Board of Directors

Dr. Wee Cho Yaw
Chairman Emeritus and Honorary Adviser

Dr. Wee Cho Yaw, visionary, banker extraordinaire, community pillar and celebrated pioneer, is highly regarded in Singapore and internationally.

Dr. Wee became a director and the Chairman of UOB Malaysia in 1994 soon after the Bank was incorporated as a subsidiary of United Overseas Bank Limited of Singapore.  He retired from the Board in April 2019 after more than 25 years of service.

Dr. Wee is a veteran in the banking, insurance, real estate and hospitality industries. He has received many accolades for his business achievements and support of education, community welfare and the business community in Singapore. Among the awards conferred on him are the Distinguished Service Order, Singapore National Day Award (2011), ASEAN Business Advisory Council Legacy Award for Singapore (2017) and Honorary Doctor of Letters from the National University of Singapore (2008) and Nanyang Technological University (2014).

Dr. Wee was conferred the title of Chairman Emeritus and Adviser when he stepped down as Chairman of the Bank in 2013. Upon his retirement as director in April 2019, the Board appointed Dr. Wee as Honorary Adviser in recognition of his many years of dedicated service and wise counsel. Dr. Wee remains as Chairman Emeritus and Honorary Adviser of UOB Malaysia to share his wealth of experience and insight with the Board and Management.

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 Audit, Risk Management, Remuneration and Nominating Committees.

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 an Independent Non-Executive Director of Genting Plantations Berhad (GENP) and YTL Starhill Global REIT Management Limited. He is also a member of Audit and Risk Management Committee in GENP and a member of the Audit Committee in YTL Starhill Global REIT Management Limited.

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 and China Yuchai 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 2022, Mr Wee was conferred 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. Mr Wee was also 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 as 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 having held various senior leadership roles at global financial institutions in Malaysia and Hong Kong. During the initial phase of her career, she was attached to the Malaysian International Merchant Bankers Berhad, Standard Chartered Bank Malaysia Berhad and UOB Malaysia.

Subsequently, Ms. Ng served in HSBC Bank in Malaysia and Hong Kong (HSBC), where she held several senior country and regional leadership positions spanning across business functions namely Commercial, Corporate and Transaction Banking. In Hong Kong, she was responsible for driving the Global Trade & Receivables Finance business covering ten countries in the Asia Pacific region.

Ms. Ng rejoined UOB Malaysia in June 2019 as the Managing Director and Country Head of Wholesale Banking where she was instrumental in growing the wholesale business. She was subsequently promoted to be the Deputy CEO of UOB Malaysia on 1 July 2021 and was entrusted to oversee Retail Banking, Channels and Digitalisation as well as the Risk Management functions while continuing to lead the Wholesale Banking business.

Ms. Ng is currently a Council Member of both The Association of Banks in Malaysia 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.

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 IJM Corporation Berhad, Batu Kawan Berhad and Nestle (Malaysia) Berhad. She is the Chairperson of the Nomination & Remuneration Committee at IJM Corporation Berhad, Audit Committee at Batu Kawan Berhad and a member of the 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 Malaysian Building Society Berhad, MBSB Bank Berhad, Chemical Company of Malaysia Berhad and Malaysian Pacific Industries Berhad. She was also 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.