Woo Lai Mei

Ms. Woo Lai Mei (“Ms. Woo”) was appointed the Head of Legal of OSK Group on 1 September 2015 and was re-designated as Head, Group Legal on 1 January 2018.

Ms. Woo graduated from the University of Buckingham, United Kingdom with LLB (Second Class Upper, Honours).

Ms. Woo was admitted into the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn in 1986 and was called to the Degree of an Utter Barrister (at Law) in 1988. Upon her subsequent admission as an Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore in 1989, Ms. Woo practised law in reputable and leading law firms in Singapore such as Messrs Lee & Lee and Messrs Rajah & Tann in Singapore, for 11 years before returning to Malaysia.

Upon her return and admission as an Advocate and Solicitor Malaya, Ms. Woo continued her legal career in leading law firms such as Messrs Zul Rafique & Partners with particular focus on commercial litigation, for another few years before moving inhouse as a corporate legal counsel with OSK Securities Berhad (which transformed into OSK Investment Bank Berhad in 2007).

In addition to her professional experience as an Advocate and Solicitor in two jurisdictions, Ms. Woo’s multi-disciplinary experience included an assignment as a consultant with the Securities Commission Malaysia and close to four years, as the Chief Operating Officer/ Director of OSK Trustees Berhad. During her tenure as Chief Operating Officer/ Director of OSK Trustees Berhad, Ms. Woo represented OSK Trustees Berhad in many meetings and dialogues with Bank Negara Malaysia, various Ministries and government authorities, regulators and institutional bondholders and had also appeared before the Public Accounts Committee in Parliament.