Caption: Dato' Wan Fadzmi, Chairman of SMBC Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR, June 21 (Bernama) -- Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Malaysia Berhad (“SMBCMY”) announced today two appointments to its Board of Directors.
 
Dato’ Wan Mohd Fadzmi Bin Che Wan Othman Fadzilah, 56, is appointed Chairman of SMBCMY effective 15 May 2021. He replaces Mr Tony Chin Kok Sang who has retired on 14 May 2021.
 
Dato’ Wan Fadzmi was initially appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director (INED) of SMBCMY on 1 April 2018. Throughout his appointment as INED and prior to his re-designation as Chairman, Dato’ Wan Fadzmi had held the role of Chairman of the Bank Risk Management Committee while serving concurrently as a member of the Board Audit Committee and Board Nominations and Remuneration Committee.
 
Mr Woo Chew Hong, 64, has been appointed INED of SMBCMY effective 15 May 2021. He is the Chairman of the Board Nominations and Remuneration Committee and a member of the Board Risk Management Committee and Board Audit Committee.
 
About Dato’ Wan Mohd Fadzmi Bin Che Wan Othman Fadzilah
 
Dato’ Wan Fadzmi has over 25 years of experience in domestic and international banking particularly in leading business units at global financial centres namely in London, New York and Hong Kong.
 
He was President / Chief Executive Officer of Bank Pertanian Malaysia Berhad ("Agrobank") from July 2011 until August 2017. During his tenure, he successfully transformed the bank from a conventional leverage model to a full-fledged Islamic Bank, making it one of the few banks in the world to have undergone such a transformation.
 
Dato’ Wan Fadzmi holds a Bachelor of Construction Economics from RMIT University in Australia. He is a Chartered Banker, Asian Institute of Chartered Bankers (AICB) and a Chartered Professional in Islamic Finance (CPIF). He has attended the Advanced Management Program at Wharton Business School and the Senior Executive Finance Program at the Templeton College, University of Oxford. He is also a Fellow, Institute of Corporate Directors Malaysia (ICDM).

About Mr Woo Chew Hong
 
Mr Woo has over 35 years of experience in professional Information Technology. He has spent a large part of his career in large corporations spearheading teams across the full IT continuum, i.e. in strategic planning, applications development, infrastructure and service management. He has also worked closely with world-class IT solutions and technology partners.
                                                                       
Mr Woo holds a Bachelor of Science from La Trobe University in Australia and has attended the Senior Management Program at INSEAD.

About Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Malaysia Berhad
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Malaysia Berhad (SMBCMY) is a public limited company incorporated and domiciled in Malaysia operating under a full banking license awarded by Bank Negara Malaysia in 2010 and commenced its business in April 2011. The Bank is principally engaged in full-fledged wholesale and institutional banking and its related financial services.
 
The immediate and ultimate owners of the Bank are Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. respectively. Both companies are incorporated in Japan. For more information on SMBC Asia Pacific, visit www.smbc.co.jp/asia.