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Dato' Chan Choy Lin (Carol)
Independent Non-Executive Director
Nationality: Malaysian
Date of appointment: 1 April 2024
She is the Chairperson of the Audit and Risk Management Committee and a member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee.
In November 1977, she completed the Higher School Certificate (HSC). She was admitted as a member of the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants in May 1984 and has been a member of the MIA since June 2001. She is also a Fellow of the ICDM since October 2023.
Whilst pursuing her professional qualifications, she began her accountancy training at an accounting firm, Yuen Tang & Co as an Audit Clerk from 1979 to February 1983. In March 1983, she joined Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co (now known as KPMG PLT) as an Audit Senior where she assisted the Audit Manager in various audit assignments.
In September 1984, after departing from Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co., she joined Innovest Berhad (a public company then listed on the Main Market of Bursa Securities) as a Group Accountant and was also subsequently appointed as the Company Secretary of its group of companies. During her employment with the group, her responsibilities included overseeing the finance functions, accounting, corporate finance and treasury matters, as well as corporate secretarial works.
She left Innovest Berhad in December 1991 to join MBf Management Sdn Bhd, a wholly owned subsidiary of MBf Holdings Berhad (a public company then listed on the Main Market of Bursa Securities) in January 1992, as the group company secretary where she was responsible for the secretarial functions of the MBf group of companies including MBf Capital Berhad (a public company then listed on the Main Market of Bursa Securities) and MBf Finance Berhad. She played a key role in the merger of MBf Finance Berhad with Arab Malaysian Finance Berhad in the formation of AmBank Berhad before leaving the financial industry in October 2004.
In November 2004, she joined Tradewinds Corporation Berhad as the Group General Manager (Secretarial) where her role included the implementation of strategic corporate exercises to enhance the financial position of the company.
In February 2006, she joined DRB-HICOM Berhad as the Principal Company Secretary where she was responsible for the corporate secretarial functions of its group of companies. In June 2011, she was promoted to the group director of Corporate Affairs where her role expanded to include the oversight of Legal and Corporate Social Responsibilities departments. She assumed the said position until her retirement in December 2017.
In June 2018, she was appointed as the independent non-executive director of Ann Joo Resources Berhad. Subsequently, in July 2018, she was appointed as the independent nonexecutive director of APM Automotive Holdings Berhad. Both of which are public companies listed on the Main Market of Bursa Securities. From June 2018 to August 2024, she served as the independent non-executive director of GHL Systems Berhad (now known as NTT Data Payment Services Sdn Bhd) which was delisted from the Main Market of Bursa Securities in August 2024.
In March 2020, she was also appointed as the independent non-executive director of The Pacific Insurance Berhad, a public non-listed company, a position she still holds to date.