Our Profile Board of Directors
Chairman / Independent Non-Executive Director
Dato’ Seri Abdul Azim Bin Mohd Zabidi was appointed to the Board of Director on 23 February 2021. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators, United Kingdom and holds a Masters in Business Law from London Metropolitan University, United Kingdom.
He was a Chairman of Bank Simpanan Nasional (“BSN”), a Malaysia’s National Savings Bank for the period from July 1999 until June 2009. Growing from his work with BSN, He also active in the work undertaken by the Brussels based World Savings Banks Institute (“WSBI”). In year 2000, he was appointed as President (Asia Pacific) for WSBI and in year 2003, he was elevated to its Board of Directors. In addition, he was elected as Vice President and Treasurer of WSBI from September 2006 until April 2009.
A long association with the unit trusts/mutual funds and fund management industry culminated in his election as President of the Federation of Malaysian Unit Trust Managers, a post held from year 1998 to year 2003. During this period, he was appointed as Member of the Steering Committee of the International Investment Funds Association (“IIFA”), Montreal, Canada, a post held by him until 2008. From year 2007 to year 2008, he was elected as a member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Audit Committee of IIFA.
He was also a member of the National Economic Consultative Council II, where he served on the Islamic Banking and Finance Committee. He was also selected by the Securities Commission to be a member of its Capital Market Advisory Council. He was invited by Bursa Malaysia Berhad to be a member of its Index Committee and Deputy Chairman of its Board of Advisors for the Malaysian Central Depository.
He has no family relationship with any Director and/or major shareholder of the Company and has no conflict of interest with the Company. He has no convictions for offences within the past five (5) years other than traffic offences (if any) nor public sanctions or penalty imposed by the relevant regulatory bodies.
He has attended all seven (7) Board of Directors’ Meetings during the financial year ended 31 March 2022. He currently sits on the Boards of XOX Berhad, Fintec Global Berhad, Seacera Group Berhad and Anzo Holdings Berhad.
Managing Director cum Group Chief Executive Officer
He was appointed to the Board of Directors of LYC on 12 July 2016. He is a Fellow Member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (“FCCA”) and member of Malaysian Institute of Accountants. He was a practicing accountant since 1983 by providing management, corporate and other related services. In January 2007, he was appointed as the Executive Director of Ralco Corporation Berhad and subsequently appointed as Managing Director in May 2008. He resigned as the Managing Director of Ralco Corporation Berhad on 9 July 2011 and retired as the Director of Ralco Corporation Berhad on 18 June 2012. He served as an Independent Non-Executive Director of Timberwell Berhad since year 2005 and retired on 12 May 2017.
He has no family relationship with any Director and/or major shareholder of the Company and has no conflict of interest with the Company. He has no convictions for offences within the past five (5) years other than traffic offences (if any) nor public sanctions or penalty imposed by the relevant regulatory bodies.
He does not hold any directorships in any other public companies and listed issuers. He has attended all the seven (7) Board of Directors’ Meetings during the financial year ended 31 March 2022.
Independent Non-Executive Director, Chairman of Nomination Committee, Chairman of Remuneration Committee, Member of Audit Committee
Encik Mohd Khasan was appointed to the Board of Directors of LYC on 29 November 2016. He graduated from Universiti Teknologi MARA with a degree in Accountancy. He is a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants. He served in Bank Negara Malaysia for a period of about 7 years from 1986, the last 2 years of which he was seconded to the Capital Issues Committee as its Principal Assistant Secretary. Subsequently, he joined the Securities Commission in 1993 for a period of about 5 years and his last capacity was an Assistant Manager in its Issues and Investment Division. During the tenure of his above appointments, he was involved in reviewing various corporate exercises, ranging from initial public offerings, mergers and acquisitions, reverse take-overs, issuance of bonds and other capital raising exercises.
He left the Securities Commission and joined the private sector in 1997. He currently sits on the Boards of Crest Builder Holdings Berhad, Homeritz Corporation Berhad and Sinmah Capital Berhad as Independent Non-Executive Director. He also sits on the Board of several other private limited companies.
He has no family relationship with any Director and/or major shareholder of the Company and has no conflict of interest with the Company. He has no convictions for offences within the past five (5) years other than traffic offences (if any) nor public sanctions or penalty imposed by the relevant regulatory bodies.
He has attended all the seven (7) Board of Directors’ Meetings during the financial year ended 31 March 2022.
Independent Non-Executive Director, Chairman of Audit Committee, Member of Nomination Committee, Member of Remuneration Committee
Dato’ Muraly Daran was appointed to the Board of Directors as well as member of Board Committees i.e. Audit, Nomination and Remuneration Committees of LYC on 7 August 2020. He was subsequently re-designated as Chairman of Audit Committee on 25 November 2021. He is a Fellow Member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (“FCCA”) and was the Chief Executive Officer of Amanah Raya Berhad from year 2000 to 2003. He served as Managing Director of UBB Amanah Berhad (formerly known as UBB (Malaysia) Trustee Berhad) for a period of about 9 years from September 2003. Prior to his appointment by Amanah Raya Berhad, Dato’ Muraly Daran had served with the Malaysian Ministry of Finance as Senior Treasury Accountant.
Dato’ Muraly Daran has over 40 years’ experience in trustee services, financial management, investment portfolio management and accounting. During his service with the Government of Malaysia, he was bestowed with three titles, namely DPMP, PMP and AMN.
He has no family relationship with any Director and/or major shareholder of the Company and has no conflict of interest with the Company. He has no convictions for offences within the past five (5) years other than traffic offences (if any) nor public sanctions or penalty imposed by the relevant regulatory bodies.
He has attended all seven (7) Board of Directors’ Meetings during the financial year ended 31 March 2022.
He is currently an Executive Chairman of Platinum Trustee Berhad, and also a Board member of Gabungan AQRS Berhad and Digital Trustees Berhad. He also holds directorships in several private limited companies.
Independent Non-Executive Director, Member of Audit Committee, Member of Nomination Committee, Member of Remuneration Committee
Ms. Poh Zuan Yin was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Company on 29 May 2023. She holds a Bachelor of Laws (“LL.B.”) degree from the University of Leeds and was called to the Malaysian Bar in 2014. Specialising in corporate and commercial law, she began her career at Rahmat Lim & Partners, an associated law firm of Allen & Gledhill LLP in Singapore, from 2013 to 2016. Subsequently, she joined Trowers & Hamlins LLP, the first United Kingdom-based Qualified Foreign Law Firm licensed by the Malaysia Bar Council. She worked as a lawyer there from 2016 to 2018, and during her employment, she was seconded to the Middle East offices of Trowers & Hamlins in the United Arab Emirates, Kingdom of Bahrain, and Sultanate of Oman. Currently, she serves as the Managing Partner in Lee & Poh Partnership since November 2020, for a period of approximately 3 years.
She does not have any family relationship with any director and/or major shareholder of the Company, nor any conflicts of interest with the Company. Furthermore, she has not been convicted of any offences (excluding traffic offences, if any) over the past five (5) years, and other are no public sanctions or penalties on her by any relevant regulatory bodies.
Additionally, she does not hold any directorships in any other public listed companies or listed issuers.