Yaw Chun Soon

Yaw Chun Soon, aged 56, male, Malaysian, Executive Director, joined the Board of the Company on 24 July 2014.

Mr Yaw Chun Soon was admitted as a Solicitor and Barrister of the High Court of New Zealand in 1986 and he was called to the Malaysian Bar in 1987. He practiced law as an Advocate & Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya. He attended the Management Development Program at the Asian Institute of Management, Philippines in 1995.

Mr Yaw has over 32 years of experience in the legal, financial services, broadcasting and property development industry. He joined TA Securities Berhad in November 1993. In May 1996, he was the General Manager-Operations of Botly Securities Sdn Bhd (“Botly”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of TA Enterprise Berhad and subsequently as the Executive Director of Botly. From May 1998 till October 1998, he was the Corporate Finance Director of TA Bank of the Philippines Inc. and the Director of TA Securities Philippines and TA Properties Development, Philippines Inc. On 19 November 1999, he was appointed to the Board of TA Securities Berhad and subsequently the Executive Director-Operations of TA Securities Holdings Berhad from 14 August 2004 until 30 November 2011. He was also appointed as Executive Director of TA Enterprise Berhad, a public listed company listed on Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad from 7 October 2009 to 30 November 2011. He is also a director of Asian Outreach (Malaysia) Bhd.