Tan Sri Dato' Azman Hashim

Tan Sri Dato' Azman Hashim

Y. Bhg. Tan Sri Dato' Azman Hashim, a Malaysian, aged 68, was appointed to the Board on 9 June 1988 and has been the Executive Chairman of the Company since 1993.

Tan Sri Dato' Azman, a Chartered Accountant, a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators, has been in the banking industry since 1960 when he joined Bank Negara Malaysia and served there until 1964. He practised as a Chartered Accountant in Azman Wong Salleh & Co from 1964 to 1971. He then joined the Board of Malayan Banking Berhad (MBB) from 1966 until 1980 and was its Executive Director from 1971 until 1980. He was the Executive Chairman of Kwong Yik Bank Berhad, a subsidiary of MBB, from 1980 until April 1982 when he acquired AmMerchant Bank Berhad.

Tan Sri Dato' Azman is the Chairman of the Malaysian Investment Banking Association, the National Productivity Corporation, East-Asia Business Council and the Pacific Basin Economic Council (PBEC) International and Co-Chairman of Malaysia-Singapore Roundtable. He is President of the Malaysia South-South Association, Malaysia-Japan Economic Association, Malaysian Prison FRIENDS Club and Non-Aligned Movement's ("NAM") Business Council. He is a Member of the APEC Business Advisory Council, The Trilateral Commission (Asia-Pacific Group), the Malaysian-British and the Malaysia-China Business Councils and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) Business Advisory Council. He is also the Leader of the ASEAN-Japanese Business Meeting (Malaysia Committee, Keizai Doyukai) and is on the Board of Advisors, AIM Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility. He was recently appointed Pro-Chancellor, Open University of Malaysia and Member, Governing Body of the Asian Productivity Organisation, Executive Committee of the Malaysian Crime Prevention Foundation and International Advisory Panel, Bank Negara Malaysia International Centre for Education in Islamic Finance (INCEIF).

Tan Sri Dato' Azman is the Non-Executive Chairman of AMMB Holdings Berhad (AHB) and Chairman of the Board of several subsidiaries of AHB, namely AmInvestment Group Berhad, AMFB Holdings Berhad, AmBank (M) Berhad, AmMerchant Bank Berhad, AmIslamic Bank Berhad, AmProperty Trust Management Berhad and AmAssurance Berhad. Apart from the AHB group of companies, he is also the Chairman of AMDB Berhad, Malaysian South-South Corporation Berhad, MCM Technologies Berhad, RCE Capital Berhad and serves as a Director of Pembangunan MasMelayu Berhad. He is also involved in several charitable organisations as Chairman of AmGroup Foundation and Perdana Leadership Foundation, and Trustee for ECM Libra Foundation, Better Malaysia Foundation and the Malaysian Liver Foundation.