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Mr Albert Saychuan Cheok
Chairman
Independent Non-Executive Director
Mr Albert Saychuan Cheok is an Independent Director of the Manager and is also the Chairman of the Board. He graduated from the University of Adelaide, Australia with First Class Honours in Economics. Mr Cheok is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He has over 30 years experience in banking within the Asia-Pacific region. Between May 1979 and February 1982, Mr Cheok was an adviser to the Australian Government Inquiry into the Australian financial system which introduced comprehensive reforms to the Australian banking system. He was Chief Manager at the Reserve Bank of Australia from October 1988 to September 1989 before becoming the Deputy Commissioner of Banking of Hong Kong for about three and a half years. He was subsequently appointed as the Executive Director in charge of Banking Supervision at the Hong Kong Monetary Authority from April 1993 to May 1995.
From September 1995 to November 2005, Mr Cheok was the Chairman of Bangkok Bank Berhad in Malaysia, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bangkok Bank of Thailand. Mr Cheok also served as the Deputy Chairman of Asia Life (M) Berhad, a major life insurer in Malaysia from January 1999 to June 2008.
Mr Cheok was appointed non-executive director of Eoncap Islamic Bank Berhad and MIMB Investment Berhad in June 2009. Mr Cheok was also appointed non-executive director of Amplefield Limited in November 2009.
In May 2006, Mr Cheok was appointed Chairman of Bowsprit Capital Corporation Limited, the manager of First Real Estate Investment Trust. Mr Cheok is also a member of the Board of Governors of the Malaysian Institute of Corporate Governance.
He is currently the Vice Chairman of the Export and Industry Bank of the Philippines as well as the Chairman of Auric Pacific Group Limited, a diversified food group with operations in Singapore, China and Malaysia. |