Ms Chee Li Har, a Malaysian, aged 60, was appointed to the Board of AmInvestment Bank Berhad on 8 August 2018 as an Independent Non-Executive Director. She is a Member of the Audit and Examination Committee and Risk Management Committee.

Ms Chee is also the Chairman/Independent Non-Executive Director of AmIslamic Funds Management Sdn Bhd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of AmInvestment Bank.

In 2013, Ms Chee returned to Malaysia under TalentCorp Malaysia Returning Expert Program where she set up a new ‘central treasury’ type function for Hong Leong Bank (M) Berhad named Group Asset and Liabilities. In that role, Ms Chee was responsible for driving and supporting the trajectory growth in the regional business and optimizing returns/costs of the bank’s balance sheet. She played the key role in making both structural and tactical balance sheet decisions particularly in the areas of economic profit, liquidity & interest risk management and regulatory compliance.

Prior to her promotion to COO/Head, Group Asset and Liability (GALCO) in Hong Leong Bank, Ms Chee was the Regional Head of Asset and Liabilities Management for South East Asia at Standard Chartered Bank, Singapore. In this role, Ms Chee led multicultural teams in South East Asia and traded in most interest rate products and derivatives. Ms Chee was well recognised for her leadership abilities and sent for leadership programs at INSEAD, Asia Campus and the SAID Business School at University of Oxford.

Ms Chee believes in sharing expertise and was actively engaged in masterclass training and many speaking engagements in South East Asia, including one for Asian Development Bank.

Collaboration, Drive, Integrity and Diversity are values that are of outmost importance to Ms Chee. In living her values, she is a strong proponent of empowering woman and amongst a few initiatives that Ms Chee is currently engaged in, she sits on the committees of International Women’s Federation of Commerce and Industry Malaysia (IWFCI) and a social enterprise for women in Beladin, East Malaysia.

Ms Chee is multi-talented. She is an avid artist and creator of wearable art accessories called GoCHeeKS. To date, she has held 3 art exhibitions in Singapore and Malaysia (in part to raise funds for charities and create awareness for hunger).

Ms Chee holds a Bachelor of Arts-Economics from University of Malaya and she has a Persatuan Kewangan Malaysia Certification (PKMC).

Ms Chee has no shareholding in AmInvestment Bank.