Tan Sri Dato’ Ahmad Bin Mohd Don

(Chairman, Independent Non-Executive Director)

Tan Sri Dato’ Ahmad was appointed Chairman of the Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad Board of Directors on 1 February 2017.

Tan Sri Dato’ Ahmad is a summa cum laude graduate in Economics and Business from the Aberystwyth University, United Kingdom. He is also a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, and a Member of the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Tan Sri Dato’ Ahmad has extensive experience in finance and banking, having worked in 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. Tan Sri Dato’ Ahmad was the Governor of Bank Negara Malaysia for four years from May 1994 to August 1998.

Tan Sri Dato’ Ahmad is also Chairman of the Boards of Zurich Takaful Berhad, Zurich Life Insurance Malaysia Berhad, Hap Seng Plantations Holdings Berhad, and Sunway REIT Management Sdn Bhd. He also holds a directorship on the Board of United Malacca Berhad.

Ou Shian Waei

(Senior Independent Non-Executive Director)

Mr Ou Shian Waei was appointed to the Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad Board of Directors on 8 December 2010.

Mr Ou holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from the University of Malaya.

He began his career with a local bank as a management trainee from 1976 to 1980. He then joined IBM Malaysia in 1981 as a trainee System Engineer and held various technical and management positions before retiring as Managing Director of IBM Malaysia in January 2010 after almost 30 years of service.

Mr Ou was the PIKOM (Association of Malaysia Computer Industry) Councillor from 1997 to 1998 and was awarded the ‘Key Industry Leader Award’ in 2006 by PIKOM (now known as The National ICT Association of Malaysia) for his contributions to Malaysia’s IT industry. He was also the Chairman of the National International Technology Council (NITC) Taskforce for IT literacy in 1997 and Adjunct Professor for the Department of Economics & Business Administration at Universiti Putra Malaysia from 1998 to 1999.

Mr Ou serves as the Chairman of AIG Malaysia Insurance Berhad. He is also a director of Public Interest Director of Private Pension Administrator Malaysia.

Kung Beng Hong

(Non-Independent Non-Executive Director)

Mr Kung Beng Hong was appointed to the Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad Board of Directors on 28 December 2007.

Mr Kung holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree in Analytical Economics from the University of Malaya. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Bankers Malaysia (now known as The Asian Institute of Chartered Bankers).

He has 50 years of working experience in the banking industry, and has held numerous senior management positions, mainly in Malaysia, including Chief Executive Officer positions in three banks and directorships in five banks. He also held various positions at Citibank N.A. in the United States and Singapore.

Mr Kung is currently an Advisor to Fullerton Financial Holdings (International) Pte Ltd. He is also the Chairman of the Board of Alliance Investment Bank Berhad, and serves on the Boards of Asian Institute of Finance Berhad, UOA Asset Management Sdn Bhd, and Quill Motorcars Sdn Bhd.

Kuah Hun Liang

(Independent Non-Executive Director)

Mr Kuah Hun Liang was appointed to the Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad Board of Directors on 15 December 2011.

Mr Kuah holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree in Applied Economics from the University of East London, United Kingdom.

He has over 30 years of experience in the financial services industry having begun his career at Public Bank in 1983. He joined Deutsche Bank AG in 1989 where he served as Treasurer and was then promoted as Head of Global Markets when the bank ventured into investment banking. In 2000, he was appointed as an Executive Director of Deutsche Bank (M) Berhad and was promoted to Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer in 2002, positions he held until 2006.

Mr Kuah is a Director of Alliance Investment Bank Berhad. He also holds directorships in Multi-Purpose Capital Holdings Berhad, Rexit Berhad and MPHB Capital Berhad.

Lee Ah Boon

(Non-Independent Non-Executive Director)

Mr Lee Ah Boon was appointed to the Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad Board of Directors on 18 April 2012.

Mr Lee holds a Bachelor of Accounting (Honours) degree from the National University of Singapore.

He joined Citibank in 1990 and served in a variety of Consumer Banking roles in Singapore 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 before joining 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 where he stayed for three years until his retirement in November 2013.

Mr Lee is currently a Senior Advisor of Fullerton Financial Holdings (International) Pte Ltd.

He also serves as a director on the Board of Sungchob Fund Pte Ltd.

Datuk Wan Azhar Bin Wan Ahmad

(Independent Non-Executive Director)

Datuk Wan Azhar bin Wan Ahmad was appointed to the Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad Board of Directors on 7 April 2015.

Datuk Wan Azhar 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 key 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 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.

Datuk Wan Azhar also serves as a director on the Board of Bank Pembangunan Malaysia Berhad and the Board of Trustees of NAMA Foundation. He is also Chairman of Global Maritime Venture Berhad, BI Credit & Leasing Berhad, Pembangunan Leasing Corporation Sdn Bhd, PLC Credit & Factoring Sdn Bhd, SME Growth Acceleration Fund Sdn Bhd, and the Small Debt Resolution Committee (SDRC) at Bank Negara Malaysia.

Lee Boon Huat

(Independent Non-Executive Director)

Mr Lee Boon Huat was appointed to the Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad Board of Directors on 7 April 2015.

Mr Lee holds a Bachelor of Business (Accounting) degree from the Western Australia Institute of Technology, Australia.

He has extensive experience in the financial services industry, having 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 as a director on the Boards of AfrAsia Bank Ltd, British and Malayan Trustees Limited, British and Malayan Holdings Limited, Technological and Commercial Joint-stock Bank, Vietnam, and several other private corporations.

Ho Hon Cheong

(Non-Independent Non-Executive Director)

Mr Ho Hon Cheong was appointed to the Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad Board of Directors on 26 August 2015.

Mr Ho graduated from the University of Malaya with a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in 1978, and from McGill University, Canada in 1980 with a Master of Business Administration degree in Finance & Accounting.

Mr Ho 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. In 2009, he joined Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited. 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 currently a Senior Advisor to Temasek International Advisors Pte Ltd.

He is a director of AIA Singapore Pte Ltd and a Commissioner of PT Chandra Asri Petrochemical TBK. He is also the Non-Executive Chairman of Frasers Logistics & Industrial Trust.

Thayaparan Sangarapillai

(Independent Non-Executive Director)

Mr Thayaparan S. Sangarapillai was appointed to the Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad Board of Directors on 10 May 2016.

Mr Thaya trained as an accountant in London and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1982. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. He is also a member of the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and the Malaysian Institute of Accountants.

Mr Thaya has over 30 years of experience in providing audit and business advisory services to clients in 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 & 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.

Mr Thaya serves as a director on the Boards of Sime Darby Berhad, AIG Malaysia Insurance Berhad, edotco Group Sdn Bhd, and Robi Axiata Limited.

Tan Chian Khong

(Independent Non-Executive Director)

Mr Tan Chian Khong was appointed to the Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad Board of Directors on 26 September 2017.

Mr Tan holds a Bachelor of Accountancy from National University of Singapore, a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of South Australia, and a Master of International Environmental Management degree from the University of Adelaide, Australia. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and a Fellow of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants and of CPA Australia.

Mr Tan 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 serves on the Boards of Hong Leong Asia Ltd, Xinghua Port Holdings Ltd, The Straits Trading Company Ltd and Casino Regulatory Authority of Singapore, a statutory board of Singapore. He is an Honorary Executive Director of Trailblazer Foundation Ltd and a member of Rules Change Panel of Energy Market Company Pte Ltd.

Susan Yuen Su Min

(Independent Non-Executive Director)

Ms. Susan Yuen Su Min was appointed to the Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad Board of Directors on 15 October 2018.

Ms. Susan holds a Bachelor of Computer Science (Honours) degree from the University of London, United Kingdom.

She has over 30 years of working experience in the banking industry and has served 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.