DATO' LEANNE KOH LI ANN

Malaysia

Female

49

Nomination Committee

Independent and Non Executive

Dato' Leanne Koh chambered with a Kuala Lumpur-based corporate and commercial law firm and was called to the Malaysian Bar in 1998. Following her chambering, Dato Leanne worked in the Litigation Department and thereafter the Corporate Department of the law firm at which she had chambered before joining KPMG Malaysia in June 2000.
As a member of KPMG Malaysia's corporate tax practice team for over 20 years, Dato' Leanne has provided corporate tax advice in relation to a variety of domestic and international transactions and exercises, including inbound and outbound investments, cross border and domestic regulatory issues, mergers and acquisitions, IPOs, international tax advice and tax due diligence, corporate tax diagnostic reviews and group tax planning and advising on structured finance products and structuring commercial contracts for tax efficiency. She held the position of Executive Director - Corporate Tax in KPMG Malaysia for about 15 years before retiring in June 2020.
During the course of her career, Dato' Leanne has amongst others served in an advisory capacity with the Securities Commission and Bank Negara Malaysia in respect of tax issues relating to ABS structures and Islamic financing. She has also addressed seminars and conferences in relation to tax issues relating to mergers and acquisitions and international tax planning.
Dato' Leanne also holds substantial legal experience in the areas of insolvency law and corporate and commercial restructurings, in particular receiverships and liquidations, banking litigation and administrative law matters.
Dato' Leanne returned to legal practice in 2020 as a corporate partner in the firm's Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions Department.
Presently, she is an Independent Non-Executive Director of Engtex Group Berhad.

1. Engtex Group Berhad