Corporate Governance
Malaysian, 62
(Chairman of the Board, Independent Non-Executive Director; Member of the Audit Committee, Risk Management Committee, Nominating Committee and Remuneration Committee)
Dato’ Dr. Zaha Rina joined the Board in May 2012. She received her Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Accounting and Finance from Leeds Metropolitan University, United Kingdom (“UK”) and Master in Business Administration from University of Hull, UK. She also holds a Doctorate in Business Administration from University of Hull, focusing on capital markets research and specialising in derivatives.
Dato’ Dr. Zaha Rina 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 Coutts in Singapore from August 2007 to May 2008. Dato’ Dr. Zaha Rina has 33 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. She 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, and then as the Chief Operating Officer of Kuala Lumpur Options and Financial Futures Exchange (“KLOFFE”) in 2001.
She was instrumental in the merger of COMMEX and KLOFFE which ultimately led to the creation of Malaysian Derivatives Exchange (“MDEX”) and the subsequent appointment of Chief Operating Officer of MDEX in June 2001. Dato’ Dr. Zaha Rina was then appointed Head of Exchanges, managing the operations of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad (“Bursa Securities”), Malaysian Exchange of Securities Dealings & Automated Quotation, MDEX and Labuan International Financial Exchanges in September 2003 prior to Bursa Securities’ demutualisation. She was previously a member of the Market Participations Committee of Bursa Securities.
Dato’ Dr. Zaha Rina was a Director of Zurich Insurance Malaysia Berhad prior to being appointed Chairman of Manulife Holdings Berhad in December 2013. Currently, she sits on the board of Hibiscus Petroleum Berhad, Keck Seng (Malaysia) Berhad and IGB Berhad besides holding directorships in several private limited companies. She is also the Chairman of Pacific & Orient Insurance Co. Berhad and Chairman of Mizuho Bank (Malaysia) 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.
Malaysian, 67
(Executive Director; Member of the Nominating Committee)
Mr. Chan Thye Seng joined 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.
Mr. Chan is the Managing Director and the Chief Executive Officer of POB. He also sits on the board 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 Directors 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, 46
(Non-Independent Non-Executive Director; Member of the Audit Committee, Risk Management Committee, Nominating Committee and Remuneration Committee)
Mr. Prasheem Seebran joined 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, 66
(Independent Non-Executive Director; Chairman of the Nominating Committee, Member of the Audit Committee, Risk Management Committee and Remuneration Committee)
Dr. Loh joined the Board on 1 July 2019.
Presently he sits on the boards of Malaysia Building Society Berhad, Pacific & Orient Insurance Co. Berhad and WTK Holdings Berhad.
Prior to that, he had accumulated more than 35 years of experience in banking with a few commercial and investment banks, and later served on the boards of Asian Finance Bank Berhad, MBSB Bank Berhad, YKGI Holdings Berhad and Transnational Insurance Brokers (M) Sdn. Bhd. He has also served as the Chairman of Rating Committee at MARC Ratings Berhad and was a Member of the Board Risk Committee of a State Economic Agency in Sarawak.
He holds a doctorate from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia and is also an Advanced Management Program graduate from The Wharton School, at the University of Pennsylvania, USA. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Corporate Directors Malaysia (ICDM).
Malaysian, 69
(Independent Non-Executive Director; Chairman of the Audit Committee and Remuneration Committee, Member of the Risk Management Committee and Nominating Committee)
Mr. Lim Tian Huat 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 and its current council member.
Mr. Lim has over 40 years of experience in assurance, corporate advisory, restructuring and insolvency. Mr. Lim founded Lim Tian Huat & Co. and Andersen Group of Companies in 2010 and Rodgers Reidy & Co. 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.
Mr. Lim currently serves as Managing Partner of Lim Tian Huat & Co., Rodgers Reidy & Co. and Managing Director of Andersen Group of Companies. He sits on the boards of Anglo-Eastern Plantation PLC and Majuperak Holdings Berhad as a Senior Independent Director, PLUS Malaysia Berhad as an Independent Director besides holding directorships in several private limited companies.
Malaysian, 57
(Independent Non-Executive Director, Chairman of the Risk Management Committee, Member of the Audit Committee, Nominating Committee and Remuneration Committee)
Dato’ Foong Chee Meng was appointed as an Independent Director of Pacific & Orient Insurance Co. Berhad on 1 September 2022.
Dato’ Foong holds a Bachelor of Economics, Bachelor of Law and Masters of Law from the University of Sydney, Australia.
Dato’ Foong has more than 25 years of experience in legal practice and is currently a Managing Partner of a niche corporate boutique law firm, Foong & Partners which he set up in 2003. Aside from being an Advocate & Solicitor at High Court of Malaya, he is also a practicing Advocate & Solicitor at the Federal Court of Australia and Supreme Court of New South Wales, Australia.
He had previously practiced at Baker & McKenzie in Sydney and returned to Malaysia in 1993 to continue his practice at Zaid Ibrahim & Co. Dato’ Foong was made a partner in 1996 where he was subsequently appointed the Head of the Corporate & Commercial and Foreign Investment of Zaid Ibrahim & Co.
Dato’ Foong has been involved in structuring and executing major mergers and acquisitions, strategic alliances and joint ventures in various industry groups which comprise manufacturing, property, construction, telecommunications, food and newsprint industries.
He also advises local and foreign companies and investors on a wide variety of corporate matters including foreign investments, regulatory compliance, joint ventures and acquisitions of Malaysian businesses.
In 1999, Dato’ Foong had published his first publication titled “Guide to mergers and acquisition in Asia” and be an author of the chapter on “Partnership” and “Franchising” in the Malaysia Precedents and Forms, Commercial Precedents in 2002.
Malaysian, 48
(Independent Non-Executive Director, Member of the Audit Committee, Risk Management Committee, Nominating Committee and Remuneration Committee)
Mr. Tan Chong Hin was appointed to the Board of Pacific & Orient Insurance Co. Berhad on 3 January 2023.
He graduated with a First Class Honours in Bachelor of Engineering (Electronic Engineering) from the University of Hull as a Wilberforce Scholar in 1998, and completed his Postgraduate Diploma in Economics at the University of Cambridge, as a British Chevening Scholar in 1999. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) since 2003, and the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA) since 2022.
He had spent over 20 years working for various financial services institutions in London, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore specialising in real estate, corporate finance and advisory.
He currently sits on the board of several public and private limited companies.
2015: 8
2016: 7
2017: 6
2018: 6
2019: 6
2020: 6
2021: 8
Malaysian, 69
(Independent Non-Executive Director; Chairman of the Audit Committee and Remuneration Committee, Member of the Risk Management Committee and Nominating Committee)
Mr. Lim Tian Huat 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 and its current council member.
Mr. Lim has over 40 years of experience in assurance, corporate advisory, restructuring and insolvency. Mr. Lim founded Lim Tian Huat & Co. and Andersen Group of Companies in 2010 and Rodgers Reidy & Co. 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.
Mr. Lim currently serves as Managing Partner of Lim Tian Huat & Co., Rodgers Reidy & Co. and Managing Director of Andersen Group of Companies. He sits on the boards of Anglo-Eastern Plantation PLC and Majuperak Holdings Berhad as a Senior Independent Director, PLUS Malaysia Berhad as an Independent Director besides holding directorships in several private limited companies.
Malaysian, 62
(Chairman of the Board, Independent Non-Executive Director; Member of the Audit Committee, Risk Management Committee, Nominating Committee and Remuneration Committee)
Dato’ Dr. Zaha Rina joined the Board in May 2012. She received her Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Accounting and Finance from Leeds Metropolitan University, United Kingdom (“UK”) and Master in Business Administration from University of Hull, UK. She also holds a Doctorate in Business Administration from University of Hull, focusing on capital markets research and specialising in derivatives.
Dato’ Dr. Zaha Rina 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 Coutts in Singapore from August 2007 to May 2008. Dato’ Dr. Zaha Rina has 33 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. She 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, and then as the Chief Operating Officer of Kuala Lumpur Options and Financial Futures Exchange (“KLOFFE”) in 2001.
She was instrumental in the merger of COMMEX and KLOFFE which ultimately led to the creation of Malaysian Derivatives Exchange (“MDEX”) and the subsequent appointment of Chief Operating Officer of MDEX in June 2001. Dato’ Dr. Zaha Rina was then appointed Head of Exchanges, managing the operations of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad (“Bursa Securities”), Malaysian Exchange of Securities Dealings & Automated Quotation, MDEX and Labuan International Financial Exchanges in September 2003 prior to Bursa Securities’ demutualisation. She was previously a member of the Market Participations Committee of Bursa Securities.
Dato’ Dr. Zaha Rina was a Director of Zurich Insurance Malaysia Berhad prior to being appointed Chairman of Manulife Holdings Berhad in December 2013. Currently, she sits on the board of Hibiscus Petroleum Berhad, Keck Seng (Malaysia) Berhad and IGB Berhad besides holding directorships in several private limited companies. She is also the Chairman of Pacific & Orient Insurance Co. Berhad and Chairman of Mizuho Bank (Malaysia) 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.
South African, 46
(Non-Independent Non-Executive Director; Member of the Audit Committee, Risk Management Committee, Nominating Committee and Remuneration Committee)
Mr. Prasheem Seebran joined 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, 66
(Independent Non-Executive Director; Chairman of the Nominating Committee, Member of the Audit Committee, Risk Management Committee and Remuneration Committee)
Dr. Loh joined the Board on 1 July 2019.
Presently he sits on the boards of Malaysia Building Society Berhad, Pacific & Orient Insurance Co. Berhad and WTK Holdings Berhad.
Prior to that, he had accumulated more than 35 years of experience in banking with a few commercial and investment banks, and later served on the boards of Asian Finance Bank Berhad, MBSB Bank Berhad, YKGI Holdings Berhad and Transnational Insurance Brokers (M) Sdn. Bhd. He has also served as the Chairman of Rating Committee at MARC Ratings Berhad and was a Member of the Board Risk Committee of a State Economic Agency in Sarawak.
He holds a doctorate from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia and is also an Advanced Management Program graduate from The Wharton School, at the University of Pennsylvania, USA. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Corporate Directors Malaysia (ICDM).
Malaysian, 57
(Independent Non-Executive Director, Chairman of the Risk Management Committee, Member of the Audit Committee, Nominating Committee and Remuneration Committee)
Dato’ Foong Chee Meng was appointed as an Independent Director of Pacific & Orient Insurance Co. Berhad on 1 September 2022.
Dato’ Foong holds a Bachelor of Economics, Bachelor of Law and Masters of Law from the University of Sydney, Australia.
Dato’ Foong has more than 25 years of experience in legal practice and is currently a Managing Partner of a niche corporate boutique law firm, Foong & Partners which he set up in 2003. Aside from being an Advocate & Solicitor at High Court of Malaya, he is also a practicing Advocate & Solicitor at the Federal Court of Australia and Supreme Court of New South Wales, Australia.
He had previously practiced at Baker & McKenzie in Sydney and returned to Malaysia in 1993 to continue his practice at Zaid Ibrahim & Co. Dato’ Foong was made a partner in 1996 where he was subsequently appointed the Head of the Corporate & Commercial and Foreign Investment of Zaid Ibrahim & Co.
Dato’ Foong has been involved in structuring and executing major mergers and acquisitions, strategic alliances and joint ventures in various industry groups which comprise manufacturing, property, construction, telecommunications, food and newsprint industries.
He also advises local and foreign companies and investors on a wide variety of corporate matters including foreign investments, regulatory compliance, joint ventures and acquisitions of Malaysian businesses.
In 1999, Dato’ Foong had published his first publication titled “Guide to mergers and acquisition in Asia” and be an author of the chapter on “Partnership” and “Franchising” in the Malaysia Precedents and Forms, Commercial Precedents in 2002.
Malaysian, 48
(Independent Non-Executive Director, Member of the Audit Committee, Risk Management Committee, Nominating Committee and Remuneration Committee)
Mr. Tan Chong Hin was appointed to the Board of Pacific & Orient Insurance Co. Berhad on 3 January 2023.
He graduated with a First Class Honours in Bachelor of Engineering (Electronic Engineering) from the University of Hull as a Wilberforce Scholar in 1998, and completed his Postgraduate Diploma in Economics at the University of Cambridge, as a British Chevening Scholar in 1999. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) since 2003, and the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA) since 2022.
He had spent over 20 years working for various financial services institutions in London, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore specialising in real estate, corporate finance and advisory.
He currently sits on the board of several public and private limited companies.
2015: 4
2016: 4
2017: 4
2018: 4
2019: 4
2020: 4
2021: 4
Malaysian, 57
(Independent Non-Executive Director, Chairman of the Risk Management Committee, Member of the Audit Committee, Nominating Committee and Remuneration Committee)
Dato’ Foong Chee Meng was appointed as an Independent Director of Pacific & Orient Insurance Co. Berhad on 1 September 2022.
Dato’ Foong holds a Bachelor of Economics, Bachelor of Law and Masters of Law from the University of Sydney, Australia.
Dato’ Foong has more than 25 years of experience in legal practice and is currently a Managing Partner of a niche corporate boutique law firm, Foong & Partners which he set up in 2003. Aside from being an Advocate & Solicitor at High Court of Malaya, he is also a practicing Advocate & Solicitor at the Federal Court of Australia and Supreme Court of New South Wales, Australia.
He had previously practiced at Baker & McKenzie in Sydney and returned to Malaysia in 1993 to continue his practice at Zaid Ibrahim & Co. Dato’ Foong was made a partner in 1996 where he was subsequently appointed the Head of the Corporate & Commercial and Foreign Investment of Zaid Ibrahim & Co.
Dato’ Foong has been involved in structuring and executing major mergers and acquisitions, strategic alliances and joint ventures in various industry groups which comprise manufacturing, property, construction, telecommunications, food and newsprint industries.
He also advises local and foreign companies and investors on a wide variety of corporate matters including foreign investments, regulatory compliance, joint ventures and acquisitions of Malaysian businesses.
In 1999, Dato’ Foong had published his first publication titled “Guide to mergers and acquisition in Asia” and be an author of the chapter on “Partnership” and “Franchising” in the Malaysia Precedents and Forms, Commercial Precedents in 2002.
Malaysian, 66
(Independent Non-Executive Director; Chairman of the Nominating Committee, Member of the Audit Committee, Risk Management Committee and Remuneration Committee)
Dr. Loh joined the Board on 1 July 2019.
Presently he sits on the boards of Malaysia Building Society Berhad, Pacific & Orient Insurance Co. Berhad and WTK Holdings Berhad.
Prior to that, he had accumulated more than 35 years of experience in banking with a few commercial and investment banks, and later served on the boards of Asian Finance Bank Berhad, MBSB Bank Berhad, YKGI Holdings Berhad and Transnational Insurance Brokers (M) Sdn. Bhd. He has also served as the Chairman of Rating Committee at MARC Ratings Berhad and was a Member of the Board Risk Committee of a State Economic Agency in Sarawak.
He holds a doctorate from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia and is also an Advanced Management Program graduate from The Wharton School, at the University of Pennsylvania, USA. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Corporate Directors Malaysia (ICDM).
South African, 46
(Non-Independent Non-Executive Director; Member of the Audit Committee, Risk Management Committee, Nominating Committee and Remuneration Committee)
Mr. Prasheem Seebran joined 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, 62
(Chairman of the Board, Independent Non-Executive Director; Member of the Audit Committee, Risk Management Committee, Nominating Committee and Remuneration Committee)
Dato’ Dr. Zaha Rina joined the Board in May 2012. She received her Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Accounting and Finance from Leeds Metropolitan University, United Kingdom (“UK”) and Master in Business Administration from University of Hull, UK. She also holds a Doctorate in Business Administration from University of Hull, focusing on capital markets research and specialising in derivatives.
Dato’ Dr. Zaha Rina 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 Coutts in Singapore from August 2007 to May 2008. Dato’ Dr. Zaha Rina has 33 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. She 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, and then as the Chief Operating Officer of Kuala Lumpur Options and Financial Futures Exchange (“KLOFFE”) in 2001.
She was instrumental in the merger of COMMEX and KLOFFE which ultimately led to the creation of Malaysian Derivatives Exchange (“MDEX”) and the subsequent appointment of Chief Operating Officer of MDEX in June 2001. Dato’ Dr. Zaha Rina was then appointed Head of Exchanges, managing the operations of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad (“Bursa Securities”), Malaysian Exchange of Securities Dealings & Automated Quotation, MDEX and Labuan International Financial Exchanges in September 2003 prior to Bursa Securities’ demutualisation. She was previously a member of the Market Participations Committee of Bursa Securities.
Dato’ Dr. Zaha Rina was a Director of Zurich Insurance Malaysia Berhad prior to being appointed Chairman of Manulife Holdings Berhad in December 2013. Currently, she sits on the board of Hibiscus Petroleum Berhad, Keck Seng (Malaysia) Berhad and IGB Berhad besides holding directorships in several private limited companies. She is also the Chairman of Pacific & Orient Insurance Co. Berhad and Chairman of Mizuho Bank (Malaysia) 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.
Malaysian, 69
(Independent Non-Executive Director; Chairman of the Audit Committee and Remuneration Committee, Member of the Risk Management Committee and Nominating Committee)
Mr. Lim Tian Huat 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 and its current council member.
Mr. Lim has over 40 years of experience in assurance, corporate advisory, restructuring and insolvency. Mr. Lim founded Lim Tian Huat & Co. and Andersen Group of Companies in 2010 and Rodgers Reidy & Co. 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.
Mr. Lim currently serves as Managing Partner of Lim Tian Huat & Co., Rodgers Reidy & Co. and Managing Director of Andersen Group of Companies. He sits on the boards of Anglo-Eastern Plantation PLC and Majuperak Holdings Berhad as a Senior Independent Director, PLUS Malaysia Berhad as an Independent Director besides holding directorships in several private limited companies.
Malaysian, 48
(Independent Non-Executive Director, Member of the Audit Committee, Risk Management Committee, Nominating Committee and Remuneration Committee)
Mr. Tan Chong Hin was appointed to the Board of Pacific & Orient Insurance Co. Berhad on 3 January 2023.
He graduated with a First Class Honours in Bachelor of Engineering (Electronic Engineering) from the University of Hull as a Wilberforce Scholar in 1998, and completed his Postgraduate Diploma in Economics at the University of Cambridge, as a British Chevening Scholar in 1999. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) since 2003, and the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA) since 2022.
He had spent over 20 years working for various financial services institutions in London, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore specialising in real estate, corporate finance and advisory.
He currently sits on the board of several public and private limited companies.
2015: 5
2016: 4
2017: 4
2018: 6
2019: 5
2020: 6
2021: 5
Malaysian, 66
(Independent Non-Executive Director; Chairman of the Nominating Committee, Member of the Audit Committee, Risk Management Committee and Remuneration Committee)
Dr. Loh joined the Board on 1 July 2019.
Presently he sits on the boards of Malaysia Building Society Berhad, Pacific & Orient Insurance Co. Berhad and WTK Holdings Berhad.
Prior to that, he had accumulated more than 35 years of experience in banking with a few commercial and investment banks, and later served on the boards of Asian Finance Bank Berhad, MBSB Bank Berhad, YKGI Holdings Berhad and Transnational Insurance Brokers (M) Sdn. Bhd. He has also served as the Chairman of Rating Committee at MARC Ratings Berhad and was a Member of the Board Risk Committee of a State Economic Agency in Sarawak.
He holds a doctorate from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia and is also an Advanced Management Program 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
(Executive Director; Member of the Nominating Committee)
Mr. Chan Thye Seng joined 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.
Mr. Chan is the Managing Director and the Chief Executive Officer of POB. He also sits on the board 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 Directors 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, 46
(Non-Independent Non-Executive Director; Member of the Audit Committee, Risk Management Committee, Nominating Committee and Remuneration Committee)
Mr. Prasheem Seebran joined 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, 62
(Chairman of the Board, Independent Non-Executive Director; Member of the Audit Committee, Risk Management Committee, Nominating Committee and Remuneration Committee)
Dato’ Dr. Zaha Rina joined the Board in May 2012. She received her Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Accounting and Finance from Leeds Metropolitan University, United Kingdom (“UK”) and Master in Business Administration from University of Hull, UK. She also holds a Doctorate in Business Administration from University of Hull, focusing on capital markets research and specialising in derivatives.
Dato’ Dr. Zaha Rina 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 Coutts in Singapore from August 2007 to May 2008. Dato’ Dr. Zaha Rina has 33 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. She 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, and then as the Chief Operating Officer of Kuala Lumpur Options and Financial Futures Exchange (“KLOFFE”) in 2001.
She was instrumental in the merger of COMMEX and KLOFFE which ultimately led to the creation of Malaysian Derivatives Exchange (“MDEX”) and the subsequent appointment of Chief Operating Officer of MDEX in June 2001. Dato’ Dr. Zaha Rina was then appointed Head of Exchanges, managing the operations of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad (“Bursa Securities”), Malaysian Exchange of Securities Dealings & Automated Quotation, MDEX and Labuan International Financial Exchanges in September 2003 prior to Bursa Securities’ demutualisation. She was previously a member of the Market Participations Committee of Bursa Securities.
Dato’ Dr. Zaha Rina was a Director of Zurich Insurance Malaysia Berhad prior to being appointed Chairman of Manulife Holdings Berhad in December 2013. Currently, she sits on the board of Hibiscus Petroleum Berhad, Keck Seng (Malaysia) Berhad and IGB Berhad besides holding directorships in several private limited companies. She is also the Chairman of Pacific & Orient Insurance Co. Berhad and Chairman of Mizuho Bank (Malaysia) 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.
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(Independent Non-Executive Director; Chairman of the Audit Committee and Remuneration Committee, Member of the Risk Management Committee and Nominating Committee)
Mr. Lim Tian Huat 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 and its current council member.
Mr. Lim has over 40 years of experience in assurance, corporate advisory, restructuring and insolvency. Mr. Lim founded Lim Tian Huat & Co. and Andersen Group of Companies in 2010 and Rodgers Reidy & Co. 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.
Mr. Lim currently serves as Managing Partner of Lim Tian Huat & Co., Rodgers Reidy & Co. and Managing Director of Andersen Group of Companies. He sits on the boards of Anglo-Eastern Plantation PLC and Majuperak Holdings Berhad as a Senior Independent Director, PLUS Malaysia Berhad as an Independent Director besides holding directorships in several private limited companies.
Malaysian, 57
(Independent Non-Executive Director, Chairman of the Risk Management Committee, Member of the Audit Committee, Nominating Committee and Remuneration Committee)
Dato’ Foong Chee Meng was appointed as an Independent Director of Pacific & Orient Insurance Co. Berhad on 1 September 2022.
Dato’ Foong holds a Bachelor of Economics, Bachelor of Law and Masters of Law from the University of Sydney, Australia.
Dato’ Foong has more than 25 years of experience in legal practice and is currently a Managing Partner of a niche corporate boutique law firm, Foong & Partners which he set up in 2003. Aside from being an Advocate & Solicitor at High Court of Malaya, he is also a practicing Advocate & Solicitor at the Federal Court of Australia and Supreme Court of New South Wales, Australia.
He had previously practiced at Baker & McKenzie in Sydney and returned to Malaysia in 1993 to continue his practice at Zaid Ibrahim & Co. Dato’ Foong was made a partner in 1996 where he was subsequently appointed the Head of the Corporate & Commercial and Foreign Investment of Zaid Ibrahim & Co.
Dato’ Foong has been involved in structuring and executing major mergers and acquisitions, strategic alliances and joint ventures in various industry groups which comprise manufacturing, property, construction, telecommunications, food and newsprint industries.
He also advises local and foreign companies and investors on a wide variety of corporate matters including foreign investments, regulatory compliance, joint ventures and acquisitions of Malaysian businesses.
In 1999, Dato’ Foong had published his first publication titled “Guide to mergers and acquisition in Asia” and be an author of the chapter on “Partnership” and “Franchising” in the Malaysia Precedents and Forms, Commercial Precedents in 2002.
Malaysian, 48
(Independent Non-Executive Director, Member of the Audit Committee, Risk Management Committee, Nominating Committee and Remuneration Committee)
Mr. Tan Chong Hin was appointed to the Board of Pacific & Orient Insurance Co. Berhad on 3 January 2023.
He graduated with a First Class Honours in Bachelor of Engineering (Electronic Engineering) from the University of Hull as a Wilberforce Scholar in 1998, and completed his Postgraduate Diploma in Economics at the University of Cambridge, as a British Chevening Scholar in 1999. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) since 2003, and the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA) since 2022.
He had spent over 20 years working for various financial services institutions in London, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore specialising in real estate, corporate finance and advisory.
He currently sits on the board of several public and private limited companies.
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Malaysian, 69
(Independent Non-Executive Director; Chairman of the Audit Committee and Remuneration Committee, Member of the Risk Management Committee and Nominating Committee)
Mr. Lim Tian Huat 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 and its current council member.
Mr. Lim has over 40 years of experience in assurance, corporate advisory, restructuring and insolvency. Mr. Lim founded Lim Tian Huat & Co. and Andersen Group of Companies in 2010 and Rodgers Reidy & Co. 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.
Mr. Lim currently serves as Managing Partner of Lim Tian Huat & Co., Rodgers Reidy & Co. and Managing Director of Andersen Group of Companies. He sits on the boards of Anglo-Eastern Plantation PLC and Majuperak Holdings Berhad as a Senior Independent Director, PLUS Malaysia Berhad as an Independent Director besides holding directorships in several private limited companies.
Malaysian, 62
(Chairman of the Board, Independent Non-Executive Director; Member of the Audit Committee, Risk Management Committee, Nominating Committee and Remuneration Committee)
Dato’ Dr. Zaha Rina joined the Board in May 2012. She received her Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Accounting and Finance from Leeds Metropolitan University, United Kingdom (“UK”) and Master in Business Administration from University of Hull, UK. She also holds a Doctorate in Business Administration from University of Hull, focusing on capital markets research and specialising in derivatives.
Dato’ Dr. Zaha Rina 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 Coutts in Singapore from August 2007 to May 2008. Dato’ Dr. Zaha Rina has 33 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. She 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, and then as the Chief Operating Officer of Kuala Lumpur Options and Financial Futures Exchange (“KLOFFE”) in 2001.
She was instrumental in the merger of COMMEX and KLOFFE which ultimately led to the creation of Malaysian Derivatives Exchange (“MDEX”) and the subsequent appointment of Chief Operating Officer of MDEX in June 2001. Dato’ Dr. Zaha Rina was then appointed Head of Exchanges, managing the operations of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad (“Bursa Securities”), Malaysian Exchange of Securities Dealings & Automated Quotation, MDEX and Labuan International Financial Exchanges in September 2003 prior to Bursa Securities’ demutualisation. She was previously a member of the Market Participations Committee of Bursa Securities.
Dato’ Dr. Zaha Rina was a Director of Zurich Insurance Malaysia Berhad prior to being appointed Chairman of Manulife Holdings Berhad in December 2013. Currently, she sits on the board of Hibiscus Petroleum Berhad, Keck Seng (Malaysia) Berhad and IGB Berhad besides holding directorships in several private limited companies. She is also the Chairman of Pacific & Orient Insurance Co. Berhad and Chairman of Mizuho Bank (Malaysia) 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.
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(Non-Independent Non-Executive Director; Member of the Audit Committee, Risk Management Committee, Nominating Committee and Remuneration Committee)
Mr. Prasheem Seebran joined 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, 66
(Independent Non-Executive Director; Chairman of the Nominating Committee, Member of the Audit Committee, Risk Management Committee and Remuneration Committee)
Dr. Loh joined the Board on 1 July 2019.
Presently he sits on the boards of Malaysia Building Society Berhad, Pacific & Orient Insurance Co. Berhad and WTK Holdings Berhad.
Prior to that, he had accumulated more than 35 years of experience in banking with a few commercial and investment banks, and later served on the boards of Asian Finance Bank Berhad, MBSB Bank Berhad, YKGI Holdings Berhad and Transnational Insurance Brokers (M) Sdn. Bhd. He has also served as the Chairman of Rating Committee at MARC Ratings Berhad and was a Member of the Board Risk Committee of a State Economic Agency in Sarawak.
He holds a doctorate from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia and is also an Advanced Management Program graduate from The Wharton School, at the University of Pennsylvania, USA. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Corporate Directors Malaysia (ICDM).
Malaysian, 57
(Independent Non-Executive Director, Chairman of the Risk Management Committee, Member of the Audit Committee, Nominating Committee and Remuneration Committee)
Dato’ Foong Chee Meng was appointed as an Independent Director of Pacific & Orient Insurance Co. Berhad on 1 September 2022.
Dato’ Foong holds a Bachelor of Economics, Bachelor of Law and Masters of Law from the University of Sydney, Australia.
Dato’ Foong has more than 25 years of experience in legal practice and is currently a Managing Partner of a niche corporate boutique law firm, Foong & Partners which he set up in 2003. Aside from being an Advocate & Solicitor at High Court of Malaya, he is also a practicing Advocate & Solicitor at the Federal Court of Australia and Supreme Court of New South Wales, Australia.
He had previously practiced at Baker & McKenzie in Sydney and returned to Malaysia in 1993 to continue his practice at Zaid Ibrahim & Co. Dato’ Foong was made a partner in 1996 where he was subsequently appointed the Head of the Corporate & Commercial and Foreign Investment of Zaid Ibrahim & Co.
Dato’ Foong has been involved in structuring and executing major mergers and acquisitions, strategic alliances and joint ventures in various industry groups which comprise manufacturing, property, construction, telecommunications, food and newsprint industries.
He also advises local and foreign companies and investors on a wide variety of corporate matters including foreign investments, regulatory compliance, joint ventures and acquisitions of Malaysian businesses.
In 1999, Dato’ Foong had published his first publication titled “Guide to mergers and acquisition in Asia” and be an author of the chapter on “Partnership” and “Franchising” in the Malaysia Precedents and Forms, Commercial Precedents in 2002.
Malaysian, 48
(Independent Non-Executive Director, Member of the Audit Committee, Risk Management Committee, Nominating Committee and Remuneration Committee)
Mr. Tan Chong Hin was appointed to the Board of Pacific & Orient Insurance Co. Berhad on 3 January 2023.
He graduated with a First Class Honours in Bachelor of Engineering (Electronic Engineering) from the University of Hull as a Wilberforce Scholar in 1998, and completed his Postgraduate Diploma in Economics at the University of Cambridge, as a British Chevening Scholar in 1999. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) since 2003, and the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA) since 2022.
He had spent over 20 years working for various financial services institutions in London, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore specialising in real estate, corporate finance and advisory.
He currently sits on the board of several public and private limited companies.
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