Details
Date of Appointment:4 October 2002
Membership of Board Committee(s):
  • Member of Group Nomination & Remuneration Committee
  • Member of Group Information Technology Committee
Qualifications:
  • Member, Malaysian Institute of Accountants
  • Member, Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants
  • Fellow, Certified Practising Accountant, Australia
  • Fellow, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, United Kingdom
Directorship(s) in Malaysia:
*Wholly-owned subisidiary of AMMB

Listed Issuers

  • None

Public Companies

  • Non-Independent Non-Executive Director, AmBank (M) Berhad*
  • Non-Independent Non-Executive Director, Amcorp Properties Berhad
  • Director and Advisor, Amcorp Group Berhad

*Wholly-owned subsidiary of AMMB.

Experience:
  • Soo Kim Wai joined Amcorp Group Berhad in 1989 as Senior Manager, Finance, and has since held various positions before he was promoted to his current appointment. Prior to that, he was with Plantation Agencies Sdn Bhd from 1985 to 1989, and in the accounting profession with Deloitte KassimChan from 1980 to 1985.
  • He was the Group Managing Director of Amcorp Group Berhad and a Non-Independent Non-Executive Chairman of Amcorp Global Limited, a subsidiary of Amcorp Group Berhad, listed on the mainboard of the Singapore Stock Exchange.
  • He was the Non-Independent Non-Executive Chairman of AmREIT Managers Sdn Bhd, the Manager of AmFirst Real Estate Investment Trust. He was also the Non-Independent Non-Executive Chairman of AmREIT Holdings Sdn Bhd.
  • He retired as a Non-Independent Non- Executive Director of RCE Capital Berhad in September 2025.
Declaration:

He does not hold any shares in AMMB.

He does not have any conflict of interest or potential conflict of interest, including interest in any competing business with AMMB or its subsidiaries except as follows:

  • A Director and Advisor of Amcorp Group Berhad, which is a substantial shareholder of AMMB.

He does not have any family relationship with any other Director and/or major shareholders of AMMB except as follows:

  • A Director and Advisor of Amcorp Group Berhad, which is a substantial shareholder 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 2026.