Life Protection
Protect your loved ones’ future from life’s uncertainties.
OUR People
Our people are the foundation of our success and the drivers of our promise to be Malaysia’s Real Life Company.
Dato’ Thomas Mun Lung Lee
Independent Non-Executive Director (Chairman)
Dato' Thomas is a Barrister at Law (England) and holds a Master of Arts (MA) and Master of Laws (LLM) from Cambridge University, UK. Dato’ Thomas has been in legal practice as an Advocate and Solicitor for more than 50 years. Dato’ Thomas is an arbitrator with the Court of Arbitration for Sport, Lausanne, Switzerland and is currently the Senior Partner of Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill. He has over 40 years of experience in Banking, Finance and Corporate Law.
Datuk Husni Zai Yaacob
Independent Non-Executive Director
Datuk Husni holds a Bachelor of Science (Hons.) Resource Economics from University Putra Malaysia. Datuk Husni had served at Malaysian missions in the Philippines, Pakistan and United Kingdom and was an Ambassador of Malaysia to Kuwait and Ambassador of Malaysia to Thailand. Datuk Husni was appointed as the High Commissioner of Malaysia to Singapore on 23 August 2013 before his retirement from government service in 2016. Datuk Husni has over 34 years of experience and expertise in managing international relations as a diplomat and Senior Management team of the Malaysian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Mohd Daruis Zainuddin
Independent Non-Executive Director
En. Mohd Daruis is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants as well as a Member of the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Malaysian Institute of Accountants and Chartered Tax Institute of Malaysia. He is the Sole Practitioner in an audit firm MDZ & Co. Encik Daruis was with Pricewaterhouse Coopers Malaysia between 1974 and 2004, where he held the position of Senior Partner. He was also a Member of the ACCA Malaysian Advisory Committee and Dewan Perniagaan Islam Malaysia Negeri Johor.
Anusha Thavarajah
Executive Director
Ms Anusha was appointed CEO of AIA Bhd. in June 2015. She joined AIA in 2002 as Vice President of Actuarial and later took on the role of Appointed Actuary & Head of Product Development in ING Insurance Berhad, where she went on to become Deputy CEO. Anusha returned to AIA in 2011 as Deputy General Manager of Operations, Finance & Actuarial. Prior to becoming CEO, Ms Anusha was appointed as the Regional Business Development Director of AIA Group Limited. She holds a First Class Honours in Mathematics & Statistics from the UK’s University of Birmingham and is also a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries, UK.
Dato’ Chang Kat Kiam
Non-Independent Non-Executive Director
Dato' Chang holds a Master's degree in Business Administration from University of Hull, United Kingdom. Dato’ Chang has 42 years of experience in the banking and finance industry. Dato’ Chang is currently the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Public Bank Berhad. He sits on the Board of several companies under the Public Bank Group, including Public Bank (Hong Kong), Public Bank Vietnam, Cambodian Public Bank and Campu Lonpac Insurance in Cambodia.
Dato’ Mohammed Najeeb Abdullah
Independent Non-Executive Director
Dato' Mohammed Najeeb holds a Master's Degree in Business Administration (Accounting and Finance) from Charles Darwin University, Australia and also graduated from the Chartered Institute of Marketing (UK). He started his career in banking for over 27 years and has more than 35 years of experience in both conventional and Islamic banking. He was appointed the General Manager of Public Islamic Bank in November 2008. He relinquished his position in Public Islamic Bank when he was made a Senator of the Parliament of Malaysia in April 2010 for a 3-year term. He is an Independent Non-Executive Director of Public Islamic Bank Bhd, Cambodian Public Bank Plc, Campu Lonpac Insurance Plc, PB Trustee Services Bhd and AIA PUBLIC Takaful Bhd.
Abu Hassan Assari Ibrahim
Non-Independent Non-Executive Director
En. Abu Hassan Assari holds a Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) degree from University of Malaya. He is the Chief Executive Officer of Public Islamic Bank Berhad and has more than 34 years of experience in the banking industry. Encik Abu joined the Public Bank Group in 1989 and has held several managerial positions at the Head Office in Credit Operations and Retail Banking, with his last position being Director of Credit Operations. He became the General Manager of Public Islamic Bank in 2010 and was subsequently appointed to his current position in early 2011.
Shariah Committee Members
Emeritus Prof. Dato’ Paduka Dr. Mahmood Zuhdi Haji Ab. Majid
Emeritus Prof. Dato’ Paduka Dr. Mahmood Zuhdi Haji Ab. Majid (Chairman) is currently an Emeritus Professor at the Academy of Islamic Studies, University of Malaya.
He received his first Degree in Shariah from Yayasan Pengajian Tinggi Islam Kelantan and successfully completed his master’s degree in Shariah from Al-Azhar University. He then obtained his Diploma in Education from ‘Ain Syams University, Cairo and Master in Philosophy from University of Kent, England. He holds a Doctorate of Philosophy from University of Malaya.
He holds the post of consultant of foreign affairs for Madinah International University and a Research fellow at International Shariah Research Academy for Islamic Finance (ISRA). He has published various books and written numerous articles, journals and research papers on Islamic Criminal Law, History of Islamic Law and Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence.
He is also a Shariah Committee member for Public Islamic Bank Berhad.
Associate Prof. Dr. Mohamad Asmadi Abdullah
Associate Prof. Dr. Mohamad Asmadi Abdullah is currently an Associate Professor at Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws, IIUM. He obtained his double Degree in LLB (Bachelor of Laws) and LLB.S (Bachelor of Shariah) from IIUM. He then obtained his Master of Comparative Laws from the same university. He holds a Ph.D in Islamic Law from University of Durham, United Kingdom.
He was a Deputy Dean at the Academic Management and Admission Division, IIUM and served OSK Investment Bank as a member of its Shariah Committee.
He has presented various papers both locally and abroad and has produced several articles and books in the field of family law. His specialised areas are Islamic Law of Property, Transactions, Banking and Takaful as well as comparative laws.
Assistant Prof. Dr. Mohd Afandi Awang Hamat
Assistant Prof. Dr. Mohd Afandi Awang Hamat is currently an Assistant Professor at Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences, IIUM. He received his first degree in Fiqh and Usul al-Fiqh from IIUM and further his Master and Ph.D at the same university.
Currently, he is appointed as a committee member of Employment and Promotion and a committee member of Examination in IIUM. He is also a coordinator of Centre for Islamic Studies at the same university. Dr. Mohd Afandi had represented IIUM in a conference in Erfurt University, Germany to present a paper on Issues of Islamic Law.
He is also a Shariah Committee member for Public Islamic Bank Berhad.
Associate Prof. Dr. Abdul Bari Awang
Associate Prof. Dr. Abdul Bari Awang is currently an Associate Professor in Kulliyyah Islamic Revealed Knowledge, IIUM. He received his first degree in Fiqh from IIUM and continues his Master and Ph.D in Fiqh & Usul al-Fiqh at the same university.
He won an award for the Best Library Partner IIUM in 2013. He was also appointed as a reviewer for the Best Book Award by Majlis Penerbitan Ilmiah Malaysia. He received a Bronze Award Winner in IIUM Research, Invention and Innovation Exhibition (IRIIE) in 2010 and 2012.
Dr. Abdul Bari is currently a Member of Islamic Legal Consultative Committee of Federal Territories, a Member of Student Disciplinary Committee Board, IIUM and a coordinator for Diploma in Islamic Studies, IIUM in Gombak, Kuantan and Singapore.
He is also a Shariah Committee member for Public Islamic Bank Berhad.
Associate Prof. Datin Dr. Rusnah Muhamad
Associate Prof. Datin Dr. Rusnah Muhamad is currently an Associate Professor in Faculty of Business and Accountancy, University of Malaya (UM). She obtained her first degree in Accounting from UM and obtained her Master of Science in Accounting and Finance from University of Stirling, Scotland. She then received her Ph.D in Accounting from UM. She had recently completed her Executive Diploma in Syariah at Universiti Malaya Centre of Continuing Education and received the Best Student Award.
She is a registered member of CPA Australia and becomes a Campus Liaison Officer of CPA Australia. She is appointed as a Chief Editor for Journal Accounting Perspective published by Department of Financial Accounting and Auditing), UM.
She has been actively producing various research papers in Financial Accounting, Islamic Accounting and Religiosity and Ethics. Her academic paper titled “Religiosity and Work Stress Coping Behaviour Among Muslim Employees” won the Best Paper Award at the International Conference on Management from Islamic Perspective in 2007.
She is also a Shariah Committee member for Public Islamic Bank Berhad.
Management Team
Elmie Aman Najas
Chief Executive Officer, AIA PUBLIC Takaful Bhd.
Elmie was appointed to lead AIA’s Family Takaful business in 2014, with the aim of making AIA PUBLIC as one of the fastest growing Takaful Operators in Malaysia.
His key responsibility is to drive Takaful’s product innovation and penetration rate among the Bumi segment by leveraging AIA and Public Bank Berhad’s leadership positions and established infrastructure and distribution networks.
Khor Swee Chin
Appointed Actuary
Swee Chin leads the Actuarial team that is responsible for the Company’s financial resiliency, to ensure that there are adequate financial safeguards in place to manage key emerging risks to the financial condition and capital adequacy of the Company.
Reena sari
Associate Director, Business Governance
Reena Sari leads the Business Governance team that is responsible for driving sustainable business growth through successful distribution channel management and strengthening the company cost and operational efficiencies through effective operations and IT management.
Sze Yuet Ping
Head of Finance
Yuet Ping leads the Finance team that is responsible for treasury and reconciliations, finance and general ledger operations, financial reporting, as well as financial control and investment.
Puteri Haslinda Megat Ahmad Supian
Associate Director, Compliance
Puteri Haslinda leads the Compliance team that is responsible for ensuring that controls to manage compliance risk are adequate and operating as intended. It is also responsible for assessing and monitoring of compliance risk faced by the Company.