Dato’ Noorazman Abd. Aziz, a Malaysian aged 66, was appointed as the Chairman of the Board on 13 May 2022. He is a member of the Risk Management Committee, Audit Committee as well as the Remuneration and Nomination Committee.
He is currently the Chairman of Sun Life Malaysia Takaful Berhad, UEM Sunrise Berhad and serves on the Board of UEM Edgenta Berhad, PLUS Malaysia Berhad, KPS Berhad and CTOS Digital Berhad. He also Chairs the Board of Trustees of Yayasan UEM and the International Centre for Education in Islamic Finance (INCEIF).
Dato' Noorazman obtained his Bachelor of Science (Finance) from Louisiana State University, USA. He has over 37 years of experience in banking & finance, investments and the capital markets having served as Executive Director, Investments in Khazanah Nasional Berhad, Co-founder and Managing Director of Fajr Capital Ltd and held key positions in Citigroup, Bank Islam Malaysia Bhd, Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange and Labuan Offshore Financial Services Authority (LOFSA), to name a few.
He is a practising member of the Chartered Institute of Islamic Finance Professionals (CIIF) as well as a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and Institute of Corporate Directors Malaysia. Apart from being a member of the Investment Panel of Kumpulan Wang Amanah Pekerja (KWAP), he also sits on the Advisory Board of Ancora Fund Management Co in Indonesia and Creador Sdn Bhd.
In 2005, Dato' Noorazman was named as the winner of the first Asian Banker Achievement Award for Islamic Finance

Mr Ooi Say Teng, a Malaysian aged 60. He has more than 30 years of experience in the insurance industry as well as extensive management experience having held senior leadership positions with both local and global companies in Malaysia. A graduate with a Bachelor of Science (Honours) Degree in Actuarial Science from The City University, London and a Diploma in Actuarial Techniques from the Institute of Actuaries, London; his areas of expertise include actuarial, operations, reinsurance, bancassurance, corporate marketing, information technology and process improvement.

Mr Ooi began his career back in 1983 at MCIS Insurance Berhad, rising through the ranks to Assistant General Manager, Operations before moving on to MBA Life Assurance Berhad (now known as Allianz Life Insurance Berhad) as its Deputy General Manager, Operations. He then took on the role as Assistant General Manager of Mayban Life Assurance Berhad where his strong track record and leadership capability paved the way towards his Chief Executive Officer role in UniAsia Life Assurance Berhad in 2003. In 2010, he joined CIMB Bank Berhad as the Head of CIMB Group Insurance, in which he was instrumental in driving the development of the insurance business in Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand.

In April 2013, Sun Life Financial, Inc. and Khazanah Nasional Berhad entered into a joint venture that led to the formation of Sun Life Malaysia Assurance Berhad and Mr.Ooi was appointed as Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of Sun Life Malaysia Assurance Berhad. Following his departure from Sun Life Malaysia Assurance Berhad in 2017, Mr.Ooi was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer and Director of Avicennia Capital Sdn. Bhd. (a holding company of Sun Life Malaysia) in May 2017 until January 2020.

He had served as the Vice President of LIAM (Life Insurance Association of Malaysia) in 2009, sat on the Board of Directors for Tune Insurance Malaysia Berhad, Labuan Reinsurance (L) Ltd., Achibadem Sigorta Turkey and was the President Commissioner of CIMB Sun Life Indonesia and Deputy Chairman for Malaysia Life Reinsurance Berhad.

Mr. Ooi is also a Registered Financial Planner. In 2005, he attended the Global Leadership Development Programme (GLDP) conducted by International Centre For Leadership In Finance (ICLIF) and in 2010, he attended the Financial Institutions Director’s Education Programme organised by Bank Negara Malaysia and Perbadanan Insurans Deposit Malaysia. He has no conflict of interest with the Company and has no prior convictions for any offences within the past ten years.

Ms. Janet Yap Seong Yong, a Malaysian, female, aged 58, was appointed as a Member of the Board on 1 September 2022.

Ms. Janet Yap holds a Bachelor of Arts with Double Majors in Computing & Information Science and Economics from University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada and Ontario High School Diploma from St. John’s College.

Ms. Janet Yap was the Technology Managing Director and Corporate Social Responsibility Lead of Accenture Malaysia and has more than 32 years of experience in technology and management information consultancy covering various industries and geographies, namely Malaysia, Hong Kong, China, Thailand, Indonesia and Singapore, where she carved her niche in systems implementation and SAP consulting. From the time of her retirement from Accenture until June 2021, she was the Chief Executive Officer of Cancer Research Malaysia and served on the Board of Governors of the American Malaysian Chamber of Commerce.

She is presently a member of the Board of OCBC Bank (Malaysia) Berhad as well as the Trustees of World Vision Malaysia and a Director of PW PAC Sdn. Bhd.

She does not have any family relationships with any Directors and/or major Shareholders of the Company. She has no conflict of interest with the Company and has no prior convictions for any offences.

Nigel Hazell, a British, male, aged 59, was appointed as a Member of the Board on 13 May 2022. He is also the Chairman of the Risk Management Committee as well as the Remuneration and Nomination Committee and a Member of the Audit Committee.

Mr. Hazell obtained his Bachelor of Science (Hons.) degree in Mathematics (1st Class Honours) from University of Exeter, England in 1984. He became a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries in 1988.

Mr. Hazell has been the Executive Chairman of NRH Holdings Limited (Ltd.) since January 2005. NRH is a group with controlling stakes in hospitality technology, gold mining and digital financial literacy with operational presence in the UK, China, Vietnam, Thailand, Finland and Papua New Guinea. Prior to that, Mr. Hazell was the Asia Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer, North Asia for Commonwealth Bank of Australia. He was also the Director, Chief Financial Officer and Appointed Actuary of Ayudhya CMG Life, Thailand, the Managing Director, Life & Health of Guardian Royal Exchange and the Chief Actuary of Eagle Star to name a few.

Mr. Hazell is also the Chairman of Sun Life Trustee Company Limited and a Director of D&H Systems Ltd, Sabai Technologies Ltd, and Life Transformations Ltd. He was previously a Board member of BPP China Limited, China Life CMG, Bao Minh CMG, CMG Asia Ltd, CommServe Financial Ltd, Guardian Royal Exchange (Asia) Ltd, and Eagle Star President Life.

He does not have any family relationships with any Directors and/or major Shareholders of the Company. He has no conflict of interest with the Company and has no prior convictions for any offences.

Mr. Wong Ah Kow, a Malaysian aged 67. He graduated from the Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London, United Kingdom with a Bachelor of Science (Engineering) Degree with Honours in 1978.

He is a Fellow of both the Chartered Insurance Institute of UK (FCII) and the Malaysian Insurance Institute (FMII).

Mr. Wong has over 40 years of experience in the insurance industry, primarily in senior management roles. He was previously the Director / Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Asia Capital Reinsurance Malaysia, and prior to that, the Managing Director / CEO of Overseas Assurance Corporation (Malaysia).

Mr. Wong has served on the Boards of Great Eastern Life Assurance (Malaysia), ACR Capital Holdings Pte. Ltd. (Singapore), Asia Capital Reinsurance Group Pte. Ltd. (Singapore), ACR Retakaful (MEA) BSC (Bahrain), ACR Retakaful Holdings Ltd (Dubai) and Malaysian Insurance Institute. He was also a Board Member of Sun Life Malaysia Takaful Berhad from year 2019 until his recent resignation in September 2022.

Mr. Wong is currently also an Independent Non-Executive Director of Lonpac Insurance Bhd.

He does not have any family relationships with any directors and/or major shareholders of the Company. He has no conflict of interest with the Company and has no prior convictions for any offences within the past ten years.

Ingrid Johnson is President of Sun Life Asia, responsible for one of Sun Life’s fastest growing strategic pillars focused on life, health and wealth management businesses in eight Asian markets. She is a purpose-driven leader, with a passion for leading transformational strategic change through developing talent, a high-performance culture and building enduring Client relationships.

Ingrid has over 25 years of international commercial experience in the insurance and financial services industries. Most recently, she was the Group Finance Director of the then GBP 12 billion market cap dual London and South Africa listed Old Mutual plc, and a member of its various subsidiary boards.

Prior to this, Ingrid spent 21 years with South African listed Nedbank Group, a 53% subsidiary of Old Mutual plc and one of South Africa’s four largest banks. During that time, she held several progressively senior roles encompassing both the technical aspects of governance, finance, treasury, risk and capital management with leading large scale sustainable change of the businesses servicing international, corporate, business and retail clients. This culminated in her role as Group Managing Executive: Retail and Business Banking to collaboratively lead 20,000 colleagues in delivering best-in-class client, culture and risk metrics, in addition to achieving sustainable financial performance and advancing leadership diversity.

Originally from Johannesburg, South Africa, Ingrid is a Chartered Accountant and holds Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Accounting degrees from the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa and completed the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard Business School.

She has no conflict of interest with the Company and has no prior convictions for any offences within the past ten years.