AMMB Holdings (AmBank Group) has appointed Dato’ Seri Ahmad Johan Raslan as its senior adviser and a member of the board of directors.

 

He is a former executive chairman of PricewaterhouseCoopers Malaysia (PwC). He spent 10 years of his career in London and 20 years in Malaysia, working in the fields of assurance and advisory. His clients included some of the most prominent companies in Malaysia, including government-linked companies.

 

In addition to his assurance and advisory work, Dato’ Seri Johan has frequently been consulted in the important field of corporate governance. He has worked with the main Malaysian regulators including Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM), the Malaysian Securities Commission (SC), Bursa Malaysia and the Companies Commission of Malaysia. Until he retired in 2012, he was a member of BNM’s financial stability executive committee and the SC’s corporate governance consultative committee.    

 

“His work for the government of Malaysia included board memberships of Perbadanan Putrajaya and The Retirement Fund Incorporated (KWAP), and the chairmanship of the Financial Reporting Foundation. He is currently a member of the Financial Services Professional Board, an appointment under BNM,” said Tan Sri Azman Hashim, chairman, AmBank Group.

 

Dato’ Seri Johan’s role as senior adviser will be to advise the chairman and board of AmBank Group on a variety of issues internal and external to the group.