Mr Tay Seng Chew

(Executive Chairman)

Chairman of Executives’ Share Option Scheme Committee

 

Mr Tay Seng Chew has more than 25 years of combined working experience in the field of banking and finance in Malaysia.

In 1989, he started his career at Bank Buruh (M) Berhad as a bank officer responsible for the handling of banking operations. In addition, he was assigned to develop bank products and harmonise banking systems and operational methods under a task force that reported directly to the bank’s senior management.

In 1991, he joined United Malayan Banking Corporation Berhad as a credit officer where he was responsible for undertaking credit evaluation as well as developing and maintaining relationships with customers.

In 1993, he joined Deutsche Bank (M) Berhad as an officer. He was promoted to senior officer in 1995 and assistant manager in 1996. During his stint with the bank, he was involved in the provision of corporate banking services to both domestic and international clients.

In 1996, he was offered to join the bank’s regional head office in Singapore to conduct credit assessment for the Asia Pacific region. However, he left the bank during the same year to join Beauty Harvest Trading Sdn Bhd (a company involved in the trading and distribution of children's clothing) as a Finance and Administrative Director responsible for advising, structuring and executing the potential listing of the company on the stock exchange.

From 2000 to 2016, he was the Head of Corporate and Commercial Banking for the Northern region at United Overseas Bank (M) Berhad. He was responsible for supervising and developing the corporate and commercial banking business covering Perak, Penang, and Kedah.

He was the Independent Non-Executive Director of XL Holdings Berhad, a company listed on the Main Market of Bursa Securities, from May 2018 to March 2020.

In June 2020, Mr Tay came out of retirement to join NationGate Solution (M) Sdn. Bhd. as Corporate Services Director and is presently serving as Corporate Services Director at NationGate Group.