Y Bhg Dato' Kong Sooi Lin

Y Bhg Dato’ Kong Sooi Lin, a Malaysian, aged 63, was appointed to the Board of AmInvestment Bank Berhad on 30 October 2019 as an Independent Non-Executive Director. She is a Member of the Risk Management Committee of AmInvestment Bank.

Dato’ Kong also sits on the Board of AMMB Holdings Berhad, the holding company of AmInvestment Bank.

Dato’ Kong has more than 30 years of investment banking experience with an extensive equity and debt transaction expertise, having advised on numerous highly profiled and industry-shaping corporate exercises in Malaysia and Asia Pacific.

Dato’ Kong was the Chief Executive Officer of CIMB Investment Bank from March 2016 to March 2019, where her primary focus was to lead and sustain the growth of investment banking business in terms of revenue, profit and innovation. Prior to this, she was the Regional Head of Investment Banking of CIMB for the ASEAN Region.

During this period, her scope of responsibilities included being the Group Head of Private Banking where her responsibility was to helm CIMB’s Private Banking business by building greater linkage between the business units across various geographies with the aim of growing Assets Under Management (AUM) and profitability.

Dato’ Kong is currently an Independent Non-Executive Director of Eco World International Berhad, IOI Corporation Berhad and PMB Technology Berhad.

Dato’ Kong holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) from University of New South Wales. She is also a Chartered Banker of Asian Institute of Chartered Bankers (AICB), Chartered Accountant of Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA) and Certified Practising Accountant of Australia (Fellow).