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Downloaded from ABM’S Website CORPORATE INFORMATION ANNUAL REPORT 2011 1 CORPORATE INFORMATION as at 1 April 2012 CHAIRMAN BANK COUNCIL MEMBERS CO-OPTED MEMBERS Malayan Banking Berhad Affin Bank Berhad Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad (Maybank) DATO’ ZULKIFLEE ABBAS BIN SNG SEOW WAH DATO’ SRI ABDUL WAHID OMAR ABDUL HAMID (Alternate: Raymond Leung Chun Kow, (Alternate: Lim Hong Tat) (Alternate: Shariffudin bin Mohamad) from 29 April 2011) CIMB Bank Berhad AmBank (M) Berhad PRINCIPAL OFFICER DATO’ SRI NAZIR RAZAK CHEAH TEK KUANG (Alternate: Dato’ Sulaiman Mohd Tahir) (until 1 April 2012) CHUAH MEI LIN (Alternate: Dato’ James Lim Cheng Poh, Executive Director Citibank Berhad until 1 April 2012) SANJEEV NANAVATI Hong Leong Bank Berhad DATUK YVONNE CHIA Following the merger between EON Bank Berhad (Alternate: Zulkiflee Hashim) and Hong Leong Bank Berhad, EON Bank Berhad ceased to be a co-opted Council member with HSBC Bank Malaysia Berhad effect from 6 May 2011. MUKHTAR HUSSAIN (Alternate: Jonathan William Addis, until 31 August 2011) OCBC Bank (Malaysia) Berhad CHEW SUN TEONG, JEFFREY (Alternate: Choo Yee Kwan) Public Bank Berhad TAN SRI DATO’ SRI TAY AH LEK (Alternate: Dato’ Sri Lee Kong Lam) RHB Bank Berhad DATO’ TAJUDDIN ATAN (until 31 March 2011) (Alternate: Michael Lim Kheng Boon, until 31 March 2011) RENZO VIEGAS (from 29 April 2011 until 13 November 2011) (Alternate: Michael Lim Kheng Boon, from 29 April 2011 until 13 November 2011) JOHARI ABDUL MUID (from 14 November 2011) (Alternate: Renzo Viegas, from 5 December 2011 until 22 March 2012) Standard Chartered Bank Malaysia Berhad OSMAN TARIQUE MORAD (Alternate: Raymond Wong Lai Loong) United Overseas Bank (Malaysia) Bhd CHAN KOK SEONG (Alternate: Kevin Lam Sai Yoke, from 1 March 2012) REGISTERED OFFICE WEBSITE BANKER AUDITOR 34th Floor, UBN Tower www.abm.org.my Malayan Banking Messrs Azman, Wong, 10, Jalan P. Ramlee Berhad Salleh & Co 50250 Kuala Lumpur Tel : 603-2078 8041 Fax : 603-2078 8004 E-mail : [email protected] ABMConnect : 1-300-88-9980 2 THE ASSOCIATION OF BANKS IN MALAYSIA THE COUNCIL THE COUNCIL as at 1 April 2012 Seated, from left to right: Dato’ Sri Abdul Wahid Omar Malayan Banking Berhad Chuah Mei Lin The Association of Banks in Malaysia Tan Sri Dato’ Sri Tay Ah Lek Public Bank Berhad Chew Sun Teong, Jeffrey OCBC Bank (Malaysia) Berhad Standing, from left to right: Datuk Yvonne Chia Hong Leong Bank Berhad Osman Tarique Morad Standard Chartered Bank Malaysia Berhad Sng Seow Wah Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad Dato’ Sulaiman Mohd Tahir (Alternate to Dato’ Sri Nazir Razak) CIMB Bank Berhad Mukhtar Hussain HSBC Bank Malaysia Berhad Shariffudin bin Mohamad (Alternate to Dato’ Zulkiflee Abbas bin Abdul Hamid) Affin Bank Berhad Dato’ James Lim Cheng Poh (Alternate to Cheah Tek Kuang) AmBank (M) Berhad THE COUNCIL ANNUAL REPORT 2011 3 4 THE ASSOCIATION OF BANKS IN MALAYSIA THE COUNCIL (Cont’d) THE COUNCIL (Cont’d) as at 1 April 2012 DATO’ SRI ABDUL TAN SRI DATO’ SRI CHEW SUN TEONG, DATUK YVONNE CHIA WAHID OMAR TAY AH LEK JEFFREY GROUP MANAGING PRESIDENT & CEO MANAGING DIRECTOR DIRECTOR AND CHIEF DIRECTOR/CHIEF MAYBANK PUBLIC BANK BERHAD EXECUTIVE OFFICER EXECUTIVE OCBC BANK (MALAYSIA) HONG LEONG BANK BERHAD BERHAD Dato’ Sri Abdul Wahid Tan Sri Dato’ Sri Tay Ah Mr Jeffrey Chew Sun Teong Datuk Yvonne Chia, an Omar is the President Lek, Managing Director of is Director and CEO of OCBC international banker for over and CEO of Maybank, Public Bank, has 51 years Bank (Malaysia) Berhad, 30 years, began her career Malaysia’s largest banking of experience in banking currently overseeing the in Bank of America and has group, a position he has and finance. He joined OCBC Group’s Malaysian worked in Malaysia and the region. Highly regarded held since May 2008. He is Public Bank Group as a business. He joined the Bank in the banking community a Fellow of the Association pioneer staff in 1966. He in April 2003 initially as Head of Chartered Certified in Malaysia, she has the was Executive Director of the Bank’s SME business Accountants (United and subsequently as Head distinction of being the first of Public Bank from 18 Kingdom) and a Member of Business Banking. He was female Chief Executive Officer June 1997 to 30 June 2002 of the Malaysian Institute appointed Executive Vice of any bank in the region. of Accountants. and was re-designated President in October 2006. as Managing Director She is an Economics graduate from University of Malaya and Prior to joining Maybank, on 1 July 2002. He was Mr Chew began his career a Certified Risk Professional. he was Group Chief Executive Vice President at PriceWaterhouse Coopers Executive Officer of of Public Bank from 1995 She was appointed as a Fellow in 1987 and was involved in of Institute of Bankers Malaysia Telekom Malaysia Berhad to 1997 and prior to this the area of corporate audit in 2002 and to the Wharton from July 2004. He was appointment, he was and taxation for four years. Fellows in 2005. In 2008, CNBC formerly Managing Executive Vice President He subsequently joined nominated her amongst the Director/Chief Executive of the former Public Citibank in Malaysia where finalists in the Asia Business Officer of UEM Group Finance. he held various roles over Leaders Awards. Berhad as well as Executive 12 years, including customer Vice Chairman of PLUS Tan Sri Dato’ Sri Tay holds relationship management, She is also a Director of Hong Expressways Berhad. a Master’s degree in risk management and Leong Financial Group and international offshore Hong Leong Islamic Bank Dato’ Sri Abdul Wahid Business Administration from Henley, United banking and product Berhad as well as the Chairman is a director of several management. His last position of ASEAN Finance Corporation Kingdom and attended the Maybank subsidiaries was General Manager of Limited (which operates under Advanced Management including Maybank Ageas Commercial/SME banking the name AFC Merchant Bank), Holdings, Maybank Program at Harvard business and Director of a regional merchant bank Investment Bank and Bank Business School. He is a Citicorp Capital Sdn Bhd. owned by banks and financial Internasional Indonesia. Fellow of CPA Australia, institutions from ASEAN, since Financial Services Institute A qualified accountant July 2011. He is also Chairman of of Australasia, Institute by training, he is a fellow Malaysian Electronic of Bankers Malaysia and member of the Chartered She is known for her energetic Payment System Sdn Bhd Malaysian Institute of Association of Certified inspiration for change, openness and learning values (MEPS), Vice Chairman Management. Accountants, United Kingdom. of Institute of Bankers that drive her personal and Malaysia, a director of organizational success. With He is presently the Apart from his role in OCBC Cagamas Holdings Berhad an established track record Chairman of Association of Bank, Mr Chew is also in leading financial services as well as a member of Chairman of Pac Lease Sdn the Investment Panels of Hire Purchase Companies organizations on sustainable and Malaysia and is a Member Bhd and a Director of OCBC profitable growth paths in highly Kumpulan Wang Persaraan Al-Amin Bank Berhad, (KWAP) and Lembaga of National Payments competitive environments, she Advisory Board. e2 Power Sdn Bhd and is recognized as a banker of Tabung Haji. PacificMas Berhad. excellence, vision and integrity. THE COUNCIL (Cont’d) ANNUAL REPORT 2011 5 OSMAN TARIQUE MORAD SNG SEOW WAH MUKHTAR HUSSAIN MANAGING DIRECTOR AND CHIEF GROUP CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER DEPUTY CHAIRMAN & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER & DIRECTOR EXECUTIVE OFFICER STANDARD CHARTERED BANK ALLIANCE BANK MALAYSIA BERHAD HSBC BANK MALAYSIA BERHAD MALAYSIA BERHAD Mr Osman Tarique Morad was Mr Sng Seow Wah is Group Chief Mr Mukhtar Hussain was appointed as appointed as the Managing Director Executive Officer and Director of Deputy Chairman and Chief Executive and Chief Executive Officer of Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad and Officer of HSBC Malaysia Bank Berhad Standard Chartered Bank Malaysia Alliance Financial Group Berhad. He on 15 December 2009. He graduated Berhad (“SCBMB”) in October joined the Group on 5 July 2010. from University of Wales with a Bachelor of Science in Economics. Mr Hussain 2009. Mr Morad is responsible for first joined the HSBC Group in 1982 as the implementation of Standard He is an experienced banker with more than 26 years of leading growth a Graduate Trainee in Midland Bank Chartered’s business strategies International. He was then appointed as and overall Corporate Governance and developing high performing organisations in a number of well Assistant Director in Samuel Montagu in not only for SCBMB but also for the 1991. After close to 11 years of working Group’s operations in Malaysia. This respected regional and international banks. in the HSBC Group’s London offices, Mr. includes Scope International (M) Hussain then held numerous posts in Sdn Bhd and IT-365 Sdn Bhd which Dubai including Chief Executive Officer Mr Sng was the Managing Director of form the Standard Chartered Group’s of HSBC Financial Services (Middle the Local Corporate Group, Citibank Global Shared Service Centre and East) Limited from 1995 to 2003 and Singapore. He then joined OCBC Price Solutions Sdn Bhd. established the initiative to create the Bank Singapore as the EVP and Head first foreign investment bank in Saudi of Enterprise Banking from 2003 to Arabia for HSBC. Mr Morad joined Standard Chartered 2008 where he led the successful Bank in 1993 as the Regional Head transformation of the business into a of Institutional Banking Middle East In 2003, he assumed the position of Chief sustainable, high performing unit with Executive Officer of Global Banking and South Asia in Dubai and was a strong reputation for customer focus and Market and became the Co-Head responsible for the Bank’s Financial and service.
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