SMBC Malaysia (SMBCMY) has announced a new appointment of its chairman and independent non-executive director.

SMBCMY has appointed Chin Kok Sang, 60 as their chairman effective May 15 and he replaces Datuk Md Agil Mohd Natt who retired on April 1.

Chin has been an Independent Non-Executive Director (INED) of SMBCMY since September 18, 2015.

During his tenure as INED, he has served as Chairman of both the Board Audit Committee and the Board Nominations and Remuneration Committee, and as a member of the Board Risk Management Committee.

Chin has over 30 years of experience in the banking and finance industry. He spent 14 years with Societe Generale (SG) Group, an international banking group, at its offices in Australia, Singapore and Malaysia.

Since 1998, Chin has been a business consultant and corporate adviser to both public listed and unlisted companies in Malaysia as a Corporate and Debt Restructuring specialist.

He has also held senior management positions and served as INED in several public listed companies in Malaysia and Singapore, Chin was the Group Chief Executive Officer of Denko Industrial Corporation Bhd (a company listed on Bursa Malaysia) between November 2011 and May 2015.

Chin holds a Bachelor of Commerce from University of Melbourne and is a Fellow Chartered Accountant, Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand.

In a separate filing, SMBCMY has appointed Datuk Wan Mohd Fadzmi Che Wan Othman Fadzilah , 52, as INED effective 1 April 2018.

He will also assume the role as Chairman of the BRMC while concurrently serving as member of the BAC and BNRC.

Wan has over 25 years of experience in the domestic and international banking industry, and has led key business units in London, New York and Hong Kong. During his tenure as President and Chief Executive Officer of Bank Pertanian Bhd (Agrobank) from July 2011 to August 2017, he has successfully transformed the bank from a conventional bank to a full-fledged Islamic Bank, making it one of the few banks in the world to have undergone such a transformation.

Wan holds a Bachelor of Construction Economics from RMIT University in Australia. He is a Chartered Banker, Asian Institute of Chartered Bankers (AICB) and a Chartered Professional in Islamic Finance (CPIF). He has attended the Advanced Management Program at Wharton Business School and the Senior Executive Finance Program at the Templeton College, University of Oxford.

Wan is also the INED of Chemical Company of Malaysia Berhad and Hap Seng Consolidated Berhad.

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