:

• Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
• Member of the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants
• Member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants

Mr Thayaparan S. Sangarapillai has over 30 years of experience in audit and business advisory services for a wide range of industries. His portfolio of clients included major public listed companies in the power, telecommunications, automotive, property development, plantation and manufacturing sectors. Mr Thaya also led cross border assignments. Other than statutory audits, Mr Thaya has led assignments on financial due diligences, mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings, finance function effectiveness reviews and other advisory work.

Mr Thaya joined Price Waterhouse (now known as PricewaterhouseCoopers PLT) in Kuala Lumpur in 1983. He was a Partner in the Assurance Services division of PricewaterhouseCoopers Malaysia from 1994 until his retirement as a Senior Partner in 2015.

He serves as an Independent Non-Executive Director on the Boards of Sime Darby Berhad and Axiata Group Berhad which are listed on Bursa Malaysia. He also sits on the Boards of AIG Malaysia Insurance Berhad, edotco Group Sdn Bhd and Robi Axiata Limited.

Tan Chian Khong

Independent Non-Executive Director of Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad
Member of Executive Committee
Member of Group Audit Committee

64 | Male | Singaporean
Date of Appointment to the Board of Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad: 26 September 2017

Academic/Professional Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Accountancy, National University of Singapore
• Master of Business Administration, University of South Australia
• Master of International Environmental Management, University of Adelaide, Australia
• Member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
• Fellow of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants and of CPA Australia

Mr Tan Chian Khong has 35 years of experience in the audit industry. He was a partner at Ernst & Young LLP from July 1996 till his retirement in June 2016.

Mr Tan currently holds directorships in a number of companies listed on the Singapore Exchange namely, CSE Global Limited, Hong Leong Asia Ltd and The Straits Trading Company Ltd. He also sits on the Board of Xinghua Port Holdings Ltd which is listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. In 2019, he was appointed as a Non-Executive Director of SMRT Corporation Ltd.

Mr Tan is a Board member of the Casino Regulatory Authority of Singapore, a statutory board in Singapore. He is a member of Rules Change Panel of Energy Market Company Pte Ltd and volunteers as an Honorary Executive Director of Trailblazer Foundation Ltd.

Susan Yuen Su Min

Independent Non-Executive Director of Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad
Chairwoman of Group Nomination & Remuneration Committee

60 | Female | Malaysian
Date of Appointment to the Board of Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad: 15 October 2018

Academic/Professional Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Computer Science (Honours), University of London, United Kingdom

Ms Susan Yuen Su Min has over 30 years of working experience in the banking industry. She has served in a number of banking establishments including Maybank and HSBC Malaysia. She was also previously attached to the National Bank of Abu Dhabi Malaysia Berhad (“NBAD”) where she was the Regional CEO Asia and Country CEO Malaysia from 2014 to 2018. Prior to joining NBAD, she served as CEO of ANZ Banking Group in Hong Kong from 2009 to 2014.

Ms Susan serves as an Independent Non-Executive Director on the Boards of Press Metal Aluminium Holdings Berhad (listed on Bursa Malaysia) and Chubb Insurance Malaysia Berhad.

Lum Piew

Independent Non-Executive Director of Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad
Member of Group Risk Management Committee

52 | Male | Malaysian
Date of Appointment to the Board of Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad: 1 July 2020

Academic/Professional Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science (Computer Science), National University of Singapore

Mr Lum Piew has over 28 years of experience in the consulting and technology industry. He began his career as a consultant at Andersen Consulting (renamed to Accenture in 2001) in 1992. By 2004, he had risen through the ranks to become Managing Director in the Communications, Media and Technology industry group. His experience covers management consulting, systems integration, outsourcing, and digital transformation serving clients across telecommunications, media and internet companies. He held the position until his retirement in 2016.

Mr Lum is a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of Cloudaron Group Berhad which is listed on Bursa Malaysia. He serves as Independent Director on the Boards of iCandy Interactive Limited (listed on the Australian Securities Exchange) and Technology Park Malaysia Corporation Sdn Bhd.