Mr Voon Seng Chuan, a Malaysian, aged 64, was appointed to the Board of AmBank on 18 June 2015 as Independent Non-Executive Director. He assumed the Chairmanship of the Board on 1 January 2019.

Mr Voon also sits on the board of AMMB Holdings Berhad (“AMMB”) and he is currently the Senior Independent Non-Executive Director of AMMB. Mr Voon is a Member of the Group Nomination and Remuneration Committee and Group Information Technology Committee of AMMB.

Mr Voon has been part of the Information Technology (“IT”) industry for about three decades. In April 2008, he joined the IBM Quarter Century Club reflecting his 25 years of service in IBM. He retired from IBM in March 2010.

In his 27 years of service with IBM, Mr Voon held a number of roles delivering all aspects of IT products and services for clients in all industry segments in Malaysia and the Asia Pacific region. His last role in IBM prior to his retirement was Director for Mid-Market Segment in Asia Pacific.

From 2000 to 2006, Mr Voon was the Managing Director for IBM Malaysia and Brunei. Mr Voon responded to the Malaysian Government’s call to transform the nation into an international shared services and outsourcing hub by leading IBM’s investment in seven regional centres/ operations in Malaysia. In doing so, IBM is well positioned to transfer best practices and high-skilled expertise to the country. In 2013, Mr Voon was recognised with the “Outsourcing Leader of the Year” award by Outsourcing Malaysia. He was also a Council Member of PIKOM (National ICT Association of Malaysia) from 1994/1995 and 1999/2000.

Mr Voon is currently an Independent Non-Executive Director of Mesiniaga Berhad (an IT company listed on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad). He is also a Member of the Board of Trustees of Cardiac Vascular Sentral Kuala Lumpur (CVSKL) Foundation.

Mr Voon has a Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree in Mathematics from the University of Malaya.