Chairman, appointed on 28 March 2018

Tan Sri Zarinah brings with her legal, corporate, and regulatory experience from the many years spent in the corporate sector and public service.

She is the former Chairman of the Securities Commission Malaysia (SC), a position she held for six years until her retirement in March 2012. She was before this, the SC’s Deputy Chief Executive from December 2001.

During her tenure at the SC, Tan Sri Zarinah had focussed efforts to establish a sound corporate governance culture amongst public listed companies, closing gaps and elevating standards by encouraging the integration of principles, ethics & values into the decision-making process as well as ensuring board diversity to promote inclusive growth. She served as Vice Chairman of the Emerging Markets Committee of the International Organisation of Securities Commissions and was a member of the Monitoring Board of the IFRS Foundation, established to enhance the public accountability of the Foundation. She also served two terms as Chairman of the ASEAN Capital Markets Forum, a network of capital market regulators established under the auspices of the ASEAN Finance Ministers Forum to promote the development of ASEAN capital markets. She was a member of the Board of Directors of Institut Integriti Malaysia from 2004 to 2012.

Tan Sri Zarinah began her career in the Malaysian legal and judicial service, where she served as a Magistrate, Senior Assistant Registrar of the Penang High Court, solicitor in the Public Trustee Department and in the Attorney General’s Chambers. She joined Shell Malaysia in 1979, where she spent 22 years in various capacities across the company’s business interests in Malaysia. She headed the legal, human resources, corporate affairs and HSE functions of Shell Malaysia and was an integral member of its business re-engineering team and oversaw Shell Malaysia’s organisational effectiveness function. Tan Sri Zarinah was also a member of the boards of directors of several Shell entities in Malaysia as well as the Group's Global Diversity Council. She retired as Deputy Chairman of Shell Malaysia in 2001 to join the SC.

Tan Sri Zarinah is currently a member of the Boards of Trustees of the Razak School of Government, Amanah Warisan Negara and the Jeffrey Cheah Foundation. She served on the board of trustees of Yayasan Hasanah from 2015 to 2022.

She is also a Pro-Chancellor of Universiti Teknologi MARA, Chairman of Universiti Malaya and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, United Kingdom.

She had also served as Chairman of Malaysia Debt Ventures Berhad, a director of PETRONAS and Permodalan Nasional Berhad, a member of the Academic Advisory Council of Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS and a member of the Advisory Board of the Emirates Securities and Commodities Authority.

An advocate of gender diversity, Tan Sri Zarinah is a Founding Chairman and Chairman of the Advisory Council of the 30% Club Malaysia Chapter, a business campaign to help drive higher women representation in leadership positions and on corporate boards.

Tan Sri Zarinah holds an LLB (Hons.) from Universiti Malaya.

Board of Director, appointed on 8 January 2018

Dato’ Seri Johan has over 35 years’ experience in auditing, accounting, business advisory and corporate governance.

Dato’ Seri Johan began his career with Robson Rhodes, Chartered Accountants in the United Kingdom from 1981 to 1990. He is a former Executive Chairman of PwC Malaysia. He worked in auditing and advisory for 10 years in London, and for 20 years in Kuala Lumpur. He retired from PwC in 2012.

Johan holds a Bachelor of Economics (Hons.) degree in Economics and Accountancy from the University of Hull, United Kingdom. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales (ICAEW), a member of the Malaysian Association of Certified Public Accountants (MICPA) and the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA). He was the President of the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants from 2011 to 2012. He is also an Eisenhower Fellow.

Johan is currently a director of Sime Darby Property Berhad and a board member of the Audit Oversight Board. He was previously a board member of two other companies listed on Bursa Malaysia, a statutory body, a government pension fund, and a charity organisation. He had served the government in several roles, including as Chairman of the Financial Reporting Foundation.

An advocate of gender diversity in the boardroom, Johan also works with the CEO Action Network and Climate Governance Malaysia and the ASEAN Climate Governance Network on the issue of Climate Change. He has been involved in Corporate Governance issues since 2000, when he assisted the Securities Commission with the roll-out of the first Malaysian Code on Corporate Governance.

Board of Director, appointed on 19 July 2017

Dato’ Aziz brings with him decades of experience in Business, Corporate and Human Capital Development.

He was the first CEO of the Malaysian Directors Academy (MINDA), a position he held for 7 years, from 2009 to 2016. He was responsible for developing and conducting Director Programmes and Board & Director Effectiveness Evaluation.

He was the Executive Vice-President of the HR Division in RHB Bank Berhad, from 2001 to 2004 and the Chief Human Capital Officer in Telekom Malaysia Berhad, from 2005 to 2009.

Dato’ Aziz spent 20 years in Shell Malaysia, holding senior positions in Internal & Computing Audit, Marketing Economics, Sales, Supply & Planning, and HR divisions. In 1991 to 2004 he oversaw Shell’s business interests in Hong Kong and China from the head office in London. Later, he was General Manager of HR and Transformation for ASEAN upon his return to Malaysia.

He currently sits on the boards of Affin Bank Berhad, ALKHAIR International Islamic Berhad and Merchantrade Asia Sdn Bhd. He chairs the Nomination & Remuneration Committee of all these companies.

Dato’ Aziz’s previous board positions were at INTRIA Berhad (now UEM Builders) as Managing Director, Costain Group Plc, Rangkaian Segar Sdn Bhd and FCW Holdings Berhad.

He is the recipient of the National HR Leader Award in 2007 by the Human Resources Ministry and Malaysian Institute of HR Management. He was a regular international speaker invited by the World Bank Group and OECD to deliver talks on director and board effectiveness.

Dato’ Aziz holds a Bachelor of Economics (Hons.) from Universiti Malaya. He is also an alumnus of the Royal Military College.

Board of Director, appointed on 19 July 2017

Salleh Hassan brings with him years of experience in corporate governance and professional education.

Salleh was the Director of Professional Standards & Qualifications with the Securities Industry Development Corporation (SIDC) from 2012 to 2019. He was also Director of Corporate Services from 2019 to 2020 before he resumed his original position until the present. He oversees initiatives and activities that lead towards strengthening the competency and capacity of professionals in the Malaysian capital market via the industry-wide competency framework (ICF), certification and qualification schemes.

As the subject matter expert on corporate governance, Salleh also leads in the development of curriculum, courses and industry insights initiatives. He was involved in a project to develop the ASEAN Corporate Governance Scorecard and thereafter, as the assessor of the Malaysian, Philippines and Vietnamese listed companies against the Scorecard. He also serves as an Associate and as a member of the adjudication committee for the corporate governance award by the Minority Shareholders Watchdog Group (MSWG).

Salleh served as a committee member of the Corporate Integrity System Malaysia initiative, the National Advisory Group for the Business Integrity Country Agenda (BICA) study by Transparency International (TI-Malaysia), the judging panel of the Malaysian Sustainability Reporting Award (MaSRA) organised by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA),  and the International Integrated Reporting Council Training Advisory Group.

He also advises corporations in their efforts to cultivate corporate governance culture and to develop effective sustainability reporting. He  regularly speaks on local and international platforms to directors and senior management of listed and unlisted companies, private and public sectors on corporate governance.

He was the Deputy Director of the Nottingham University Business School (Malaysia) between 2005 and 2009. He had published papers on financial reporting, accounting policy choice and corporate governance/sustainability issues and presented them at international conferences.

Salleh obtained a Bachelor of Business (First Class Hons.) in Accounting & Finance and a Master of Business (Accounting) from Edith Cowan University, Australia.

Board of Director, appointed on 15 May 2020

Maheswari Kanniah (Mahes), is an experienced Regulatory and Compliance professional with over 45 years of experience including senior management roles in the financial services sector. She has wide-raging exposures covering 22 years of Compliance, Regulatory, Governance, Ethics, Fraud Investigation and Risk Management functions in commercial bank, investment bank, securities broking, futures broking, asset management and private equity as well as 23 years of senior company secretarial functions of a listed company.

In her 45 years in the financial industry, Mahes has conducted various investigations in the capital market and anti-money laundering areas. This was also the reason why Mahes was instrumental in establishing KIBB’s corporate partnership with the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (“ACFE”), making KIBB the first company in Malaysia and Southeast Asia to partner with the ACFE. She has also been awarded the “Outstanding Achievement in Outreach and Community Service” by the ACFE in June 2023, being the first Asian to be conferred this Award. Mahes is also the first Malaysian to be elected to serve on the Board of Regents of the ACFE for the term 2024/6.

Mahes is currently the Executive Director/Group Chief Regulatory and Compliance Officer of Kenanga Investment Bank Berhad (“KIBB”). She serves on the Board of Institute of Corporate Directors Malaysia (“ICDM”) and is a Member of the Audit and Risk Management as well as the Membership Committees of ICDM and Chairman of its Members Disciplinary Committee. She also serves as a Member of the Risk Management Committee of University Malaya, Member of ACFE Malaysian Chapter’s Marketing Committee, Member of the Curriculum Review Committee of the Securities Industry Development Corporation, Member of the Membership Committee of The Malaysian Institute Of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (MAICSA) and Mentor for the Malaysia Australia Business Council. She was also the Assessor for the Institute of Integrity Malaysia for its annual Integrity and Governance award for 2023.

On the national and community front, Mahes was an active sportswoman. In the early 80s, Mahes captained the Malaysian Hockey Team at various international games and represented the country in athletics.

Mahes is a Life Fellow of ICDM, Fellow Chartered Secretary and Chartered Governance Professional of the Chartered Governance Institute, United Kingdom - FCIS (CS)(CGP) and the MAICSA. She is also a Certified Fraud Examiner (“CFE”) with the ACFE, US/Malaysia, a Chartered Banker, AICB/CBI (UK), a Certified Capital Market Professional – Compliance Advocate, a Certified Expert in ESG and Impact Investing from Frankfurt School of Finance & Management and a Honorary Member of the Director Members Community at Leadwomen.

Jasmine has over 25 years of experience in the financial services and technology sector and is dedicated to driving community growth and social impact. She is the co-founder at 3 different organisations reflecting her passions. She is engaged at EnGame, a dynamic game studio that pioneered in developing games for consumer engagement, EPIC Home which is aimed to build relationships between the urban and rural divide through the act of building homes for underprivileged communities, as well as, more recently at Women in Blockchain Asia (WIBA), which is established to foster growth of the blockchain industry by increasing the representation and profile of women in blockchain in Asia. Jasmine presently serves on the board of SMRT Berhad and has sat on the boards of Apex Equity Holdings Berhad and the Malaysia Crime Prevention Foundation. She was previously the Chief Revenue Officer of iPay88, the Chief Executive Officer of Razer Fintech, a subsidiary of Razer Inc., CEO of NEM Malaysia, a wholly owned subsidiary of NEM.io Foundation, and as, Head of Group Digital, Strategic Digital Alliances at Maybank Berhad. Jasmine holds a Masters in Science in Blockchain and Digital Currency from University of Nicosia, Cyprus and a Bachelor of Commerce in Finance & Marketing from Curtin University of Technology, Australia. 

Michele brings with her leadership and advisory experience on a wide spectrum of corporate governance and boardroom matters that includes board, committees and director effectiveness evaluation, competency development needs, remuneration and succession planning, legal and compliance, and corporate performance. Her passion in developing high-performing people has been the driving force in making her a forward-looking leader in the corporate sector.

Michele was Group Head, Corporate Secretarial and General Counsel for the last five years with IHH Healthcare Berhad, one of the largest listed healthcare providers globally. She oversaw legal, corporate secretarial and governance functions across several jurisdictions such as Singapore, Turkey, India, Asia Pacific, North Asia and the CEEMENA region while keeping watch on local matters. 

Some of the key areas she was instrumental on includes mergers and acquisitions, takeovers, joint ventures, corporate schemes, and operational matters. She was also on the Board of Directors on a subsidiary board and Chief Sustainability Officer in charge of sustainability reporting and practices for the Group. 

Prior to IHH, Michele spent six years from 2006 to 2012 at Malaysia’s national car manufacturer Proton Holdings Bhd where she held various positions in the Group Legal division, including Chief Legal Counsel. She was also board member of several Proton Holdings Berhad local and foreign subsidiaries and associated companies, member of the Group Management Committee, Management Audit Committee, Group Risk Management Committee, various project steering committees and task forces.

Upon leaving legal practice at Shook Lin & Bok where she specialised in the areas of banking, commercial/corporate, land and tort, Michele joined Pengurusan Danaharta Nasional Bhd in 1998 until 2005 as Assistant General Manager in its Legal Affairs and Risk Division. Here she oversaw negotiations in project conception, acquisitions of syndicated/bilateral domestic and foreign loans, club deals, share sale agreements, and risk participation agreements. 

Michele holds a LLB Hons degree from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK (1991) and is a Barrister-at-Law at Middle Temple, London, England. She has been an advocate and solicitor of the High Court of Malaya since October 1993. She completed the Senior Management Development Programme of Harvard Business School in 2009, Professionalism in Directorship Programme by Malaysian Alliance of Corporate Directors (MACD) in 2012 and the NAM Institute for the Empowerment of Women (NIEW) Women Directors’ Training Programme in 2014. Michele is also a licensed company secretary.