Board of Directors of HSBC Amanah Malaysia Berhad

Datin Teh was appointed as Independent Non-Executive Chairperson of the Bank on 1 January 2022. She is a member of the Risk Committee of the Bank.

Datin Teh holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from University of Malaya and Master of Business Administration from Southern New Hampshire University.  She began her career in the civil service and built her competency in the area of economic policy-making and international trade and finance through her 24 years in government. She retired from the Securities Commission of Malaysia (“SC”) where she had served for 17 years since 2000 in various capacities including Executive Director and as Advisor of Special Projects in the Chairman’s Office.  During her stint in the SC, she was involved in capital market policies development and regulation, human capital development and training and education. She also co-led in the establishment of the Securities Industry Dispute Resolution Centre, Private Pension Administrator and the Capital Markets Promotion Council. 

Her other experience included trade and financial services negotiations as Lead Negotiator in the World Trade Organization, Association of Southeast Asian Nations and Asia–Pacific Economic Cooperation as well as representing the Ministry of Finance (“MoF”) in World Bank, International Monetary Fund, APEC Finance Ministers meetings during her tenure with MoF from 1990 to 1999.

She is currently a Director of Securities Industry Development Corporation and Finance Accreditation Agency Berhad.

Mr Mukhtar was appointed as Non-Independent Executive Director on 15 December 2009 and subsequently re-designated to Non-Independent Non-Executive Director on 1 August 2021. He is a member of the Nominations and Remuneration Committee of the Bank.

Mr Mukhtar graduated from the University of Wales with a Bachelor of Science in Economics. He first joined the HSBC Group in 1982 as a graduate trainee in Midland Bank International. He was then appointed as Assistant Director in Samuel Montagu in 1991. After more than 10 years of working in the HSBC Group’s London offices, Mr Mukhtar held numerous posts in Dubai, including CEO of HSBC Financial Services (Middle East) Limited from 1995 to 2003. He established the initiative to create the first foreign investment bank in Saudi Arabia for HSBC.

In 2003, Mr Mukhtar assumed the position of CEO, Corporate and Investment Banking. He then headed back to London as the Co-Head of Global Banking in 2006. He was the Global Head of Principal Investments in London from 2006 to 2008. Between 2008 to 2009, he was the Deputy Chairman of HSBC Bank Middle East Limited and Global CEO of HSBC Amanah Malaysia Berhad. He was also the CEO, Global Banking and Markets for Middle East and North Africa before assuming his role as the CEO of the Bank from 2009 to 2018. Mr Mukhtar was HSBC Group General Manager and Head of Belt & Road Initiatives for HSBC Asia Pacific until his retirement on 30 July 2021.

Mr Mukhtar is a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of HSBC Bank Malaysia Berhad.

Dato’ Omar was appointed as the Non-Independent Executive Director on 31 March 2022.

Dato’ Omar graduated from the London School of Economics and Political Science with a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics.  He is a Fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants.  He is also a CFA charterholder.

Prior to his appointment to HSBC Malaysia, Dato’ Omar was the Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Malaysia and CEO, Group Wholesale Banking at CIMB Group Holdings Berhad.  Before that, he has held other senior leadership roles including Group Chief Operating Officer at CIMB Group Holdings Berhad, Head of Group Wholesale Banking at RHB Bank Berhad, Executive Director/Group Chief Financial Officer at Malaysia Airlines Berhad and Executive Director in the Investments Division at Khazanah Nasional Berhad. 

Dato’ Omar is a Non-Independent Executive Director and CEO of HSBC Bank Malaysia Berhad.

Mr Albert Quah was appointed as Independent Non-Executive Director on 5 September 2016. He is the Chairman of Audit Committee and member of the Risk Committee and Nominations and Remuneration Committee of the Bank.

Mr Albert Quah holds a Masters Degree in Accounting and Finance from the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and a member of The Malaysian Institute of Accountants. He was with Touche Ross & Co, Chartered Accountants in London before returning to Malaysia.

Mr Albert Quah has more than 30 years banking experience. Mr Albert Quah began his banking career with Southern Bank Berhad in 1982 where he served in various management positions including as a Card Centre Manager as well as a Corporate Banker. He joined Standard Chartered Bank Malaysia Berhad as Senior Corporate Banker in 1989 and was the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Standard Chartered Bank Malaysia Berhad from 1993 to 2001. He later served as Group CFO in the AmBank Group from 2004 to 2006. He retired as CFO of United Overseas Bank Malaysia Berhad in 2013.

In addition to his current role, Mr Albert Quah is also the Non-Executive Trustee of Methodist Education Foundation.

Ho Chai Huey was appointed as Independent Non-Executive Director on 2 January 2018. She is the Chairman of Nominations and Remuneration Committee and member of the Audit Committee and Risk Committee of the Bank.

Ms Ho graduated from the University of Malaya with a Bachelor of Economics, Honours Class 1 Statistics in 1983. Her career started with Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) as an Information Technology (IT) Analyst on 1 August 1983 until she retired as an IT Director on 5 July 2016.

She has been a passionate IT management professional with 33 years of hands-on experiences in formulating and implementing IT business plans and transformation, leading and advising the implementation of many IT projects and managing the day-to-day 24 by 7 IT Services and IT Operations in BNM.

During her career with BNM, she drove the planning and implementation of IT Plan and managed a resilient IT infrastructure in BNM in conformity with international industry standards and best practices. She provided strategic and operational direction for the planning, designing, implementation and maintenance of IT systems in BNM, including managing strategic IT projects and technology risk and IT crisis situations as well as ensuring strong IT governance processes and practices.

Ms Ho is currently an IT and project management senior consultant to an outsourcing company and provides IT consultancy service on IT strategic plans and digital transformation including technology risk management to affiliated professional institutes in the financial sector.

In addition to her current role, Ms Ho also sits on the Board of Cagamas Berhad., and member of the Risk Committee and Board Staff Compensation and Organisation Committee.

Mr Lim was appointed as Independent Non-Executive Director of the Bank on 8 March 2023. He is the Chairman of Risk Committee and member of Audit Committee of the Bank.

Mr Lim is a Chartered Accountant of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants since 1987 and a member of the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants (MICPA) since 1981.  He was an examiner for MICPA professional examinations in respect of a particular subject for some 15 years before being appointed as a reviewer for the same subject, a position which he still holds.

Mr Lim retired as the Group Chief Internal Auditor of CIMB Group in March 2018, after serving 27 years in CIMB. His experience and expertise of over 40 years covered internal and external auditing, accounting, corporate finance and advisory, corporate governance, and compliance. For more than half of his tenure in CIMB, Mr. Lim was a member of CIMB’s top management team, and a member of all its major risk committees.

Mr Lim is currently an Independent Non-Executive Director of Sapura Energy Berhad and MSIG Insurance (Malaysia) Bhd.