Lee Ai Leng

Ms Lee Ai Leng was appointed to the Board on 2 January 2023 as an Independent Non-Executive Director. She is the Chairman of the Governance, Nominating and Remuneration Committee, and a member of Audit Committee and Risk Management Committee.

She holds a LLB (Honours) in Law from the University of Malaya, she also holds a Diploma in Accounting and Finance (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants)

She started her career in private practice in 1991 after being called to the Malaysian Bar as an Advocate and Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya. She subsequently joined IOI Corporation Berhad in 1994 as the Group Legal Advisor and later served as joint Company Secretary as well. During her tenure with IOI Group until 2013, she was involved in both the plantation and property development businesses.

She was appointed as Head of Legal of Sime Darby Plantation Berhad ("SDP") in 2014 and was redesignated as Group General Counsel in 2018. In this role, she leads the legal functions of the SDP Group, providing legal advice and support to SDP and its local and overseas subsidiary companies. Being part of the senior management team of SDP, she also serves as a member of various management committees which include Group Investment Committee, Credit Committee, Whistleblowing Committee and Group Tender Committee.

Ms Lee’s legal career spans over 30 years and she has extensive experience in plantation and property industries. Her areas of expertise include corporate and commercial law focusing on domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, capital markets, private debt securities, banking and finance matters as well as property development, real and personal property transactions.