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Y.Bhg. Dato’ Lee Kong Lam
(Executive Director)
Dato’ Lee Kong Lam, aged 62, has 36 years experience in the
banking and finance industry. He was appointed as an
Executive Director of Public Bank on 28 November 2001.
He joined Public Bank in November 1996 as General Manager
and was subsequently appointed Senior General Manager in
1997 and Executive Vice President in 1998. He is a member
of the Board Executive Committee. He is the Chairman of the
Operational Risk Management Committee; and is a member of
the Loans Committee, the Information Technology Committee,
the Assets and Liabilities Management Committee, the Share
Investment Committee, the Group Human Resource Committee
and the Public Bank Berhad Employees’ Share Option Scheme
Committee.
Prior to joining Public Bank, he was with Bank Negara
Malaysia (“BNM”) and was involved primarily in the
supervision and examination of banking institutions. He retired
in August 1996 as the Head of BNM’s Examination Department
and as a member of the BNM’s Management Committee.
He is a Fellow of the Australian Society of Certified Practising
Accountants; a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers,
United Kingdom; and a Chartered Accountant of the Malaysian
Institute of Accountants.
His directorships in other public companies in the Public Bank
Group are in Public Finance Bhd, Public Merchant Bank Bhd,
Public Mutual Bhd (Chairman) and Hock Hua Finance Bhd, and
he is also a Director of several other subsidiaries of the Public
Bank Group.
Dato’ Lee Kong Lam attended all of the 18 Board meetings
held in the financial year ended 31 December 2003.