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 help Malaysians live healthier, longer, better lives.
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.
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.
Associate Prof. Datin Dr. Rusnah Muhamad
Independent Non-Executive Director
Associate Prof. Datin Dr. Rusnah holds a Ph.D in Accounting from University of Malaya. She obtained her first degree in Accounting from the same university and obtained her Master of Science in Accounting and Finance from University of Stirling, Scotland. She also holds an Executive Diploma in Syariah from University Malaya Centre of Continuing Education and was accorded the Best Student Award. She is currently an Associate Professor of the Faculty of Business and Accountancy at University Malaya and the Chairperson of the Ministry of Higher Education’s UM-INCEIF Islamic Finance Research Program. She also serves as both Director and Shariah Committee Member of AIA PUBLIC Takaful Bhd. and Public Islamic Bank Berhad.
ben ng
Executive Director
Mr. Ng is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries and Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society in the United States. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with highest distinctions from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, United States. Mr. Ng has more than 25 years of experience in the insurance industry. He joined AIA in 2011 and was appointed as CEO of AIA Bhd. on 15 August 2019. Prior to his current appointment, he was the President Director and CEO of AIA Indonesia since June 2014. Mr. Ng also served as CEO of AIA Group’s Corporate Solutions business and Regional Business Development Director and Interim CEO for AIA Taiwan. Mr. Ng has held an extensive range of leadership roles across both business and finance functions including Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Marketing Officer.
Management Team
Elmie Aman Najas
Chief Executive Officer
Elmie was appointed to lead AIA’s Family Takaful business in 2014. His key responsibility is to develop the Family Takaful business, drive product innovation and increase the Takaful penetration rate in the Bumi segment by leveraging on 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.
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.
Reena Sari Abdul Halim
Associate Director, Business Governance
Reena Sari leads the Business Governance team that is responsible for driving sustainable business growth through successful distribution channel management while strengthening the Company cost and operational efficiencies through effective operations and Information Technology (IT) management.
Afdzal Al-‘Adli Husni Husin
Associate Director, Product Marketing
Adli leads the Product Marketing team in developing the right solutions for AIA Family Takaful business. He is responsible for end-to-end product development; from the strategising and developing stage up to the marketing of the product via various distribution channels.
Mohamad Khairul Daim Ahmad Shamsuri
Associate Director, Shariah, Legal & Secretarial
Daim leads the Shariah, legal & secretarial functions in the Company. He coordinates interaction between key stakeholders and also acts as the liaison officer with authorities and associations on regulatory matters.
Norlia Bt Shamsudin
Associate Director, Compliance
Norlia leads the Compliance team that is responsible for ensuring that controls to manage compliance risk are adequate and operating as intended. She is also responsible for assessing and monitoring of compliance risk faced by the Company.