Nationality: Malaysian
Gender: Male
Age: 73
Dato’ Siow Kim Lun (“Dato’ Siow”) is the Independent Non-Executive Chairman of the Group. He was appointed to the Board on 7 August 2017 and is a member of the Audit and Risk Management Committee and Nomination and Remuneration Committee. He attended all five (5) Board meetings held during the financial year.
Dato’ Siow graduated with a degree in Bachelor of Economics (Honours) from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia in 1978, followed by a Master Degree in Business Administration from the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium in 1981. In 1997, he attended the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School in the United States.
Dato’ Siow has over 30 years of working experience in investment banking, corporate finance and securities market regulation. He started his career in investment banking with Malaysian International Merchant Bankers Berhad in 1981. He later joined Permata Chartered Merchant Corporate Bank Bhd (now known as Affin Hwang Investment Bank Berhad) as a Corporate Finance Manager in 1985. Between 1993 and 2006, he was with the Securities Commission Malaysia where he held several positions including the Director of its Issues and Investment Division and Market Supervision Division.
He is also an Independent Director of EITA Resources Berhad, Sunway Construction Group Berhad, RHB Investment Bank Berhad, Eco World International Berhad, Malaysian Trustees Berhad and RHB Trustees Berhad.