Dr Veerinderjeet Singh a/l Tejwant Singh, a Malaysian, aged 67, was appointed to the Board of AmBank on 1 June 2017 as Independent Non-Executive Director. He is the Chairman of the Audit and Examination Committee and a Member of the Risk Management Committee of AmBank.
Dr Veerinderjeet had served as a Tax Partner/ Executive Director at Arthur Andersen and Ernst & Young in Malaysia and had also served in the Malaysian Inland Revenue Department. He has over 35 years of experience in the tax profession as an Inland Revenue Officer, academician, consultant, author and tax observer.
Dr Veerinderjeet was a co-Founder and Chairman of Axcelasia Taxand Sdn Bhd, which is a member of the Taxand Global organisation of independent tax advisory firms in nearly 50 countries. In April 2020, the company was acquired by the Tricor Group and is now known as Tricor Taxand Sdn Bhd where Dr Veerinderjeet remains as a Director.
Dr Veerinderjeet currently serves as a council member of the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants (“MICPA”) and was a Past President of MICPA. He was also a council member and Past President of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (“MIA”) and the Chartered Tax Institute of Malaysia (“CTIM”). Dr Veerinderjeet was appointed as ex-officio member of the Financial Reporting Foundation in conjunction with his presidentship in MIA. He is also an Adjunct Professor at the School of Business, Monash University in Malaysia.
Dr Veerinderjeet is currently the Non-Executive Chairman of Tricor Services (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd. He also sits on the boards of Malaysian Rating Corporation Berhad, UMW Holdings Berhad and ICC Malaysia Berhad as an Independent Non-Executive Director. Prior to joining the Board of AmBank, he was on the board of the Bank of Nova Scotia Berhad. In addition, Dr Veerinderjeet also serves on the Board of Trustees of the International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation (a world renowned tax research body in the Netherlands). He is also a member of the ICC Global Tax Commission and has been appointed Vice Chair of the Commission from 1 June 2022 for a three year term.
As an accomplished author and tax observer, Dr Veerinderjeet has published books and numerous articles in local and international tax, law and accounting journals. Among the books he has authored are “Veerinder on Taxation”, “Malaysian Taxation: Administrative and Technical Aspects”, “Tax Compliance & Ethical Decision-Making: A Malaysian Perspective” and “Tax Thoughts on Today’s Taxing Times”. Dr Veerinderjeet has spoken at various local and international events on tax policy and tax reforms and also has a grasp of economic developments.
Dr Veerinderjeet received a first class honours degree in accounting from the University of Malaya and a Doctorate from the Universiti Putra Malaysia. Dr Veerinderjeet is a Member of MICPA, MIA and CTIM.