Ah Lek Tay

Mr. Ah Lek Tay is a Chief Executive Officer, MD & Executive Director at Public Bank Bhd., a Chairman at Association of Finance Cos. of Malaysia, a Chairman at Association of Hire Purchase Cos. Malaysia, a Chairman at Financial Park (Labuan) Sdn. Bhd. and a Member at National Payments Advisory Board. He is on the Board of Directors at Public Mutual Bhd., Public Bank Bhd., Cagamas Holdings Bhd., Financial Mediation Bureau, Public Bank (L) Ltd., Public Investment Bank Bhd., Public Islamic Bank Bhd., Public Bank (Hong Kong) Ltd. and Public Finance Ltd. He is a Director of Public Mutual since August 1995. He has over 59 years of experience in the banking and finance industry. Mr. Tay was appointed as an Executive Director of Public Bank on 18 June 1997 and was re-designated as Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer with effect from 1 July 2002. He joined the Public Bank Group as a pioneer staff in 1966. He was the Executive Vice-President of Public Bank from 1995 to 1997 and prior to this appointment, he was the Executive Vice-President of the former Public Finance Bhd. He is presently the Chairman of the Association of Hire Purchase Companies Malaysia and is a Member of the Steering Committee and the Service Provider Consultative Group of the National Payments Advisory Council and the Economic Action Council. Mr. Tay was employed as a Non-Executive Director by Public Financial Holdings Ltd. and a Vice President by PBFIN Bhd. He also served on the board at Asean Finance Corp. Ltd. He holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Henley, United Kingdom and attended the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School. He is an Emeritus Fellow of the Malaysian Institute of Management, a Fellow, Chartered Banker, of the Asian Institute of Chartered Bankers, and is a Fellow of CPA Australia and the Financial Services Institute of Australasia.