MR WONG KOK LEONG

Malaysia

Male

63

Member of Nomination and Remuneration Committee

Independent and Non Executive

Mr. Wong Kok Leong ("Thomas") is a strategic and accomplished executive with nearly three decades of experience in senior leadership roles within the fast-moving consumer goods, tertiary education, and insurance industry in Malaysia. He began his professional career as a National Accounts Manager with Unilever Malaysia in 1992 before moving on to become General Manager of Wall's Ice Cream, a division of Unilever, in 1996. He was also appointed as Member of Unilever Malaysia's EXCO as well as member of the Regional SEA Strategic Category Board.
In 2002, he joined TH Marketing & Ceres Sime Confectionery Sdn Bhd, an entrepreneurial venture in partnership with Ceres Singapore and Sime Darby Marketing. In 2005, he joined DKSH Berhad as Senior General Manager, Harpers Trading before joining INTI Laureate Universities and Colleges as Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing in 2010.
Thomas began his foray in insurance industries in 2007, when he joined Prudential Malaysia as Chief Marketing and Partnership Distribution Officer. Subsequently, he joined AIA Berhad as Chief Marketing Officer in 2012 and as Chief Human Resources Officer in 2017, before retiring in 2021. Thomas was an Independent Non-Executive Director of Fi-Life Sdn. Bhd., a Fintech start-up under Bank Negara Malaysia's sandbox initiative to promote digital insurance access.