Tan Sri Dato' Azman Hashim
Non-Independent Executive Chairman

Y. Bhg. Tan Sri Dato' Azman Hashim, a Malaysian, aged 68, was appointed to the Board on 9 June 1988 and has been the Executive Chairman of the Company since 1993.

Tan Sri Dato' Azman, a Chartered Accountant, a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators, has been in the banking industry since 1960 when he joined Bank Negara Malaysia and served there until 1964. He practised as a Chartered Accountant in Azman Wong Salleh & Co from 1964 to 1971. He then joined the Board of Malayan Banking Berhad (MBB) from 1966 until 1980 and was its Executive Director from 1971 until 1980. He was the Executive Chairman of Kwong Yik Bank Berhad, a subsidiary of MBB, from 1980 until April 1982 when he acquired AmMerchant Bank Berhad.

Tan Sri Dato' Azman is the Chairman of the Malaysian Investment Banking Association, the National Productivity Corporation, East-Asia Business Council and the Pacific Basin Economic Council (PBEC) International and Co-Chairman of Malaysia-Singapore Roundtable. He is President of the Malaysia South-South Association, Malaysia-Japan Economic Association, Malaysian Prison FRIENDS Club and Non-Aligned Movement's ("NAM") Business Council. He is a Member of the APEC Business Advisory Council, The Trilateral Commission (Asia-Pacific Group), the Malaysian-British and the Malaysia-China Business Councils and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) Business Advisory Council. He is also the Leader of the ASEAN-Japanese Business Meeting (Malaysia Committee, Keizai Doyukai) and is on the Board of Advisors, AIM Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility. He was recently appointed Pro-Chancellor, Open University of Malaysia and Member, Governing Body of the Asian Productivity Organisation, Executive Committee of the Malaysian Crime Prevention Foundation and International Advisory Panel, Bank Negara Malaysia International Centre for Education in Islamic Finance (INCEIF).

Tan Sri Dato' Azman is the Non-Executive Chairman of AMMB Holdings Berhad (AHB) and Chairman of the Board of several subsidiaries of AHB, namely AmInvestment Group Berhad, AMFB Holdings Berhad, AmBank (M) Berhad, AmMerchant Bank Berhad, AmIslamic Bank Berhad, AmProperty Trust Management Berhad and AmAssurance Berhad. Apart from the AHB group of companies, he is also the Chairman of AMDB Berhad, Malaysian South-South Corporation Berhad, MCM Technologies Berhad, RCE Capital Berhad and serves as a Director of Pembangunan MasMelayu Berhad. He is also involved in several charitable organisations as Chairman of AmGroup Foundation and Perdana Leadership Foundation, and Trustee for ECM Libra Foundation, Better Malaysia Foundation and the Malaysian Liver Foundation.

Soo Kim Wai
Group Managing Director

Mr. Soo Kim Wai, a Malaysian, aged 46, was appointed as a Director of the Company on 13 March 1996. He was subsequently appointed the Group Managing Director of the Company in January 1999.

Mr. Soo is a Chartered Accountant (Malaysian Institute of Accountants) and a Certified Public Accountant (Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants).

He joined the Company in 1989 as Senior Manager-Finance and has since held various positions before he was promoted to his current appointment. Prior to that, he was in the accounting profession for 5 years with Deloitte KassimChan from 1980 to 1985 and with Plantation Agencies Sdn Bhd from 1985 to 1988.

Mr. Soo also serves on the Board of AMMB Holding Berhad, AmProperty Trust Management Berhad, MCM Technologies Berhad and RCE Capital Berhad.

Shalina Azman
Deputy Group Managing Director

Puan Shalina Azman, a Malaysian, aged 40, was appointed as the Deputy Group Managing Director of the Company on 1 August 2002.

She holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration majoring in Finance and Economics from the Chapman University in California and she obtained her Masters in Business Administration from the University of Hull in United Kingdom in 1993.

Prior to her appointment as Deputy Group Managing Director of the Company, Puan Shalina held the position of Senior Manager-Corporate Planning in the Company from 1995 to 1999. She left the Company to join RCE Capital Berhad (RCE) and was appointed to the Board of RCE in January 2000. She was subsequently appointed as the Managing Director of RCE in September 2000. Apart from the Company and RCE, Puan Shalina Azman also serves on the Board of AMMB Holdings Berhad and MCM Technologies Berhad.