AGE / GENDER/ NATIONALITY:
62/ Female / Malaysian
DATE OF APPOINTMENT:
11 June 2024
BOARD COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS:
DIRECTORSHIP IN OTHER PUBLIC COMPANIES AND LISTED ISSUERS:
EXPERIENCE/ACHIEVEMENT AND OCCUPATION:
- Chui Sum started professional training with Coopers & Lybrand Malaysia (legacy firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers Malaysia) in 1981, qualifying as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in 1987.
- Retired as a Partner in Deals, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Malaysia on 30 June 2022.
- Her experience in auditing and technical training in the first 16 years with the firm provided a strong foundation for the latter part of her career in debt and corporate restructuring and general insolvency.
- From 1998 to 2022 she advised a multitude of listed and unlisted clients in their formal and informal debt and corporate restructuring schemes. These situations involved multiple lenders including foreign borrowings, bonds and sukuk.
- She advised 3 Malaysian bank groups in selling their Non-performing Loans portfolios.
- She provided leadership on engagements covering various forms of corporate reorganization, cashflow monitoring, asset ringfencing and performance improvement, supporting clients that ranged from financial institutions and corporate groups to government ministries or government-related agencies.
- She is a founding member of the Malaysian chapter of International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC) and served as its co-chair from 2020 to 2021.
ACADEMIC/ PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:
- Professional Qualification in Accountancy (Certified Public Accountant - CPA(M))
- Professional Qualification in Accountancy (Malaysian Institute of Accountants)
