Board of Directors
NG ENG KIAT

    Chairman
    Non-Independent Non-Executive Director
    (70, Malaysian, Male)
    Date of Appointment to the Board: 7 August 2007

    Ng Eng Kiat was appointed as the Chairman of AEON Credit Service (M) Berhad on 8 May 2018. Prior to this appointment, he was an Independent Non-Executive Director of AEON Credit since 7 August 2007, and redesignated as a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director on 23 January 2019. He is a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (“MIA”), Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants (“MICPA”) and fellow member of the Chartered Tax Institute of Malaysia.

    He has more than 40 years of experience in the field of audit, accountancy, corporate services and taxation. He had previously served as a member on a number of working groups of the Malaysian Accounting Standards Board, a co-opted member on a number of committees of the MICPA and an examiner for the final professional examination of the MICPA. He had also previously represented MIA as a member of the audit licensing panel under the auspices of the Ministry of Finance.

    Presently, he is the Senior Partner/Adviser of the merged firm of Azman, Wong, Salleh & Co and Folks DFK & Co. He also sits on the Board of Directors of several private limited companies.

    He does not hold any directorship in any other public or public listed companies.

    Ng has attended 14 Board meetings held during the year ended 28 February 2023. He holds 21, 321 ordinary shares directly in the Company.
DAISUKE MAEDA

    Managing Director
    (47, Male, Japanese)
    Date of Appointment to the Board: 23 June 2021

    Daisuke Maeda was appointed as the Managing Director of AEON Credit Service (M) Berhad on 23 June 2021. Prior to his appointment, he was the Managing Director of AEON Credit Service India Private Limited from July 2017 until June 2021.

    Maeda first started his career at AEON Credit Service Co., Ltd. from 1999 until 2005. He was transferred to AEON Thana Sinsap (Thailand) PCL in December 2005 where he held various positions over the years until February 2010 where he was the Senior Vice President and Head of Sales & Marketing.

    Maeda was seconded to Representative Office in Cambodia where he held the position as the Chief Representative from February 2010 until October 2011. Then Maeda established AEON Microfinance (Cambodia) Co., Ltd. as the Managing Director and Vice Chairman in November 2011. Under his leadership, AEON Microfinance (Cambodia) Co., Ltd. obtained Specialised Bank License from National Bank of Cambodia, and became AEON Specialised Bank (Cambodia) Co., Ltd. where he continues the position as Managing Director and Vice Chairman from October 2015 until June 2017.

    Maeda holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology from Kansai University, Japan.

    Other than AEON Credit and ACS Digital Berhad, he does not hold any other directorship in any other public or public listed companies.

    Maeda has attended 14 Board meetings held during the year ended 28 February 2023. He does not hold any shares in the Company.
S. SUNTHARA MOORTHY S. SUBRAMANIAM
Independent Non-Executive Director
(61, Male, Malaysian)
Date of Appointment to the Board: 1 March 2018

S Sunthara Moorthy A/L S Subramaniam was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director of AEON Credit Service (M) Berhad on 1 March 2018. He is a Fellow Member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (“ACCA”) and a Chartered Accountant with the MIA.

He has over 30 years of experience, mainly in general management, strategic business development, corporate finance, accountancy, tax and audit. Sunthara began his career in an audit practice in London, United Kingdom in 1986 till 1995, prior to joining UEM Edgenta Berhad (“UEME”) (formerly known as Faber Group Berhad) in 1995, where he served for 16 years. He held a few key positions and prior to leaving UEME, he was the Chief Executive Officer of a wholly-owned subsidiary of UEME, while concurrently holding the position of the Director of Corporate Services of UEME. He subsequently joined Eversendai Corporation Berhad as an Executive Director in October 2011 and was also a Board member until March 2017.

Currently, he is the Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Nominating Committee of the Company with effect from 1 January 2022. He does not hold any directorship in any other public or public listed companies.

Sunthara has attended 14 Board meetings held during the year ended 28 February 2023. He does not hold any shares in the Company.
DATUK ADINAN BIN MANING
Senior Independent Non-Executive Director
(66, Male, Malaysian)
Date of Appointment to the Board: 28 June 2018

Datuk Adinan bin Maning was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director of AEON Credit on the 28 June 2018. On 23 January 2019, he was appointed as a Senior Independent Director.

Datuk Adinan has 38 years of working experience of which 30 years has been in banking. He started in 1980 with Bank Bumiputra Malaysia Berhad and had in the last 10 years of his career served as the Chief Executive Officer of Bank Simpanan Nasional (“BSN”).

Throughout his career he had exposure in various industries such as property development and construction, manufacturing, loan recovery, assets management, investment and insurance.

He was appointed on 1 September 2019 as Board member of Urusharta Jamaah Sdn Bhd (“UJSB”), a company owned by MOF Inc. Presently, he is the Chairman of its Board Audit and Risk Committee and a member of the Company’s Nomination and Remuneration Committee. On 1 March 2023, Datuk Adinan had been appointed as an independent Director of TH Heavy Engineering Berhad (“THHE”) as well as THHE Fabricators Sdn Bhd of which both companies are subsidiaries of UJSB.

Datuk Adinan was the President of the World Savings Bank Institute (Asia Pacific Region) and had served as Treasurer of Persatuan Badan Berkanun Malaysia and was a council member of the Association of Development Financial Institutions of Malaysia.

He had also served as the Non-Executive Chairman of Prokhas Sdn Bhd and Non-Executive Chairman of BSNC Corporation Berhad. He was also a Board member of BSN, Prudential BSN Takaful Berhad, Permodalan BSN Berhad and Gibraltar BSN Life Berhad.

Currently, he is the Chairman of Board Risk Committee and a member of the Audit Committee of the Company. Other than AEON Credit and THHE Berhad, he does not hold any directorship in any other public or public listed companies.

Datuk Adinan has attended 14 Board meetings held during the year ended 28 February 2023. He does not hold any shares in the Company.
DATIN YASMIN AHMAD MERICAN
Independent Non-Executive Director
(72, Female, Malaysian)
Date of Appointment to the Board: 23 January 2019

Datin Yasmin Ahmad Merican was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director of AEON Credit Service (M) Berhad on 23 January 2019. A business transformation practitioner, her professional focus continues to be in strategy and marketing. She holds an MBA in Strategic Marketing (Distinction) from the University of Hull, United Kingdom.

As a former partner of Ernst & Young in Malaysia and international partner with EY Global Client Consulting, she led the development of knowledge and customer management solutions for the global firm from the mid to the end of the 1990s in their Asia Pacific market. In 2000, she founded Trax Associates and since then has supported the enhancement of various organisational capabilities in marketing, product/service development and reputation management at some of Malaysia’s largest institutions. In 2013, she authored and published ‘The Right to Brand’, a business book pioneering brand building methods for emerging market companies.

Currently, she is a governor and the Deputy Chair of the Malaysian Institute of Corporate Governance (“MICG”) and a global trustee on the international board of AFS Intercultural Programs, New York (USA). At MICG she serves on the Strategy and R&D Committees and with AFS, she chairs the global Nominations Committee and is a member of the Strategy, Audit & Risk Management Committees.

Between 2008 and 2012, she sat on the board of the Malaysian Productivity Corporation (“MPC”) and the School of Information Technology as an industry advisor at Monash University (Malaysia). At AEON Malaysia, she has been a director with AEON Fantasy Sdn. Bhd. since 2011 and was the President of the Malaysian AEON Foundation between 2019 and 2021.

Currently, she is a member of the Remuneration Committee and the Nominating Committee of the Company. Other than AEON Credit, she does not hold any other directorship in any other public or public listed companies.

Datin Yasmin has attended 14 Board meetings held during the year ended 28 February 2023. She holds 20,000 ordinary shares directly in the Company.
RASHIDAH BINTI ABU BAKAR
Independent Non-Executive Director
(67, Female, Malaysian)
Date of Appointment to the Board: 23 January 2019

Rashidah binti Abu Bakar was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director of AEON Credit Service (M) Berhad on 23 January 2019. She graduated from University Malaya in 1979 with LLB (Hons). She commenced work in the Investment Department at Bank Negara Malaysia (“BNM”) on 1 April 1979.

Rashidah was admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya in September 1981 upon her completion of legal professional qualifications. She returned to BNM after being admitted to the Malaysian Bar and continued her service at BNM. In 1993, she was transferred to the Legal Department in BNM. Rashidah resigned from BNM in 1995 and joined private legal practice. Her area of practice was in conveyancing. She attended to financing documentation based on conventional as well as Shariah principles. She has vast experience in syndicated loans, private debt securities, sukuk documentation and highway financing. She has also been appointed as the President of the Consumer Tribunal constituted under the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs with effect from 15 April 2018.

Currently, she is a member of the Board Risk Committee and was appointed as a member of the Remuneration Committee of the Company with effect from 1 January 2022. She does not hold any directorship in any other public or public listed companies.

Rashidah has attended 14 Board meetings held during the year ended 28 February 2023. She does not hold any shares in the Company.
CHIN PIK YUEN
Independent Non-Executive Director
(58, Female, Malaysian)
Date of Appointment to the Board: 27 July 2023

Chin Pik Yuen was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director of AEON Credit Service (M) Berhad on 27 July 2023. She is a Certified Public Accountant of the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants (MICPA) and a Chartered Accountant of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA). She also holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Anti-Money Laundering from the University of Manchester, United Kingdom.

She started her career as a statutory auditor in 1988 and subsequently specialised in internal audit with two public listed groups of companies in the banking and capital market sectors for a period of 12 years. In these companies she also took on various other functions during her service, including Internal Audit Professional Practices, Special Projects, Systems & Methods and Human Resources & Administration. She then moved on to a governance role with a US-based Outsourcing company where she supported the Hong Kong operations. She subsequently returned to the banking and capital markets sector for 7 years in a risk and compliance role with a foreign bank and a local investment bank as head of group compliance, covering Hong Kong, Singapore and the bank’s other ASEAN-based subsidiaries.

In 2014, she joined Securities Commission Malaysia where she served until her retirement in 2021. She headed the Managed Investment Schemes Department and subsequently, the Authorisation & Licensing Department. Her final role was General Manager of Corporate Planning and Strategy Department.

Currently, she is a member of the Audit Committee of the Company. Other than AEON Credit and HeveaBoard Berhad, she does not hold any directorship in any other public or public listed companies.

She does not hold any shares in the Company.
MITSUGU TAMAI
Non-Independent Non-Executive Director
(61, Male,Japanese)
Date of Appointment to the Board: 23 June 2021

Mitsugu Tamai was appointed as a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of AEON Credit Service (M) Berhad on 23 June 2021. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, specialising in Business Accounting from Yokohama National University, Japan. Having started his career at AEON Credit Service Co., Ltd. in 1999, he has over 20 years of experience in the retail and financial industry.

Tamai was appointed as the Executive Director and the Chief General Manager of Accounting and Finance Division of AEON Credit Service Co., Ltd. in May 2006. In April 2007, he was appointed as the Executive Director and Head of Finance Division and later appointed as the Executive Officer Related Company Management Department in March 2010.

He was transferred to AEON Co., Ltd. in March 2012, where he held the position as the Head of Group Business Administration. Subsequently in August 2012, Tamai transferred to AEON Mall Co., Ltd. where he held the position as the General Manager of Administration and on May 2013, he was appointed as the Executive Director and Head of ASEAN Region. In April 2019, he was appointed as the Executive Director and Head of ASEAN Division & Head of Digitalisation.

He was then transferred to AEON Financial Service Co., Ltd. in April 2021 and held the position as Managing Executive Officer of the Overseas Business Division. In June 2021, Tamai was appointed as the Chairman of the Board of AEON Thana Sinsap (Thailand) Public Company Limited. In January 2022, Tamai was appointed as the Chairman of a non-listed company, ACS Trading Vietnam Co., Ltd.

He does not hold any directorship in any other public or public listed companies.

Tamai has attended 13 Board meetings held during the year ended 28 February 2023. He does not hold any shares in the Company.
LEE TYAN JEN
Executive Director
(49, Female, Malaysian)
Date of Appointment to the Board: 1 July 2013

Lee Tyan Jen was appointed as an Executive Director of AEON Credit Service (M) Berhad on 1 July 2013. She obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from University of South Alabama, USA in 1996.

She joined AEON Credit in 1998 as an Officer in the Credit Assessment Department. Subsequently, she was promoted to various positions in the Credit Assessment Department and was appointed as the Assistant General Manager in 2006. In 2008, she was promoted as General Manager and served as the Head of Credit Assessment Group before assuming the position as Head of Business Operations Division in April 2015. In April 2016, she was designated as the Chief Operating Officer of the Company and as Head of Customer Service and Operations Division. Subsequently, her portfolio was added with Head of IT Group in March 2017. She was redesignated as Chief Information Officer and Head of IT Division since April 2019. In July 2020, her strengths in customer service and IT were combined under the new leadership position of Head of IT & Customer Service Division.

In July 2021, her exemplary performance led to her appointment as Chief Operating Officer, while still heading her existing division and also serving additionally as Head of Marketing & Business Development Division.

Currently, she holds the position of Chief Operating Officer and Head of Marketing and Business Development Division.

She does not hold any directorship in any other public or public listed companies.

Lee has attended 13 Board meetings held during the year ended 28 February 2023. She holds 42,257 ordinary shares directly in the Company.