Thayaparan Sangarapillai

Mr Thayaparan Sangarapillai, a Malaysian, is an Independent Non-Executive Director of Sime Darby Berhad. He was appointed to the Board on 1 December 2017.

Mr. Thayaparan has over 35 years of experience in providing audit and business advisory services to clients in a wide range of industries. His portfolio of clients included major public listed companies involved in power, telecommunications, automotive, property development, plantation, manufacturing, and trading sectors. Mr. Thayaparan has also led cross-border assignments. Other than statutory audits, Mr. Thayaparan has led assignments on financial due diligence, mergers & acquisitions, initial public offerings, finance function effectiveness reviews, and other advisory work.

Mr. Thayaparan joined Price Waterhouse (now known as PricewaterhouseCoopers) (PwC) in Kuala Lumpur in 1983. He was a Partner in the Assurance Services of PwC Malaysia from 1994 until his retirement as a Senior Partner in 2015.