MSIG Malaysia

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DATO' SRI MUTHANNA BIN ABDULLAH 

Chairman/Independent Non-Executive Director

Dato’ Sri Muthanna Bin Abdullah joined the Board of MSIG Insurance (Malaysia) Bhd as an Independent Non-Executive Director on 12 March 2018. He is a Barrister of Middle Temple and an Advocate and Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya. He read law at the University of Buckingham, England and was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 1982 and to the Malaysian Bar in 1983. He is a Consultant of Abdullah Chan & Co.

Currently, Dato’ Sri Muthanna is the Honorary Consul to Kuala Lumpur of the Republic of San Marino.

He is also a Director of MSM Malaysia Holdings Berhad, IHH Healthcare Berhad, Malaysian Life Reinsurance Group Berhad, and a Trustee of Yayasan Siti Sapura and of the Habitat Foundation.

Presently, Dato’ Sri Muthanna serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors and is a member of the Board Audit, Nominations, Remuneration and Investment Committees of the Company.

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MR. LIM TIANG SIEW

Independent Non-Executive Director

Mr. Lim Tiang Siew joined MSIG Insurance (Malaysia) Bhd as Independent Non-Executive Director on 15 December 2018. He retired as the Group Chief Internal Auditor of CIMB Group in March 2018, after serving 27 years in CIMB. Mr. Lim’s 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 most management team, and a member of all its major risk committees. 

Mr. Lim has been a member of the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants since January 1981 and is a Chartered Accountant of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants since November 1987. He was an examiner for the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants 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.

He joined Commerce International Merchant Bankers Berhad (now known as CIMB Investment Bank) in January 1991 as an assistant manager in the Corporate Finance Department and eventually become the Head for a number of years. After over 15 years as a Corporate Finance specialist and following the acquisition of Bumiputra-Commerce Bank by CIMB and the subsequent merger of Bumiputra-Commerce Bank with Southern Bank, Mr. Lim was appointed the Group Chief Financial Officer, a position he held for over 2 years before being appointed the Group Chief Internal Auditor.

He is currently the Senior Independent Non-Executive Director of Sapura Energy Berhad, Chairman of its Board Audit Committee and a member of its Board Risk Management Committee; and Senior Independent Non-Executive Director of HSBC Amanah Malaysia Berhad, Chairman of its Board Risk Committee and a member of its Board Audit Committee and Nominations and Remuneration Committee.

Presently, Mr. Lim serves as Chairman of the Board Audit Committee and is a member of the Board Compliance & Risk Management Committee of the Company.

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MS. GAN BEE LAN

Independent Non-Executive Director

Ms. Gan Bee Lan joined the Board of MSIG Insurance (Malaysia) Bhd on 15 August 2020 as Independent Non-Executive Director.

Ms. Gan holds a Bachelor in Accountancy from the University of Singapore. Overall, Ms. Gan has 40 years of working experience in diverse disciplines spanning IT/Systems Management, Project Management (IT and non-IT), HR & Admin Management, Process & Workflow Streamlining as well as Legal and Operational Integration arising from various Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A).

Prior to her retirement from MSIG Insurance (Malaysia) Bhd in December 2009, Ms. Gan was a member of the Senior Management Team (SMT) overseeing - at various periods - Information Technology (IT), Information Security, HR & Admin, Service Quality as well as centralised policy administration. During her service with the company, Ms. Gan was also the Integration Manager managing the operational integration during the MSI-Aviva (MSIG) merger as well as the CU-GA (Aviva) merger.

Immediately after retirement, Ms. Gan returned to MSIG Insurance (Malaysia) Bhd in February 2010 as Special Project Manager to support the legal, business transfer and operational integration of Hong Leong general business into MSIG Insurance (Malaysia) Bhd operations. Following that in January 2012, Ms. Gan joined MSIG Insurance (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. for a year to initiate the system migration to the new regional IT system for the Singapore insurance operations. 

In January 2016 until July 2018, Ms. Gan joined the Regional Holding Company (RHC) in Singapore as Head of ICT / Consulting Advisor to Regional CEO to manage the regional centralised IT services, system development and infrastructural services/support to country IT in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Thailand, Philippines and Australia. During her stint with RHC, Ms. Gan spearheaded the regional cybersecurity initiative as well as the updated regional IT Strategy focusing on new technologies in the digital arena. 

Presently, Ms. Gan serves as Chairman of the Board Compliance & Risk Management and Nominations Committees and is a member of the Board Audit and Remuneration Committees of the Company. 

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MR. KENICHI SHOJI

Independent Non-Executive Director

Mr. Kenichi Shoji joined the Board of MSIG Insurance (Malaysia) Bhd as an Independent Non-Executive Director on 21 October 2022 and is currently the Managing Director of Toyota Tsusho (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd. Prior to this, he was the General Manager, Global Parts Department of Toyota Tsusho Corporation since 2018.

A graduate in law from Kwansei Gakuin University Japan, Mr. Shoji has more than 29 years of working experience in the automotive parts during his tenure with Toyota Tsusho Corporation. He also has experience in overseas posting where he worked at Toyota Tsusho America Inc. from 2001 to 2007, Toyota Tsusho Corporation from 2007 to 2013 as Group Leader, Asia Oceania Group, Global Parts Department and as Marketing Director, Global Parts & Logistic Division in PT Toyota Tsusho Indonesia from 2013 to 2018.

Presently, Mr. Shoji serves as Chairman of the Board Remuneration Committee and is a member of the Audit, Nominations and Compliance & Risk Management Committees of the Company.

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MS. PEARL CHAN SIEW CHENG

Non-Independent Non-Executive Director

Ms. Pearl Chan Siew Cheng joined the Board of MSIG Insurance (Malaysia) Bhd on 18 March 2014 as an Independent Non-Executive Director. She has 31 years of experience in the Malaysian fund management industry, having managed institutional money such as government funds, insurance funds, pension funds, charitable foundations and unit trust funds throughout her career. 

Prior to her retirement in January 2008, she was the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of CIMB Principal Asset Management for one year, after a merger between CIMB and the Southern Bank Group. Before that, she pioneered SBB Asset Management, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Southern Bank Group, which became the first commercial bank in Malaysia to have an asset management arm.  She held the position of CEO for 17 years, and CEO/Chief Investment Officer for the first 14 years, leading a team of equity and fixed income fund managers. Before setting up SBB Asset Management, she was General Manager of Rashid Hussain Asset Management and a fund manager with Bumiputra Merchant Bankers Berhad for a total of 13 years. 

During her career, she also spearheaded two major corporate integration exercises in 2003 and 2007, where she successfully completed the entire integration process, involving organisation and governance structures, human resources, administrative and technical systems. She is a graduate in Economics from the University of Nottingham, England.

Presently, Ms. Chan serves as Chairman of the Investment Committee and is a member of the Remuneration and Compliance & Risk Management Committees of the Company.

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MS. LOH GUAT LAN

Non-Independent Non-Executive Director

Ms. Loh Guat Lan joined the Board of MSIG Insurance (Malaysia) Bhd (“MSIG”) as a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director on 1 October 2010 and is a member of the Board Investment Committee of MSIG. She is currently the Group Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer (“GMD/CEO”) of Hong Leong Assurance (“HLA”), a subsidiary of HLA Holdings Sdn Bhd (“HLAH”), wholly-owned by Hong Leong Financial Group Berhad (HLFG), the financial services arm of Hong Leong Group Malaysia. She was appointed to this position on 1 September 2009.

Ms. Loh holds a Bachelor of Science in Human Development and is a Fellow Member of Life Management Institute (FLMI), as well as Associate, Customer Service of Life Office Management Association (LOMA). She is also a Certified Financial Planner (CFP) and Registered Financial Planner (RFP). 

Ms. Loh has extensive experience in the insurance industry, including agency management, branch management, and agency development and training. She was previously the Chief Operating Officer (Life Division) of HLA and prior to joining HLA, she was in the employment of American International Assurance Company Limited where her last position was Vice President & Senior Director of Agency (Malaysia).

Ms. Loh is the Chairman of HL Assurance Pte Ltd, Singapore, and a Director of HLAH; Hong Leong MSIG Takaful Berhad; Hong Leong Insurance (Asia) Limited, Hong Kong; L.I.A.M. Holding Sdn Bhd and L.I.A.M. Property Sdn Bhd. She is also a Board Member of the Financial Industry Collective Outreach (FINCO).

Presently, she is a member of the Board Investment Committee of the Company.

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MR. ALAN JOHN WILSON

Director, MSIG Asia Pte Ltd

Mr. Alan Wilson is a Director of Singapore-based MSIG Asia Pte. Ltd. ("MSIG Asia") as well as the Chairman of MSIG Berhad. 

He was the Chief Executive Officer of MSIG Asia for 14 years up until 2022. During this time, he also served as the Chairman or Director on the boards (or equivalent) of 19 MSIG related entities around the region. Under Mr. Wilson’s leadership, MSIG expanded its network to 14 Asian markets in the Asia-Pacific region.

He was honoured to be appointed as the first foreign Executive Officer of Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co Ltd (Japan) in April 2015 and became Deputy Head of its International Business Department in January 2020. Mr. Wilson has a sound executive management track record with over 40 years of experience in the insurance industry.

Prior to joining MSIG Asia, Mr. Wilson was the Asia CEO at Allianz from 1999 where he assumed overall responsibility for managing over 20 general, life and health insurance operations across 14 countries, and later served on several boards for Allianz and for other groups such as Parkway in Asia. Mr. Wilson joined Allianz from Guardian Royal Exchange Assurance Group where he was Asia Managing Director. Over the course of his 21 years there, he held various senior positions with progressive responsibilities, where he managed general and life insurance businesses in 11 countries.

A British national and a Singaporean Permanent Resident, Mr. Wilson has lived and worked in Asia since 1982 in various places, including Hong Kong, Indonesia, Pakistan and Singapore.

Mr. Wilson is a Fellow of the Chartered Insurance Institute (UK) and has a BA (Hons) in Economics and Economic History from the University of Liverpool, England. He was honoured to receive the Asia Insurance Review's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2023.

Presently, Mr. Wilson serves as member of the Board Nominations Committee.

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MSIG Insurance (Malaysia) Bhd ("MSIG") practices a zero-tolerance approach against all forms of bribery and corruption.

MSIG is committed:

  1. To promote and practice the highest level of integrity and ethics;
  2. To comply fully with the applicable laws and regulatory requirements on anti-bribery and corruption; and 
  3. To effectively manage the key bribery and corruption risks of MSIG.  

MSIG has established an anti-bribery and corruption framework guided by the T.R.U.S.T principles of Guidelines on Adequate Procedure issued pursuant to S17A. (5), Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2009.

  1. Top-Level Commitment
  2. Risk Assessment
  3. Undertake Controls Measures
  4. Systematic Review, Monitoring and Enforcement
  5. Training and Communication

MSIG provides whistleblowing avenue for individuals to raise genuine concerns about illegal or unethical practices. Please refer to the Whistleblowing tab below to report any genuine concern. 

MSIG Malaysia Whistleblowing Policy – Message

Objectives

At MSIG, we take our Code of Business Conduct seriously. As an integral effort to promote and practice the highest level of integrity and ethic, we pledge our undivided commitment to fostering an ethical and healthy operational environment within the Company.

Scope

MSIG provides an avenue for our employees and/ or external parties and/ or any other parties with a business relationship with the Company (“Stakeholders”), to raise genuine concerns or suspicious, dishonest or unlawful practices.

Reporting Channel

In line with this commitment, MSIG has established a Whistleblowing Reporting Channel for our Stakeholders to report any genuine or suspicious, dishonest and unlawful practices, including but not limited to corruption, fraud, theft, abuse of power or authority or conduct which is an offence or breach of law. Should you wish to do so, you may use the Disclosure Report Form to provide the details.

Confidentiality

All confidential information will be treated with utmost strict confidentiality unless required by the laws to disclose for any proceedings by or against MSIG or required to be disclosed on a strictly confidential basis to the legal or audit professionals to obtain professional advice.

Individuals may also raise concerns or lodge reports with the relevant regulators or other law enforcement agencies, including but not limited to Bank Negara Malaysia.