Details
Date of Appointment:15 January 2025
Membership of Board Committee(s):
  • Member of Group Nomination & Remuneration Committee
Qualifications:
  • Fellow Chartered Accountant, Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, United Kingdom
  • Chartered Accountant, Malaysian Institute of Accountants
Directorship(s) in Malaysia:
*Wholly-owned subisidiary of AMMB

Listed Issuers

  • None

Public Companies

  • Chairman/Independent Non-Executive Director, AmInvestment Bank Berhad*
Experience:
  • Jeyaratnam A/L Tamotharam Pillai has over 35 years of experience in the financial, investment banking and fund management services industry. He is a seasoned banker, having been involved in various assignments which included the listing of companies, Mergers and Acquisitions, takeovers, corporate restructuring and fund-raising exercises.
  • His area of expertise and experience also included deals origination, define corporate and funding structures, evaluate and negotiate deals, execution and implementation of deals. He had been working closely with various stakeholders such as corporate clients, investors, banks, government agencies, Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad (Bursa Malaysia), Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) and Bank Negara Malaysia.
  • During his career, he had served as Chief Executive/Deputy Chief Executive of four investment banks over a 12-year period. He was also a member of the Sub-Committee of Bursa Malaysia and the Capital Market Advisory Council of SC. He was appointed by the Minister of Finance to be part of the six-member team that was responsible in formulating the Malaysian Capital Market Masterplan. Prior to his appointment to the Board of AMMB, he had served as the Chairman/Independent Non-Executive Director of AmFunds Management Berhad, a wholly-owned subsidiary of AmInvestment Bank Berhad.
  • He was appointed by the Minister of Finance to sit on the Board of Trustees of Capital Market Development Fund on 15 July 2024.
  • On 30 June 2025, he took over the role of Senior Independent Non-Executive Director of AMMB.
  • He enjoys travelling, a keen golfer and reading.
Declaration:

He does not have any conflict of interest or potential conflict of interest, including interest in any competing business with AMMB or its subsidiaries.

He does not have any family relationship with any other Director and/or major shareholders of AMMB.

He has not been convicted of any offence within the past five years nor has he been subject to any public sanction or penalty by any relevant regulatory bodies during financial year ended 31 March 2025.