Meet our Board of Directors

Mr. Adil Ahmad, aged 67, is an Australian citizen and an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company. He was appointed as a Director on 7 March 2025. He is also the Chairman of the Nomination Committee and the Remuneration Committee, and a member of the Risk Management Committee and Audit Committee.

He holds an MBA in Finance & Accounting and a BA in Economics, both from Cornell University, USA. He has also attended the INSEAD Senior Executive Management program. He is a retired senior international banker with more than 35 years of experience in various countries namely, Australia, Kuwait, Malaysia, Pakistan, United Kingdom and Vietnam. His last full time role was as CEO of Kuwait International Bank, Kuwait (“KIB”) and prior to joining KIB he was with the ANZ Bank for two decades in a range of senior roles in Australia, United Kingdom, Pakistan and Vietnam.

Mr. Adil also has experience serving as board member of both listed and unlisted entities of multiple organisations (including financial institutions) in Malaysia and internationally. He is currently an Independent Director at FIDE Forum and Vingroup Joint Stock Company (Vietnam).

Tibor joined in January 2025 in the newly created role of CFO LII APAC and as a member of the single regional leadership team.

Tibor has broad, senior finance expertise built over 30+ years, covering strategic CFO and business partnering, financial control, reporting and consolidation, FP&A, regulatory and statutory finance, and finance transformation initiatives from various country, regional and global roles.

Tibor spent 28 years at AIG, including the last 5 as Pacific CFO and earlier as Global Finance Centre Controller in India.

Tibor is a Chartered Accountant and holds a College Diploma specializing in Finance and Financial Institutions from the Budapest Business School.

Mr Jamie Ling Fou-Tsong (“Mr Jamie Ling”), aged 56, was appointed to the Board of the Company on 6 February 2024. Mr Jamie Ling is also a member of the Nomination Committee, Remuneration Committee and Investment Committee of the Company.

Mr Jamie Ling is the Group Chief Executive Officer (“Group CEO”) of AMMB Holdings Berhad (“AMMB/ the Group”) and Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) of AmBank (M) Berhad (“AmBank”), effective 23 November 2023.  As the Group CEO, he assumes the responsibility to lead the Management Team, oversee all lines of businesses and operations, and orchestrate alignment with the Group's strategic direction. As a steward of the Group, driving long-term value creation activities and ensuring that all endeavours are consistent with the Group's purpose and core values are primary objectives.

He joined AMMB in 2017 as the Group Chief Financial Officer and was named ‘Best CFO for Investor Relations’ mid-cap category for 2021 by Malaysian Investor Relations Association Berhad (MIRA).

Prior to joining the Group, Mr Jamie Ling has over two decades of regional and international banking experience across Asia and Europe. His in-depth commercial and financial experience covers roles held in treasury, finance, risk management and sales.

He held senior leadership positions in Malaysia, the United Kingdom, and Northeast Asia. He was the Regional Chief Financial Officer of Standard Chartered Bank for Greater China and Northeast Asia, covering Hong Kong, Taiwan, China, South Korea and Japan. He was also a board member of Standard Chartered (Hong Kong) Limited and Hong Kong Note Printing Limited.

Mr Jamie Ling sits on the Board of several other subsidiaries and joint ventures of AMMB, namely AmMetLife Insurance Berhad, AmMetLife Takaful Berhad, AmGeneral Holdings Berhad and AMAB Holdings Sdn Bhd.

Mr Jamie Ling holds a B.A. (Hons) in Economics and Accounting from the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne in United Kingdom. He is a Fellow, Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and also a Member, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. He is an Alumni, Executive Management Programmes of Templeton College, Oxford University and INSEAD.

Mr. Phoon Soon Keong, a Malaysian, aged 69, was appointed Director on 15 August 2017. He is a Member of the Audit Committee, Risk Management Committee and Nomination Committee.

He is a qualified Certified Public Accountant, Malaysia (“CPA”) and is a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants. He started his career with Price Waterhouse [currently known as PricewaterhouseCoopers ("PwC")] in 1975 and obtained his CPA qualification in 1979. He left PwC to start his own practice in 1980 and was a partner in P.C Chan & Partners from 1981 to 1986. He re-joined PwC Audit Practice as a Senior Manager in December 1986 and was Executive Director in the Firm from 1994 to 2010. During his tenure in PwC, he was the Director-in-charge of the Valuation & Strategy Practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting Sdn Bhd.

He has extensive experience in audit, business recovery, turnaround management, corporate and debt restructuring, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions and share valuation.

He was the Acting Chief Executive Officer of PanGlobal Insurance Berhad from January 2007 to April 2009. He was appointed as the Appointed Person of Tahan Insurance (Malaysia) Berhad (“Tahan”) by Bank Negara Malaysia (“BNM”) under Section 59(4)(a) of the Insurance Act 1996 to assume control of the whole of Tahan’s property, business and affairs and carry on its business and affairs on behalf of BNM from May 2009 to December 2010.

He was a Director of Assisi Palliative Care Berhad from 2015 to January 2022. He also served on the Board of Assunta Hospital from 2005 to 2012 and was Chairman of the Assunta Board from June 2011 to December 2012. He was a Director of Good Shepherd Services, a charitable organisation from 2015 to May 2021 and Chairman of AmGeneral Insurance Berhad from August 2017 to February 2023.  He was also an Independent Non-Executive Director of AmMetLife Insurance Berhad and AmMetLife Takaful Berhad.

Currently, he is a Director of Kiwanis Down Syndrome Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation.

Mdm. Elsie Kok Yin Mei, aged 64, is a Malaysian citizen and is an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company. She was appointed as a Director on 22 February 2023. She is also the Chairman of the Risk Management Committee, and a member of the Remuneration Committee and Nomination Committee.

She obtained her Bachelor of Jurisprudence and LL.B. from Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. Mdm. Elsie was called to the Malaysian Bar in 1987 and practised as an Advocate & Solicitor until 1992 when she joined the HSBC Group in Malaysia as a legal adviser. She was their Head of Legal, General Counsel from 2003 - 2016.

Mdm. Elsie was a director in Liberty Insurance Berhad (now known as Liberty Global Holdings Sdn Bhd) from 2017 - 2023 and currently she holds directorships in Maybulk Berhad (formerly known as Malaysian Bulk Carriers Berhad) and Kuchai Development Berhad.

Mr. Tan Chong Liong, aged 59, is a Malaysian citizen and is an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company. He was appointed as a Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee on 9 February 2024.

Mr. Tan holds a Bachelor's degree in Accounting from the University of Malaya and a Master's Degree in Business Administration in International Management from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia. He is also a member of the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Malaysian Institute of Accountants.

He is a highly experienced and certified financial professional with over 30 years of experience in financial and strategic management across a range of sectors, including reinsurance, insurance, investment, fund management, telecommunications, broadcasting, films and TV content distribution, property, power and digital technologies.

Throughout his career, Mr Tan held various leadership positions and directorships in multiple organizations. He was a Director of the Board and Chairman of Investment Committee at Berjaya Sompo Insurance Berhad. He currently serves as a Director of a venture financing company focuses on nurturing startups in Fintech, eCommerce, IoT and space tech. He is also a co-founder and Director of a digital investment management platform, Akru, which is licensed by the Securities Commission of Malaysia.