Our Board of Directors – TA Securities Holdings Berhad

OUR
BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Datin Alicia Tiah

Non-Independent Non-Executive Chairperson

Yg Bhg Datin Tan Kuay Fong holds a Bachelor of Economics (Honours) Degree and a Post Graduate Diploma in Accounting from the University of Malaya.

She started her profession in stockbroking in 1975. In 1983, she was one of the pioneer founders of A.T. Securities Sdn Bhd, the first stockbroking company to be established in Shah Alam. In December 1987, she joined TA Securities Sdn Bhd and was appointed the Managing Director of TA Securities Berhad in July 1995. Pursuant to the listing of TA Enterprise Berhad, she was appointed as Executive Director of TA Enterprise Berhad in March 1990 and subsequently in May 2002, she was appointed as its Executive Chairman. She was re-designated as Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of TA Enterprise Berhad on 16 August 2007.

She was instrumental in the growth and development of TA Enterprise Berhad’s financial services businesses during its formation years. In the l990s, Datin Tan Kuay Fong revolutionised the stockbroking business of TA Enterprise Berhad by taking the bold step to build up its IT infrastructure and employed IT programmers and system analysts to design and tailor specific back office IT systems and controls to provide its remisiers and clients with a more efficient platform to trade with greater accuracy and efficiency.

She was also instrumental in developing the proprietary trading activities of TA Enterprise Berhad, expanding its retail market, building up its remisiers/dealers base to enlarge its retail clientele and to expand its business.

She has over 25 years of senior management experiences in stockbroking, derivatives and property management. Her experience and expertise incorporates strategic planning, initial business set-up, operations planning and implementation, international business expansion and overall business management. Her financial services career track record has been charted through the years, made possible through her in-depth exposure to the stockbroking industry and financial markets. She now continues to impart her business acumen and skills to the growth and development of TA Enterprise Berhad’s financial services business.

She also sits on the Boards of TA Global Berhad, a public listed company, TA Securities Holdings Berhad, a public company which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of TA Enterprise Berhad and a number of companies with the TA Enterprise Berhad Group & TA Global Berhad Group.

She is the wife of Yg Bhg Datuk Tiah Thee Kian, Non-Independent Non-Executive Chairman and a substantial shareholder of the Company.

Datuk Hamzah Bin Mohd Tahir

Executive Director Dealing

Datuk Hamzah Bin Mohd Tahir obtained a Bachelor in Business Administration (Finance) from Western Michigan University, Michigan, USA in 1981 and a Master in Business Administration (Finance) from University of Northern Colorado, Colorado, USA in 1984.

He started his career as a remisier with OCBC Securities, Malacca in 1984 and left in 1986 to join the Treasury Department of Citibank Berhad, Kuala Lumpur. He was a forex and money market dealer and has extensive knowledge in technical analysis.

He joined TA Securities Berhad (TASB) in April 1991 and has vast experience in the dealing of equities and fixed income. He was appointed as an Executive Director Dealing of TA Securities Holdings Berhad (TASH) in September 2007.

Mr. Tah Heong Beng

Executive Director Operations

Mr. Tah Heong Beng obtained his Accountancy qualification in 1985 and is a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants and the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

He began his career in audit and accountancy with the public accounting firm of Azman Wong Salleh & Co. in February 1980. In March 1987, after seven years of experience in audit, taxation and investigation, he left to join Asia Commercial Finance (M) Berhad as an Assistant Internal Audit Manager.

He began his career in the stockbroking industry in October 1987 and held various senior positions before joining TA Securities Berhad (TASB) as the General Manager Operations in March 2002. Since December 2011, he has been re-designated as the
Executive Director Operations of TA Securites Holdings Berhad.

En. Shaari Mat Hussin

Executive Director Dealing

En. Shaari Mat Hussin started his employment at TA Securities Sdn Bhd in 2002. Holding a Diploma in Investment Analysis from UITM in 1994. His employment in stock broking and investment industry started in 1994 with JB Securities which revolved around dealing operations and handling international institutional clients.

In 1996 he commenced his working life in Arab Malaysian Securities handling high net worth clients.

After 6 years, he moved to TA Securities Holdings Berhad to assume an institutional dealer post with a position of a vice president Institutional Sales and subsequently he was promoted to Senior Vice President Institutional Sales and became the Head of Dealing for the institutional sales team.

Thereafter, he was appointed as Executive Director Dealing of TA Securities Holdings Berhad on 18 March 2016.

Mr. Chew Chin Guan

Independent Non-Executive Director

Mr. Chew Chin Guan, Bobby obtained his Bachelor of Law degree with Honours from the University of Malaya in 1994. He was admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya in March 1995, whereupon he proceeded with active practice in civil litigation.

In May 1997, he joined the Company’s Legal Department and was subsequently promoted as the Manager in the Department in February 2002. In April 2003, he resumed his legal practise as a partner with Messrs G.H.Tee & Co, Advocates and Solicitors and subsequently in January 2005, as a partner with Messrs Chris Koh & Chew, Advocates and Solicitors.

He was appointed an Independent Non Executive Director of TA Securities Holdings Berhad (TASH) in July 2007.

Pn. Nor Asma Mohamed

Non-Independent Non-Executive Director

Pn. Nor Asma holds a Diploma in Investment Analysis from Mara University of Technology (UiTM) and an Executive Bachelors Degree of Management from Asia E University.

She joined TA Securities Holdings Berhad (TASH) in 1987 as dealer’s representative and subsequently she was appointed as Senior Manager of TASH Dealing Department in 1994.

In June 2012 she was transferred to TA Futures Sdn Bhd (TAF) and appointed as the Compliance Officer of TAF and subsequently as Executive Director of Operations in 2017.

Puan Nor Asma has an experience in the trading activities for institutional and retail clients both local and foreign for the local as well as overseas equities markets. She was also involved in the recruitment and training for both dealer’s representatives and remisiers of TASH.