Board of Directors

Ching Yew Chye
Board Chairman
Independent

Mr Ching was appointed to the Board on 1 June 2018 as an Independent Non-Executive Director and thereafter he was appointed as the Board Chairman on 16 June 2023. He is also a member of the Risk Management Committee.

Currently, he is an Independent Non-Executive Chairman of AIA General (AIAG) Berhad since July 2018. He is a member of the Nominating, Remuneration, Risk Management and Audit Committees in AIAG Berhad. Mr Ching is also a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of Genting Plantations Berhad.

Mr Ching was also the former Chairman of AIA Bhd and former Director of Petronas Chemicals Group Berhad, HSBC Bank Malaysia Berhad, Avenue Invest Berhad, China Yuchai Limited and YTL Starhill Global REIT Management Limited.

Mr Ching holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree from the University of London, UK. In 1982, he joined Accenture, a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company listed on the New York Stock Exchange. From 1997 until his retirement in 2007, he assumed various regional senior management roles in Accenture, including Managing Partner of the Financial Services Industry Group in Asia, Geographic Council Chairman for Asia, Managing Partner for the South Asia Region and Managing Partner for the Government Industry practice in China. He retired from Accenture as Senior Partner in May 2007 after a successful career spanning of more than 24 years of service.

Wee Ee Cheong
Deputy Chairman
Executive

Mr Wee was appointed to the Board on 23 March 1994 and thereafter he was appointed as Deputy Chairman on 25 July 2001. Mr Wee is a member of the Nominating Committee.

A career banker with 40 years’ experience in the UOB Group, Mr Wee joined United Overseas Bank Limited of Singapore (“UOB Singapore”) in 1979 and has been a director of UOB Singapore since 1990. He is currently the Deputy Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of UOB Singapore.

He is Chairman of United Overseas Insurance, Chairman of United Overseas Bank (China), Chairman of United Overseas Bank (Thai) Public Company and President Commissioner of PT Bank UOB Indonesia. He was also formerly a director of Far Eastern Bank.

Active in industry and community development, Mr Wee serves as Vice Chairman of The Institute of Banking and Finance and a Council Member of The Association of Banks in Singapore. He is also a member of the Board of Governors of the Singapore-China Foundation and an Honorary Council Member of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He was previously Deputy Chairman of the Housing and Development Board and a director of the Port of Singapore Authority, Pan Pacific Hotels Group, UOL Group and United International Securities, and a member of the Visa AP Senior Client Council.

A keen art enthusiast, Mr Wee is the Patron of the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts. He is also a director of the Wee Foundation.

Mr Wee holds a Bachelor of Science (Business Administration) and a Master of Arts (Applied Economics) from American University, Washington, DC.

In 2013, he was awarded the Singapore Public Service Star by the Singapore Government for his contributions to the financial industry.

In 2024, Mr Wee was conferred the Investors’ Choice Outstanding CEO Award by Securities Investors Association (Singapore). Mr Wee was also conferred with The Asian Banker CEO Leadership Achievement for Singapore Award and named the Best CEO (large cap listed companies) by the Singapore Institute of Directors for his outstanding leadership in 2022. He was awarded The Business Times Businessman of the Year 2021/2022.

Ng Wei Wei
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
United Overseas Bank (Malaysia) Bhd (UOB Malaysia)

Ms Ng Wei Wei was appointed to the Board as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of UOB Malaysia on 1 May 2022. Prior to this appointment, Ms Ng was the Deputy CEO of UOB Malaysia.

Ms Ng is a career banker with over two decades of experience. She has held various senior country and regional leadership roles at global financial institutions in Malaysia and Hong Kong. The highlight of her tenure in Hong Kong was when she was responsible for overseeing trade businesses for ten countries in the Asia Pacific region for an international financial institution.

In 2019, she returned to UOB Malaysia as the Managing Director and Country Head of Wholesale Banking and was subsequently promoted to Deputy CEO in 2021. Since taking the helm as CEO in 2022, Ms. Ng has been instrumental in the Bank’s transformation. She led the successful integration of Citigroup’s consumer banking business and has been championing the sustainability agenda in the Bank to support businesses in transitioning to net zero. Additionally, she leads the Bank’s efforts in enabling businesses to capture the rich opportunities in the region and facilitating foreign direct investment into the country by leveraging the Bank’s strong regional footprint. Ms Ng is also a strong advocate for talent development and fosters an inclusive workplace culture by promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion within the Bank. 

Ms Ng is a Chartered Banker of Chartered Banker Institute, United Kingdom and the Asian Institute of Chartered Bankers. She also holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree with double major in Accounting and Management from the Monash University of Melbourne, Australia.

Currently, she is a Council Member of The Association of Banks in Malaysia and the Asian Institute of Chartered Bankers.

An accomplished public speaker, Ms. Ng has been invited to share her thoughts and leadership insights in many public forums. Her speaking engagements cover various topics, from personal development and leadership to industry-specific insights and sustainability.

In 2025, Ms Ng was honoured with the ASEAN Woman Banker Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2025 ASEAN Banking and Finance Summit.

Arthur Chin Shoon Chong
Independent

Mr Arthur Chin was appointed to the Board on 10 April 2023 as an Independent Non-Executive Director. He is the Chairman of the Audit and Risk Management Committees and a member of the Nominating and Remuneration Committees.

Mr Arthur Chin is a Chartered Accountant, a Certified Public Accountant and a Chartered Global Management Accountant, being a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA), the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants (MICPA) and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) respectively. He has more than 30 years of experience in audit and accounting related fields in a wide range of companies including public listed companies and multinationals, with particular focus on banking, insurance, credit services, manufacturing, consumer and industrial goods.

Mr Arthur Chin joined KPMG in 1992 and held various managerial positions in Kuala Lumpur, Kota Kinabalu, Labuan and London offices before being admitted as a Partner in 2007. He headed KPMG Labuan International Business and Financial Centre (IBFC) Practice and KPMG Malaysia’s Global China Practice and was a member of the firm’s Audit & Accounting Committee at various times, and retired from the firm in December 2021.

Mr Arthur Chin had not held and currently does not hold any directorship in public listed companies or public interest entities.

Tunku Alina Raja Muhd Alias
Independent

Tunku Alina Raja Muhd Alias (“Tunku Alina”) was appointed to the Board on 1 September 2023 as an Independent Non-Executive Director. She is the Chairperson of the Nominating and Remuneration Committees. She is also a member of the Audit and Risk Management Committee.

Currently, Tunku Alina serves as Independent Director of Inari Amertron Berhad, Batu Kawan Berhad and Nestle (Malaysia) Berhad. She is the Chairperson of the Audit & Risk Committee  and a member of Remuneration Committee at Batu Kawan Berhad and a member of the Audit & Risk Committee and Governance, Nomination and Compensation Committee of Nestle (Malaysia) Berhad.

She is also the Chairperson of JA Russell & Co Sdn Bhd, a private company with interests in tea plantations and farming.

Tunku Alina was a former Chairperson of Harps Holdings Berhad, former Director of IJM Corporation Berhad, Malaysian Building Society Berhad, MBSB Bank Berhad, Chemical Company of Malaysia Berhad and Malaysian Pacific Industries Berhad. She was also the Chairperson of the Nomination & Remuneration Committee at IJM Corporation Berhad, a member of the Audit Committee and the Risk Management Committee of MBSB Bank Berhad and Chairperson of the Nomination Committee of Malaysian Pacific Industries Berhad. During her board career, she has received exposure to start-ups, scale-ups, IPO, acquisitions and divestitures of companies.

She holds a Bachelor of Laws from University of Malaya, Masters in Law from King’s College, London, attended Advance Management Programme from Oxford University – Green Templeton College and PhD in Islamic Finance from International Centre for Education in Islamic Finance.

Tunku Alina is a lawyer by profession. As a trained mediator and facilitator, she is able to guide negotiations and discussions in order to satisfy the interests of the parties. She taught as adjunct professor at the School of Law, University of Miami in 2015. She now volunteers as advisor to United Nations Global Compact Malaysia-Brunei (2022) and as Endeavor mentor. Sustainability governance and corporate governance are her areas of focus, with an emphasis on climate change risks.

Datin Paduka Sarena Cheah Yean Tih
Independent

Datin Paduka Sarena Cheah Yean Tih (“Datin Paduka Sarena Cheah”) was appointed to the Board on 1 January 2025 as an Independent Non-Executive Director. She is a member of the Audit, Risk Management, Nominating and Remuneration Committees.

Datin Paduka Sarena Cheah started her career with Sunway Group since 1995, with active involvement in Corporate Finance, Internal Audit and Business Development divisions, across various business segments including education, healthcare and property development. On 1 May 2015, she was appointed as Managing Director of the Property Development Division, Malaysia/Singapore and as Executive Deputy Chair on 2 January 2025, taking on full responsibility to lead Sunway’s property arm.

Datin Paduka Sarena Cheah also chairs the management committee of the Jeffrey Cheah Foundation, which adopts a social enterprise model and is the largest-of-its-kind advancing education in Malaysia.

Currently, Datin Paduka Sarena Cheah serves on the Boards of Sunway Berhad Group, Sunway REIT Management Sdn Bhd, the Manager of Sunway Real Estate Investment Trust, as well as Elite UK REIT, a UK based REIT listed on the Singapore Exchange. She sits on the Board of Trustee for Yayasan Raja Muda Selangor and is a Board Member of Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA). She is also a past member of the National Committee for the Real Estate Housing and Developers Association Malaysia (REHDA). Her past directorships include Bank of America (Malaysia) Berhad and the Institute of Corporate Directors Malaysia.

Datin Paduka Sarena Cheah holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting and Finance) Degree (1994) from University of Western Australia and obtained her Master’s Degree in Business Administration from Melbourne Business School in 2001. She is a Fellow Member of Australian Society of Certified Practising Accountants (ASCPA) and also holds a Capital Markets Services Representative’s License (CMSRL) issued by the Securities Commission of Malaysia.