Mr Ramesh Pillai, a Malaysian, aged 57, was appointed to the Board of AmInvestment Bank Berhad on 9 January 2017 as an Independent Non-Executive Director. He is the Chairman of the Risk Management Committee of AmInvestment Bank.

Mr Ramesh started his career with Price Waterhouse’s Financial Institutions specialism in London gaining experience in Audit, Consultancy and Corporate Finance assignments. He has over 34 years of risk management experience, both in the public and private sector and has held various positions, including that of CEO, Finance Director and Group Chief Risk Officer (in Conventional and Islamic Banks). He was also with Pengurusan Danaharta Nasional as its Chief Risk Officer as well as Bank Negara Malaysia as the Head of its Deposit Insurance Taskforce.

Mr Ramesh is currently the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Institute of Enterprise Risk Practitioners (providing professional certification in Enterprise Risk Management) as well as the Group Managing Director of Friday Concepts (International), an international boutique risk management consultancy. He is also an Independent Non-Executive Director of AmGeneral Insurance Berhad (a related company) and Gibraltar BSN Life Berhad.

Mr Ramesh holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Economics with Accountancy from Loughborough University, United Kingdom, where he specialised in Economics and Banking in general, and Islamic Banking in particular. He is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (1991), a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants, a Certified Enterprise Risk Manager, a Certified Risk Professional, a Qualified Risk Director, a certified Islamic Enterprise Risk Manager and a Qualified Risk Auditor.

Mr Ramesh has no shareholding in AmInvestment Bank.