Advisors

Dato' Zainal Abidin Putih

Dato’ Zainal Abidin was appointed as a Board member for Khazanah effective 16 November 2020. Dato’ Zainal is currently the chairman of several companies including Dutch Lady Milk Industries Berhad, Land & General Berhad, Tokio Marine Insurance (Malaysia) Berhad and Touch ‘n Go Sdn Bhd. He also sits on the board of Petron Malaysia Refining & Marketing Berhad, as well as the boards of several private limited companies.

Tan Sri Kong Hon Kong

Tan Sri Kong Hon Kong, is the founder of Nirvana Asia Group and has been the Executive Chairman since October 1990. He was appointed as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer in February 2009. As the founder of the Group, Tan Sri Kong has been the driving force of Nirvana Asia Group’s development, growth and expansion, and is primarily responsible for formulating its overall development strategies and business plans.

Tan Sri Dr Lim Wee Chai

Tan Sri Dr Lim Wee Chai is the Chairman and Founder of the Top Glove Group which, under his leadership, has become as the world’s largest glove manufacturer, capturing 25% of the global market share, producing up to 47 billion pairs of gloves yearly which exports to over 185 countries. He was appointed Director and Board Member of the Employees Provident Fund (2019 to 2021) and Non-Executive Chairman of Tropicana Corporation Bhd.

Dato' Seri Utama Raja Nong Chik

Dato’ Seri Utama Raja Nong Chik is Chairman of Rasma Corporation, a leading mechanical and electrical contractor in Malaysia which has completed millions of dollars of public works projects for various government ministries and private sector clients. Under his leadership, the company has grown into a nationwide conglomerate and is currently venturing and expanding into the Malaysian rail and property development industries.

Marlon Sanchez

Marlon Sanchez is Head of Global Prime Finance Distribution, Asia Pacific, at Deutsche Bank. Hestarted his career in 1994 at Morgan Stanley, working in debt capital markets origination where he initially focused on US and Euro medium-term notes for banks and corporates. He later moved to Hong Kong where he joined equity capital markets at Morgan Stanley in 1996, focusing on convertible bond origination.

Kevin Lu

Dr. Kevin Lu is Partners Group’s Chairman of Asia, a member of the Global Executive Board and Head of Partners Group’s Singapore office. Additionally, he chairs the PG LIFE Impact Committee and leads the development of relationships with key strategic clients in Asia. Prior to joining Partners Group, he served as Asia Regional Director and Chief Financial Officer at the World Bank Group’s Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), overseeing MIGA’s finance, investments, portfolio management and risk analytics functions.

Francesco Barrai

Francesco Barrai is Senior Vice President with DE Shaw – a global investment and technology development firm with more than USD40 billion in investment capital and possesses offices in North America, Europe, and Asia. He is responsible for Asia Pacific Equity Linked portfolio and is a Responsible officer for the firm’s Hong Kong office.

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