Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Malaysia Berhad (“SMBCMY”) has announced today two appointments to its Board of Directors.
Dato’ Wan Mohd Fadzmi Bin Che Wan Othman Fadzilah, 56, is appointed Chairman of SMBCMY effective May 15 2021. He replaces Mr Tony Chin Kok Sang who has retired on 14 May 2021.
Dato’ Wan Fadzmi was initially appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director (INED) of SMBCMY on 1 April 2018. Throughout his appointment as INED and prior to his re-designation as Chairman, Dato’ Wan Fadzmi had held the role of Chairman of the Bank Risk Management Committee while serving concurrently as a member of the Board Audit Committee and Board Nominations and Remuneration Committee.
Mr Woo Chew Hong, 64, has been appointed INED of SMBCMY effective 15 May 2021. He is the Chairman of the Board Nominations and Remuneration Committee and a member of the Board Risk Management Committee and Board Audit Committee.
Dato’ Wan Fadzmi has over 25 years of experience in domestic and international banking particularly in leading business units at global financial centres namely in London, New York and Hong Kong.
He was President / Chief Executive Officer of Bank Pertanian Malaysia Berhad (“Agrobank”) from July 2011 until August 2017. During his tenure, he successfully transformed the bank from a conventional leverage model to a full-fledged Islamic Bank, making it one of the few banks in the world to have undergone such a transformation.
Dato’ Wan Fadzmi 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. He is also a Fellow, Institute of Corporate Directors Malaysia (ICDM).
Mr Woo has over 35 years of experience in professional Information Technology. He has spent a large part of his career in large corporations spearheading teams across the full IT continuum, i.e. in strategic planning, applications development, infrastructure and service management. He has also worked closely with world-class IT solutions and technology partners.
Mr Woo holds a Bachelor of Science from La Trobe University in Australia and has attended the Senior Management Program at INSEAD. – BERNAMA
