CHAN HUA ENG
Non-Executive Chairman
Mr. Chan has been on the board since March 1995. He graduated with a Bachelor of Law (Honours) degree from the University of Bristol in 1952 and was called to the Bar at Middle Temple in 1953. He is an associate member of the Institute of Taxation. Until his retirement in 1987, he was the senior partner of a large legal firm in Kuala Lumpur during the major part of which he was engaged in corporate advisory work.
CHAN THYE SENG
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Chan joined the Board in March 1995. He had 13 years experience as a practicing lawyer, after having been called to the Bar at Middle Temple in 1980 and the Malaysian Bar in 1982. He graduated from University College Cardiff with a Bachelor of Law (Honours) degree. He was previously on the Boards of the Kuala Lumpur Commodities Exchange and Malaysian Futures Clearing Corporation Sdn. Bhd.
He is also a non-executive director of Pacific & Orient Insurance Co. Berhad and another public listed company.
TUNKU DATO’ MU’TAMIR TUNKU TAN SRI MOHAMED
Independent Director, Chairman of the Nominating Committee and the Remuneration Committee, member of the Audit Committe
Tunku Dato’ Mu’tamir joined the Board in September 1995. He is an associate member of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators and a member of the Malaysian Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators. Tunku Dato’ Mu’tamir is also a member of the Dewan Perniagaan Melayu Bandaraya, Kuala Lumpur. Since 1976, he has been the executive director of Syarikat Sri Timang Sdn. Bhd, an investment holding company.
He is an independent chairman of Red Sena Berhad.
DATO’ DR.ZAHA RINA ZAHARI
Independent Director, member of the Audit Committee, the Nominating Committee and the Remuneration Committee
Dato’ Dr. Zaha Rina Zahari joined the Board in May 2012. She received her BA (Hons) Accounting and Finance from Leeds UK, and Doctorate in Business Administration from Hull UK 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 (BFX) 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 20 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 (COMMEX) 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.
She was a director of Zurich Insurance Malaysia Berhad prior to being appointed Chairman of Manulife Holdings Berhad in December 2013. She sits on the Board of Hong Leong Industries Berhad and Tanah Makmur Berhad besides holding directorships in several private limited companies. She is also the chairman of the audit committee and risk management committee of Pacific & Orient Insurance Co. Berhad.
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.
MICHAEL YEE KIM SHING
Independent Director, Chairman of the Audit Committee, member of the Nominating Committee and the Remuneration Committee
Mr. Yee joined the Board in February 1995. He received his tertiary education at the University of Melbourne, graduating with a Bachelor of Commerce degree and is a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants, the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Australia and the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore. He was a practising accountant for more than 26 years, retiring as a senior partner in Ernst & Whinney (now known as Ernst & Young).
He is non-independent non-executive director of Pacific & Orient Insurance Co. Berhad. He also sits on the board and audit committee of several public listed company.