DIRECTORS

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.

He sits on the Boards of several public listed companies.

CHAN THYE SENG
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Chan joined the Board in March 1995. He had 13 years experience as a practising 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.

MICHAEL YEE KIM SHING
Independent Non-Executive 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 an independent non-executive direcetor and chairman of the audit committees of Pacific & Orient Insurance Co. Berhad and another public listed company.

Y.M. TUNKU DATO' MU'TAMIR TUNKU TAN SRI MOHAMED
Independent Non-Executive Director, Chairman of the Nominating Committee and the Remuneration Committee, member of the Audit Committee.
Y.M. 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. Y.M. 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.

Y.BHG. DATO' ABU HANIFAH BIN NOORDIN
Independent Non-Executive Director, member of the Audit Committee, the Nominating Committee and the Remuneration Committee.
Y.Bhg. Dato' Hanifah has been on the Board since June 1997. He graduated from University Malaya with an honours degree in Economics and subsequently qualified as a Chartered Accountant and a Certified Public Accountant. He was the Chairman and Managing Partner of Turquand Young & Co./Ernst & Whinney (now known as Ernst & Young) for 9 years. He was also the President of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants for 13 years and in that capacity served as a Board member of the International Accouting Standards Committee (IASC).

He is also an independent non-executive director of Pacific & Orient Insurance Co. Berhad and another public listed company.

DR ZAHA RINA ZAHARI
Independent Non-Executive Director
Dr Zaha Rina joined the Board in May 2012. Dr Zaha Rina received her BA (Hons) Accounting and Finance from Leeds UK, her MBA from Hull UK & holds a Doctorate in Business Administration, focusing on capital markets research & specialising in derivatives.

Dr Zaha Rina 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 Dr Zaha Rina was with Royal Bank of Scotland Group in Singapore from August 2007 to May 2008. Dr Zaha Rina has more than 20 years experience in the financial, commodities and securities industry & the development of the Malaysian Capital Market, which includes managing a futures broking company, & was Chief Executive Officer of RHB Securities Sdn Bhd, one of theb larger stock broking firms in Malaysia from 2004 to 2006. RHB is the 3rd largest Financial Services Group in Malaysia. She has previous Board appointments at the Commodity & Monetary Exchange of Malaysia (“COMMEX”) from 1993 to 1996, then as the Chief Operating Officer (“COO”) of Kuala Lumpur Options & Financial Futures Exchange (“KLOFFE”) in 2001.

Dr Zaha Rina was instrumental in the merger of COMMEX & KLOFFE which ultimately led to the creation of Malaysian Derivatives Exchange (“MDEX”) & the subsequent appointment as COO of MDEX in June 2001. Dr Zaha Rina was then appointed Head of Exchanges, managing the operations of KLSE, MESDAQ, MDEX & Labuan International Financial Exchanges (LFX) in September 2003 prior to KLSE’s (now known as Bursa Malaysia Securities Bhd) demutualisation. Dr Zaha Rina is also a regular speaker at many international conferences and forums.

Dr Zaha Rina is also a director of Zurich Insurance Malaysia Bhd (formerly known as Malaysian Assurance Alliance Bhd) & Hong Leong Industries Bhd. She also holds directorships in several private limited companies. Dr Zaha Rina is a Vice-President of Persatuan Chopin Malaysia & Divemaster with National Association of Underwater Instructors (NAUI). She was a Member of Global Board of Advisers for XBRL until 2009 & was also on the Board of Trustee for Malaysian AIDS Foundation until May 2010.

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