Dato’ Sri Abdul Wahid Omar – Age 47
President & CEO

 

Dato’ Sri Abdul Wahid Omar has helmed Maybank Group as its President & CEO since May 2008.
 

Experience
Dato’ Sri Abdul Wahid has extensive track record in corporate and financial management beginning with Bumiputra Merchant Bankers Berhad from January 1988 to April 1991, Kumpulan FIMA Berhad from April 1991 to August 1994 and Amanah Capital Group from August 1994 to February 2001. He also served as Chief Financial Officer of Telekom Malaysia Berhad from March to September 2001 before his appointment as Managing Director/CEO of UEM Group (and subsequently as Executive Vice Chairman of PLUS Expressways Berhad) from October 2001 to June 2004. Dato’ Sri Wahid returned to Telekom Malaysia as its Group CEO in July 2004 and helmed the Group until its demerger excercise in April 2008.
 

Responsibility
Dato’ Sri Abdul Wahid is responsible for driving the overall management and growth of the Group.
 

Qualification
Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, United Kingdom. Chartered Member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants.
 

Committee Membership/Appointments
Dato’ Sri Abdul Wahid is a Board member of Mayban Ageas Holdings Berhad, Maybank Investment Bank Berhad and PT Bank Internasional Indonesia Tbk. He is also the Chairman of the Association of Banks in Malaysia and Malaysian Electronic Payment System Sdn Bhd, as well as a Director of Cagamas Holdings Berhad. In addition to that, he is also the Vice Chairman of Institute of Banks in Malaysia and member of the Investment Panels of Kumpulan Wang Persaraan and Lembaga Tabung Haji.

 

 

 

Dato' Khairussaleh Ramli – Age 43
Deputy President &
Group Chief Financial Officer
 

 

 

Khairussaleh Ramli became Group Chief Financial Officer of Maybank Group in November 2008.

Experience

Prior to joining Maybank, Khairussaleh served Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM) for about two years. His last position there was as Group Chief Strategy Officer where he was responsible for the overall group strategy, business development and corporate finance, and the strategic management of a portfolio of subsidiaries. He sat on the Boards of VADS Berhad and Measat Global Berhad. He was also the Project Director for the demerger exercise of the TM Group.

Khairussaleh spent eight years with Bursa Malaysia Berhad from 1998 to 2006, holding various positions before rising to the position of Chief Financial Officer in 2004. He was a key team member in the consolidation of exchanges and clearing houses, the Joint Project Director for the exchange demutualisation exercise and led the IPO and listing of Bursa Malaysia on the exchange. Khairussaleh served the Public Bank Group for seven years from 1990 to 1997, gaining experience in corporate banking, stock broking and research and futures broking. His last position in the group was Executive Director of PB Futures Sdn Bhd.

Khairussaleh was voted Malaysia’s CFO of the Year for the second consecutive time in a poll conducted by Finance Asia in 2011.

Responsibility
Khairussaleh is responsible for the Group’s financial, capital and funding management. He oversees Finance & Treasury Operations, Management Reporting & Business Planning, Strategy & Corporate Finance, Central Funding, Enterprise Information Management, Corporate Remedial Management, Strategic Procurement and Property and Security.

Qualification
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Washington University, USA.
 

Committee Membership/Appointments
Nil.

 

 

 

Lim Hong Tat – Age 52
Deputy President
Head, Community Financial Services

 

Lim Hong Tat is the Deputy President and Head of Community Financial Services.
 

Experience
Being a Maybank scholar, he joined the bank upon graduation in 1981. He has 30 years of experience covering all aspects of banking, having managed branches, regional banking, credit cards and international banking operations including holding senior management positions as Director/President and CEO of Maybank Philippines Inc, Head of International Banking and Head of Consumer Banking in Maybank Group.
 

Responsibility
As Head of Community Financial Services, he is responsible for the overall management and performance of the Bank’s SME, Business Banking and Consumer segments as well as sales and distribution. This covers community banking, product innovation and industrialisation, customer segmentation, virtual banking, wealth management and payment services, sales and distribution and business strategy, planning and development.

Qualification
Bachelor of Economics (Business Administration) (Hons), University of Malaya. Diploma in Marketing & Selling Bank Services, International Management Centre.
 

Committee Membership/Appointments
He is the Chairman of FPX Gateway Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of MEPS and a Director of Credit Bureau Malaysia Sdn Bhd.

 

 

 

Abdul Farid Alias – Age 43
Deputy President &
Head, Global Wholesale Banking

 

Abdul Farid Alias was appointed as Deputy President & Head, Global Wholesale Banking of Maybank Group on 1 July 2010.

Experience
Farid has over 20 years of experience in investment banking and capital markets, having served with various merchant and investment banks such Aseambankers Malaysia Berhad from 1992 to 1994, Schroders from 1994 to 1995, Malaysia International Merchant Bankers Berhad from 1996 to 1997, and JPMorgan from 1997 to 2005. He was attached to Khazanah Nasional Berhad from 2005 to 2008 as Director of Investments. In Khazanah, he sat on the Board of Commissioners/Directors of several publicly listed companies. These include PT Bank Lippo Tbk, PT Excelcomindo Pratama Tbk, UEM World Berhad, PLUS Expressways Berhad and UEM Builders Berhad. He also sat on the Boards of MCB Bank Limited and An Bin Bank as a nominee of Maybank until 2010.
 

Responsibility
His areas of responsibility comprise of corporate banking, investment banking, transaction banking, client coverage, and global markets, which form the businesses under Global Wholesale Banking. In addition to that he is also responsible for international business.
 

Qualification
Bachelor of Science in Accounting, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, USA. Masters in Business Administration, Finance, Denver University, USA.
 

Committee Membership/Appointments
He is currently a member of the Boards of Directors of Maybank Investment Bank Berhad, Maybank Philippines Incorporated, Maybank International Labuan Limited and Kim Eng Holdings Ltd. He is the Chairperson for the Permanent Committee on ASEAN Inter-Regional Relations, ASEAN Banking Council (ABC) and is a member of the ABA Policy Advocacy Committee of the Asian Bankers Association. Recently, he was appointed as a member of the Malaysia – Pakistan Business Council.

 

 

Dr. John Lee Hin Hock – Age 45
Group Chief Risk Officer

 

Dr. Lee is appointed as Group Chief Risk Officer since January 2011.

 

Experience
Dr. Lee was previously with Amanah Merchant Bank and the Kuala Lumpur Options and Financial Futures Exchange (KLOFFE). Prior to his appointment in Maybank, he served in financial services consulting and advisory, where he was a partner with KPMG Business Advisory for the past 13 years, assisting numerous financial institutions across the Asia Pacific markets. He has in-depth financial industry and risk management expertise with a specialisation in Islamic finance, business strategy, risk management and performance management, which will be an asset to the Maybank Group, in particular embedding international standard risk practices across the Maybank Group.
 

Responsibility
Dr. Lee is responsible for credit and risk management across the Group.
 

Qualification
Bachelor of Economics, Monash University, Australia. Doctorate of Philosophy in Economics, Monash University, Australia. Fellow Certified Practicing Accountant of the Australian Society of CPAs. Member of the American Finance Association, Econometrics Society and Society of Financial Studies.
 

Committee Membership/Appointments
Dr. Lee was the Malaysian representative on the Risk Management Working Group and is currently a member of the Liquidity Risk Management Working Group of the Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB).

 

 

 

Michael Foong Seong Yew – Age 43
Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer

 

 

Michael Foong was appointed as Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer on 3 October 2011.

 

Experience
Prior to joining Maybank Group, Michael was Managing Director of the management consulting practice in Malaysia of Accenture, where he spent 17 years serving financial services clients throughout ASEAN and Asia-Pacific, primarily banks but also including insurance companies and stock exchanges. His responsibilities included corporate planning, devising group-wide and line-of-business strategies, operating models, business process reengineering, performance management frameworks, and ICT strategies. In the past 9 years he has focused on architecting and implementing large-scale multi-year transformation and change management programs for banks in Malaysia and Singapore.

Michael has also held various other management positions in Accenture. He co-managed Accenture’s Asia-Pacific Technology Ventures unit from 2000 to 2002, and after that Accenture’s Asia-Pacific Corporate Development office. Michael has worked throughout the Asia Pacific region and spent a number of years seconded to Accenture’s international offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Sydney, Singapore, Tokyo and Jakarta.
 

Responsibility
He is responsible for managing the Group’s transformation program across the region, and developing the group’s long-term strategic objectives. He also oversees the Corporate Development office covering merger integration and special projects, as well as the Methods and Systems unit covering business process improvement programs.
 

Qualification
Master of Arts in Economics and Management Studies from Cambridge University. Executive MBA (ABMP) from the Kellogg School of Management (1998) at Northwestern University.
 

Committee Membership/Appointments
Nil

 

 

Geoffrey Stecyk – Age 41
Head, Enterprise Transformation Services

 

Geoff Stecyk is the Head of Enterprise Transformation Services (ETS) since 1 July 2010.

Experience
He joined Maybank in November 2008 as Chief Transformation Officer leading the LEAP30 Performance Improvement Programme. Prior to joining Maybank, he was National Head of Bancassurance with American International Assurance (AIA) China from 2006 to 2008. Prior to that, he was Executive Vice President, Business Integration with Southern Bank Berhad from 2001 to 2004. He was involved in the transformation of the bank which covered all major areas of the retail and SME banking with an emphasis on driving immediate earnings growth to fund the structural transformation over the medium term.
 

Responsibility
He strategises, directs and drives the enterprise operations of the new House of Maybank having created a platform comprising Information Technology, Operations and Service Quality that supports the Group’s Transformation and long-term strategic objectives.
 

Qualification
Bachelor of Commerce (Marketing/Finance), University of Alberta, Canada.
 

Committee Membership/Appointments
Nil.

 

 

 

Nora Abd Manaf– Age 46
Head, Group Human Capital
 

 

Nora Abd Manaf has been the Head, Group Human Capital of Maybank Group since September 2008.

Experience
Prior to joining Maybank, she was with the Standard Chartered Group for over nine years, where her last held position was Head of Human Resources, Scope International, a subsidiary of Standard Chartered Group UK Plc. Her other roles in Standard Chartered Group included as EVP, Head Strategic Initiatives, PT Bank Permata in Indonesia prior to returning to Malaysia in 2008, a leadership development head role in London as well as roles in Standard Chartered Bank Malaysia and integration work in Hong Kong post Standard Chartered Bank’s acquisition of Chase Retail bank. Prior to Standard Chartered, Nora worked in diverse disciplines and industries ranging from semiconductor and telecommunications through to education and consulting as well as finance.
 

Responsibility
Nora’s responsibilities encompass direction setting for Group Human Capital and guiding Maybank’s People and Culture Transformation initiatives.
 

Qualification
Chartered Accountant, registered with Malaysian Institute of Accountants. Bachelor of Accounting, University Institute Technology MARA. Postgraduate Certificate in Human Resource Development from Cornell University, USA. Certified Trainer Gallup Strengths Level II Coach.
 

Committee Membership/Appointments
Nora is currently the Chairman of the Malayan Commercial Banks’ Association (MCBA) and Chairman of the Human Resource Management and Development Group (HRMDG). She is also a Council Member of the Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF). In 2010, Nora was appointed as Pakar Rujuk – Projek Blueprint (Academic High End Industrial Relations), Ministry of Higher Education. In May 2011, Nora was also appointed into the Mesyuarat Peringkat Tertinggi Malaysia’s National Policy on Women (Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development).

 

 

 

Tengku Dato’ Zafrul Tengku Abd Aziz – Age 38
Head, Investment Banking
Chief Executive Officer, Maybank Investment Bank Bhd

 

Tengku Dato’ Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Maybank Investment Bank in June 2010.
 

Experience
He has wide investment banking and corporate experience, having served in leadership positions in key institutions over the last 14 years. Prior to joining Maybank Investment Bank Bhd, Tengku Dato’ Zafrul was the Group Director of K & N Kenanga Holdings Berhad from January 2009 to June 2010, a board member of Kenanga Investment Bank Berhad from October 2009 to June 2010, Kenanga Capital Sdn Bhd from January 2009 to June 2010, and Capital Investment Bank (Labuan) Limited from (April 2009 – June 2010. He was appointed a Director of Credit Agricole in the early years of his career. He has also previously served as CEO of Tune Money Sdn Bhd, Head of Investment Banking in Citigroup Malaysia, Group Managing Director of ECM Avenue Berhad and CEO of Avenue Securities.
 

Responsibility
Tengku Dato’ Zafrul is responsible for driving Maybank Investment Bank to new heights.
 

Qualification
BSc (Hons) in Economics and Accounting Bristol University, United Kingdom. Master of Finance & Economics, Exeter University, United Kingdom.
 

Committee Membership/Appointments
Tengku Dato’ Zafrul is the Chairman of Leaders for Tomorrow, and Deputy President of the Kuala Lumpur Business Club. He is also a council member of the Malaysian Investment Banks Association (MIBA).

 

 

Muzaffar Hisham – Age 39
Head Islamic Banking
Chief Executive Officer, Maybank Islamic Berhad

 

Muzaffar Hisham is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Maybank Islamic Berhad effective 30 March 2011 and Head of the Group Islamic Banking Division.
 

Experience
Muzaffar, has collectively 16 years of experience in the banking and financial services. He started his career in Asian International Merchant Bankers Berhad in the Corporate Banking Division. He later joined Amanah Merchant Bank Berhad and Amanah Short Deposits Berhad where he was involved extensively in Corporate Debt and Financing businesses from debt syndication to advising on private debt securities. He was also involved in various debt and corporate restructuring exercises during the 1997 / 1998 financial crisis. During his tenure in CIMB Investment Bank and HSBC Amanah, he was involved in the investment banking business.

Prior to joining Maybank, he was the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of CIMB Islamic Bank Berhad. He was previously a member of the Board of Directors of CIMB Insurance Brokers Sdn Bhd.
 

Responsibility
He is responsible in managing and setting the various key strategies for the overall Group Islamic Banking business.
 

Qualification
Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Economics and Accounting, University of Bristol, United Kingdom.

Committee Membership/Appointments
Muzaffar is the Chairman, Standards Committee, Association of Islamic Banking Institutions Malaysia (AIBIM).

 

 

 

Hans De Cuyper – Age 42
Head, Insurance & Takaful
Chief Executive Officer of Mayban Ageas Holdings Berhad
 

 

 

Hans De Cuyper was appointed as the Head, Insurance & Takaful and Chief Executive Officer of Mayban Ageas Holdings Berhad (MAHB) on 7 April 2011.
 

Experience
Hans was previously the Chief Financial Officer of MAHB. With an experience spanning across 20 years in the insurance industry with 7 years in Asia, he has in-depth industry expertise and regional knowledge. Prior to assuming the position at Mayban Ageas Holdings Berhad, he was attached with Fortis Insurance International in Hong Kong as the Managing Director of Risk & Finance for Asia. He was also with ING Group for more than a decade holding various positions.
 

Responsibility
He is responsible for the growth of Insurance & Takaful and Asset Management pillar in the House of Maybank.
 

Qualification
Masters in Mathematics, Catholic University Louvain, Belgium. Masters in Actuarial Science, Catholic University Louvain, Belgium. Executive MBA in Financial Services Industry, Vlerick Management School.

Committee Membership/Appointments
He is a member of the Board of Directors of Mayban Ageas Holdings Bhd. and its subsidiaries which include Mayban Investment Management Sdn Bhd, Etiqa Insurance Berhad, Etiqa Overseas Investment Pte Ltd, Etiqa Life International (L) Ltd, Sri MLAB Berhad, Peram Ranum Berhad and Etiqa Takaful Berhad.

 

 

 

Pollie Sim Sio Hoong – Age 49
Chief Executive Officer, Maybank Singapore

 

Pollie Sim took the helm of Maybank Singapore in July 2006.
 

Experience
Pollie has more than 20 years of experience in the banking and financial industry and has held many senior positions within Maybank Group in Consumer Banking & Business Banking, Corporate Planning, Human Resources, Accounts & Finance and IT. She was instrumental in leading and developing Maybank’s consumer banking business in Singapore, which today accounts for about 50% of Maybank Singapore’s earnings. Prior to Maybank Singapore, Pollie was Chief Executive Officer of Mayban Finance (S) Ltd.

Responsibility
Pollie is responsible for driving the overall profitability and growth of Maybank Singapore.

Qualification
Diploma in Management Studies, Singapore Institute of Management. Master of Business Administration, Brunel University of West London, United Kingdom.
 

Committee Membership/Appointments
Her current key appointments include that of Director of Mayban Nominees (S) Pte Ltd, a subsidiary of Maybank, Director of Singapore Unit Trusts Ltd, Bosbury Pte Ltd, Sorak Financial Holdings Pte Ltd and Heartware Network. She is also a Council Member of the Association of Banks in Singapore and Chairman of the Singapore Unit Trust Investment Committee. Pollie also sits on the Executive Council of Employer Alliance (EA), a network of corporations committed to create an enabling work environment to enhance work life integration and best practices as a business strategy to manage talent and boost productivity.

 

 

Rahardja Alimhamzah – Age 45
Acting President Director PT Bank Internasional Indonesia Tbk

 

Bapak Rahardja Alimhamzah, also known as Pak Frans, has been Acting CEO of PT Bank Internasional Indonesia Tbk (BII), a Maybank subsidiary in Indonesia, since early July 2011.

Experience
Pak Frans is also BII’s Director of Corporate Banking. Prior to joining BII, Frans was the Director, Head of Corporate Banking and Investment Banking of PT Bank Rabobank International Indonesia since 2003 where he managed the Corporate Banking business, which includes Corporate Relationship Management, Structured Trade & Commodity Finance, Corporate Finance, Financial Institutions and Food & Agri Strategic Advisory. He was also actively involved in Rabobank Indonesia’s acquisition of two local banks in Indonesia as part of Rabobank Indonesia’s business growth strategy into Retail and Consumer segments. He was also with Bank Summa, Standard Chartered Bank, American Express Bank as well as Citibank where his last held position was Vice President in Corporate Banking and Remedial Management.
 

Responsibility
Pak Frans is responsible to oversee the banking operations and drive the overall growth of BII.
 

Qualification
Master of Accounting and Finance, University of Indonesia, Indonesia. Bachelor of Industrial Engineering, University of New South Wales, Australia.
 

Committee Membership/Appointments
Nil.