Mr. Edmond Cheah Swee Leng was appointed on 20 July 2017. He holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Accounting. He is a certified Chartered Accountant with the Malaysian Institute of Accountants, and an Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. He is also a Certified Financial Planner with the Financial Planning Association of Malaysia.
Mr. Cheah’s professional experience has been in the fields of audit, merchant banking, corporate and financial advising, portfolio and investment management and unit trust management. He was previously the Chief Executive Officer cum Executive Director and Investment Committee Member of Public Mutual Berhad. He was the President and founder member of the Financial Planning Association of Malaysia (FPAM), the Vice President and council member of the Federation of Investment Managers Malaysia (FiMM), a former Task Force Member on Islamic Finance for Labuan Offshore Financial Services Authority (LOFSA), a former member of the Securities Market Consultative Panel in Bursa Malaysia and currently the Treasurer for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA). He co-authored a financial planning book entitled “Financial Freedom – Your Guide to Lifetime Financial Planning” and a second book entitled “Financial Freedom – Through Malaysian Equities and Unit Trusts”.
Mr. Cheah is a director and member of the Investment Committee of Manulife Asset Management Services Berhad as well as several public listed companies.
Ms. Jasbender Kaur was appointed as a director on 20 July 2017 and as a Principal Officer in April 2019. She graduated from the University of London, United Kingdom with a Bachelor of Law (Hons) and was called to the Malaysian Bar in year 1996. She is also a certified Company Secretary.
Ms. Jasbender Kaur has almost twenty-one (21) years of experience in the life insurance industry in Malaysia. She joined Manulife Holdings Berhad (“MHB”) in year 2005 and was appointed as the Head of Legal, Compliance and Corporate Secretariat in year 2011. She has headed up several different departments from time to time in the course of her tenure with MHB. Currently, she is the Chief Counsel & Corporate Services Officer of MHB. She is responsible for all legal matters including corporate governance and regulatory compliance, and risk management matters. She also serves as Company Secretary to several local subsidiaries of MHB. Prior to joining MHB, she served as Legal Officer with a large multinational insurer in Malaysia before being appointed Managing Editor with a world-leading provider of professional information solutions.
Mr Tan was appointed as a director on 1 November 2020. He graduated from Malaya University with B.Sc Mathematics and is a fellow member of Society of Actuaries and Actuarial Society of Malaysia.
Mr. Tan was appointed as the Appointed Actuary of Manulife Insurance Berhad and Manulife Insurance Labuan Limited in February 2019 and was subsequently redesignated to Chief Actuary and Pricing Officer. In March 2020, Mr. Tan was appointed as the Chief Financial Officer of Manulife Insurance Berhad.
Mr. Tan was the Chief Actuary for Prudential BSN Takaful Berhad. He built his career firstly in Sunlife Malaysia as Assistant Actuarial Manager before moving on to Tokio Marine Life as Actuarial Manager. He then moved on joining Manulife Insurance Berhad as Appointed Actuary. Mr. Tan was an EXCO member of Prudential BSN Takaful Berhad who was responsible collectively with other members in forming and executing business strategies. At industry level, he was a member of Family Takaful Sub-Committee of Malaysian Takaful Association.