DATO' CHOO KAH HOE

Malaysia

Male

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Dato’ Choo Kah Hoe holds a degree in Company Administration from Sheffield Hallam University and an MBA from the University of Wales and Manchester Business School. He holds professional qualifications as a Chartered Company Secretary, ACIS, and is a founding and fellow member of the Malaysian Institute of Commercial and Industrial Accountants, FCIA, and also a professional member of the National Institute of Accountants Australia, PNA.

Dato’ Choo Kah Hoe started his banking career in 1980. After ten (10) years in commercial banking he ventured into merchant banking for another five (5) years. In 1995 he set up DBS Bank (then known as the Development Bank of Singapore) Offshore Banking Branch in Labuan, Malaysia and grew its business into the top five (5) most profitable overseas operations within a period of three (3) years. In 1999, just after the Asia Financial Crisis, he was seconded to Thailand to manage DBS Thai Danu Bank and was the Deputy President and Executive Director of DBS Thai Danu Bank from 1999 to 2003. In DBS Thai Danu Bank, he personally led the Debt Restructuring Group and Enterprise Banking Group. He was Chairman of the Y2K Task Force Committee and responsible for the Y2K Compliance of DBS Thai Danu Bank. Dato’ Choo returned to Malaysia as Country Manager in August 2003. He was Managing Director, Country Manager and Chief Representative for DBS Bank Ltd, Kuala Lumpur Representative Office in Malaysia. He also held the post of Chief Representative for DBS Bank, Yangon Office.

Indirect interest of 25,000,000 Ordinary Shares. (Deemed interested in shares by virtue of his shareholding in IBH Capital (Labuan) Limited pursuant to Section 8 of the Companies Act 2016.)