Mr Jeyaratnam A/L Tamotharam Pillai

Mr Jeyaratnam a/l Tamotharam Pillai, a Malaysian, aged 69, was appointed to the Board of AmInvestment Bank Berhad on 1 October 2018 as an Independent Non-Executive Director. He assumed the Chairmanship of the Board on 25 January 2019.

Mr Jeyaratnam is also the Chairman/Independent Non-Executive Director of AmFunds Management Berhad, a wholly-owned subsidiary of AmInvestment Bank.

With over 30 years’ experience in the financial and investment banking services industry, Mr Jeyaratnam is a seasoned banker having been involved in various assignments which included the listing of companies, mergers and acquisitions, takeovers, corporate restructuring and fund-raising exercises. Mr Jeyaratnam undertook Malaysia’s first privatisation exercise and participated in various feasibility studies and cross border transactions in India, Ghana and the United Kingdom.

The area of expertise and experience of Mr Jeyaratnam also include deals origination, define corporate and funding structures, evaluate and negotiate deals, execution and implementation of deals. He had been working closely with various stakeholders such as corporate clients, investors, banks, government agencies, Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad, Securities Commission Malaysia (‘SC’) and Bank Negara Malaysia.

During his career, Mr Jeyaratnam had served as Chief Executive/Deputy Chief Executive of four investment banks over a 12-year period. He was also a member of the Sub-Committee of Bursa and the Capital Market Advisory Council of SC. Mr Jeyaratnam was appointed by the Minister of Finance to be part of the six-member team that was responsible in formulating the Malaysian Capital Market Masterplan. He was overseeing the Investment Banking, Stockbroking, Fund Management and Venture Capital Activities during his tenure in Maybank as the Head of Investment Banking Division.

Mr Jeyaratnam’s past directorships included Westcomb Financial Group Limited Singapore, Kuwait Finance House (Australia) Pty Ltd, KFH Asset Management Sdn Bhd, Kuwait Finance House (Labuan) Berhad and Avenue Capital Resource Berhad.

Mr Jeyaratnam is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants. He held a Capital Markets Services Representative License (CMSRL Adviser License) and was a Qualified Senior Personnel (QSP) approved by the SC.