Dato' Kong Sooi Lin

Independent Non-Executive Director

	Details
Date of Appointment:	30 October 2019
Membership of Board Committee(s):	Chairperson of Audit and Examination Committee Chairperson of Group Nomination & Remuneration Committee Member of Risk Management Committee
Qualifications:	Bachelor of Commerce (Honours), University of New South Wales, Australia Fellow, Certified Practising Accountant, Australia Fellow, Chartered Banker, Asian Institute of Chartered Bankers Chartered Accountant, Malaysian Institute of Accountants
Directorship(s) in Malaysia: *Wholly-owned subisidiary of AMMB	Listed Issuers Independent Non-Executive Director, Eco World International Berhad Independent Non-Executive Director, IOI Corporation Berhad Independent Non-Executive Director, PMB Technology Berhad Public Companies Independent Non-Executive Director, AmInvestment Bank Berhad*
Experience:	Dato’ Kong Sooi Lin has over 30 years of investment banking experience and has extensive equity and debt transaction expertise, having advised on numerous high profiled and industry-shaping corporate exercises in Malaysia and Asia Pacific. She began her career with Ernst & Whinney (now known as Ernst & Young PLT) and Arthur Anderson & Co. and then joined Bumiputra Merchant Bankers Berhad under Corporate Banking in 1989. In 1994, she joined CIMB Investment Bank Berhad (CIMB Investment Bank) and has been with CIMB Group Holdings Berhad (CIMB Group) for 25 years until her retirement from CIMB Investment Bank as its Chief Executive Officer in March 2019. Throughout her tenure with CIMB Group, Dato’ Kong has contributed significantly to entrenching CIMB as one of the top investment banking houses domestically and across ASEAN. She has held various capacities within CIMB Group. Her roles include Group Head of Investment Banking Division for the Asia Pacific region, Group Head of Private Banking, Head of Senior Bankers Group, Chairperson of CIMB Private Limited Sri Lanka and Commissioner on the Board Commissioners of CIMB Securities Indonesia.
Declaration:	She does not have any conflict of interest or potential conflict of interest, including interest in any competing business with AMMB or its subsidiaries. She does not have any family relationship with any other Director and/or major shareholders of AMMB. She has not been convicted of any offence within the past five years nor has she been subject to any public sanction or penalty by any relevant regulatory bodies during financial year ended 31 March 2025.