Board of Directors

Dato’ Mohammed Hussein was with the Malayan Banking Berhad (Maybank) Group for 31 years, where he held various senior management positions including Head of Corporate Banking, Head of Commercial Banking, Head of Malaysian Operations, Managing Director of Aseambankers Malaysia Berhad (now known as Maybank Investment Bank Berhad) and Executive Director (Business Group). Prior to his retirement on 30 January 2008, he was the Deputy President/Executive Director/Chief Financial Officer of Maybank Group. He was also appointed as an Advisor of Maybank from April 2008 to September 2008.

Dato’ Mohammed Hussein is currently the Independent Non-Executive Chairman of Hap Seng Plantations Holdings Berhad and Syarikat Takaful Malaysia Keluarga Berhad. In addition, he is also the President Commissioner of PT Syarikat Takaful Indonesia and Chairman of the Corporate Debt Restructuring Committee (CDRC), sponsored by Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) to facilitate the resolution and restructuring of major corporate debts.

He was previously the Chairman of Gamuda Berhad from 2013 to 2022, Danajamin Nasional Berhad from 2013 to 2018 and Quill Capita Management Sdn Bhd from 2008 to 2015. He had also served as a Director on the Board of Bank of America Malaysia Berhad, Tasek Corporation Berhad, CapitaLand Malls Malaysia Berhad, Hap Seng Consolidated Berhad, PNB Commercial Sdn Bhd and B2B Finpal Sdn Bhd.

Choong Tuck Oon was with Accenture for 25 years and retired as Senior Partner in Asia-Pacific Financial Services practice. He specialises in technology, strategy and transformation for banking and insurance. He led many strategic initiatives involving more than 20 large domestic and global banks, and insurers in Asia such as Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, including national payment projects in Malaysia and Singapore. He is also active in the ASEAN digital start-up ecosystem where his advice on digital and Fintech programmes is much in demand.Choong Tuck Oon is currently an Independent Non-Executive Director on Boards of FIDE Forum Malaysia, Star Media Group Berhad and NTUC Income Insurance Cooperative Ltd Singapore. He was an Independent Non-Executive Director of RHB Bank, RHB Islamic Bank, RHB Indochina Bank, RHB Indochina Securities and RHB Private Equity.

He has also been active in NGO initiatives such as advising a consortium of international aid agencies on core systems for the launch of bank-of-banks microfinancing in Indonesia and advised a global wildlife/nature agency on a new growth strategy for 11 countries in Asia.

Faisal Ismail has vast experience in different industries including hotels, property investment and development, healthcare, shipbuilding and repairs, banking, power and education. He has more than 30 years’ experience in various responsibilities/areas including at board level, top management, M&A, corporate, finance, tax planning, consulting, transformation and human resources.Faisal Ismail was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director of BNP Paribas Malaysia Berhad in October 2020. His previous positions included being an Independent Non-Executive Director of J.P. Morgan Chase Bank Berhad, Executive Director of Landmarks Berhad, Executive Director of BinaFikir Sdn Bhd, Director of the Investment division of Khazanah Nasional Berhad and Group Managing Director of Pantai Holdings Berhad.

Saleha M. Ramly has over 30 years of vast experience in corporate legal and secretarial operations, which includes in-depth experience in crafting corporate governance policies and legal documents for companies and providing staff training on governance and legal matters. She was also involved in various corporate transactions and exercises, including acquisitions and disposals of assets, both domestic and cross-border, due diligence exercises and raising of capital, and advised on human resource-based legal matters such as retrenchments, grievance procedures and industrial relations.She began her career as a lecturer in the Law Faculty of the University of Malaya. After serving for more than 8 years, she moved on to the private sector and held various senior positions in legal and/or secretarial departments. Among these were government-linked and public-listed companies, namely Sime UEP Properties Berhad and its holding company Sime Darby Berhad and its other listed subsidiaries, Country Heights Holdings Berhad and Landmarks Berhad.

Upon her retirement in 2007, Saleha M. Ramly continued to serve in similar positions in the University of Malaya, Perbadanan Insurans Deposit Malaysia, Scomi Group Berhad and ACR Capital Holdings Pte Ltd group of companies in Malaysia and Singapore until 2018. Currently, she is a Member of Institute of Corporate Directors Malaysia (ICDM).

Anthony Lim Choon Eng has over 35 years of experience in the banking and finance industry with vast experience in key management positions in treasury, business banking, investment banking, and risk management.

He is an independent director of Bank of America Malaysia Berhad since October 2021. Anthony Lim is also a member of the Investment Panel for the Malaysian Government Public Services Pension fund or Kumpulan Wang Persaraan (Diperbadankan) (“KWAP”). Previously, he was an Independent Director of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Malaysia Berhad (SMBC) from 2011 to 2015 and later was appointed as the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the same bank from 2015 to 2020. Anthony Lim had also served in various senior management positions with the Maybank group of companies from 1995 to 2009 and worked in St. George Bank Limited and ANZ Bank Limited in Sydney.

Suhaimi Ali joined CGC as Non-Independent Non-Executive Director on 28 April 2022.

He is also an Assistant Governor of BNM, responsible for the Financial Development and Innovation Department, Islamic Finance Department and Financial Inclusion Department. He has served BNM for 24 years in various areas which include financial sector development, regulation and supervision, strategic planning, market conduct, international negotiations and IT services, as well as in the Governor’s Office.

Suhaimi Ali is a member of BNM’s Management Committee, Risk Management Committee, Crisis Management Committee, Digital Technology Committee, Financial Development Committee, Financial Stability Committee, Joint Policy Committee and Reserve Management Committee. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees for the International Centre for Leadership in Finance (ICLIF) Trust Fund.

Suhaimi joined BNM in 1998 after graduating with a degree in Accounting from the University of Notre Dame, United States of America.

Kellee Kam joined CGC as an Independent Non-Executive Director on 16 October 2023.

Kellee Kam is the Group Chief Executive Officer of Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad and was appointed to that role on 1 September 2022. Prior to that, in October 2016, he was appointed as an Independent Director at Bank of America Malaysia Berhad (“BAMB”) and later he became the Chairman in June 2021.

With over 24 years in the banking sector, Kellee Kam served as the Group Managing Director at RHB Capital Berhad between 2011 and 2015. In this capacity, he oversaw group operations across Banking, Investment Banking, Islamic Banking, Asset Management, and Insurance businesses. Prior to that role, he was the Group Chief Financial Officer of RHB Capital Berhad and was responsible for Group Finance and Accounting, Management Information Systems (MIS), Corporate Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A), Investor Relations, and Strategy for the RHB Capital Group and its subsidiaries.

Kellee Kam holds a Bachelor of Law degree from Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom, a Master in Business Administration from Richmond, The American International University in London, United Kingdom, and a Master of Arts in South East Asian Business World from the University of London, United Kingdom.