Dr. Wong Hong Meng (Independent / Non-Executive Director)
An economics graduate from the University of Malaya with a Master of Business Administration from Cranfield Graduate School of Management, Dr Wong Hong Meng earned his Doctor of Business Administration from the University of South Australia in 2007. Professionally he was a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. Currently he is a Chartered Accountant member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants and an Associate member of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators. He has greater than thirty two (32) years of expertise in administration consultancy, service provider banking, commercial banking and stock broking. In January 1999, he retired as the Executive Director of TA Enterprise Berhad. After retirement he remained active within the business world and had served as an independent non-government director and chairman of the audit committee of two companies listed on Bursa Securities Malaysia Berhad. Currently he’s an independent non-executive director and member of the audit committee of two other listed companies.
En. Mohammed A’reeff (Non-Independent / Executive Director)
En. Mohammed A’Reeff Bin Abdul Khalid obtained his Master of Architecture diploma from the University of Kansas, USA in 1990. He began his profession in the stockbroking industry with KAF-Seagroatt & Campbell Securities Sdn Bhd. He has huge experience in dealing with institutional and excessive net price shoppers. From 2003 to 2005, he was actively involved within the Bumiputra Dealer’s Representative Education Fund (BDREF) within the Finance Committee which was under the supervision of the Securities Commission. He joined TA Securities Berhad (TASB) in May 2004, to develop the institutional clients’ base consistent with the corporate’s enlargement program. He was appointed as an Executive Director Dealing of TA Securities Holdings Berhad (TASH) in December 2007, a position he holds till June 2016. Thereafter, he was appointed as Executive Director of TA Investment Management Berhad on 10 June 2016.
Mr. Chew Chin Guan, Bobby (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 apply in civil litigation.
In May 1997, he joined the company’s Legal Department and was subsequently promoted as the Manager within the Department in February 2002. In April 2003, he resumed his legal practise as a associate with Messrs G.H.Tee & Co, Advocates and Solicitors and subsequently in January 2005, as a accomplice with Messrs Chris Koh & Chew, Advocates and Solicitors.
He was appointed an Independent Non Executive Director of TA Securities Holdings Berhad in July 2007.
Mr. Choo Swee Kee, CFA (Non-Independent / Executive Director)
Mr. Choo is the Chief Investment Officer and Executive Director of TAIM. He joined TAIM in July, 2005 and has more than 25 years’ expertise within the investment and stock markets. He leads the investment workforce and is chargeable for implementing the investment technique of funds and managing TAIM’s portfolio. After graduation, he joined an accounting group, Coopers & Lybrand in 1987 as a senior officer. Between 1990 and 1999, Mr. Choo gained precious information and experience within the investment line working as analyst and fund supervisor in Singapore and Malaysia. Prior to becoming a member of TA Group, he was the Chief Investment Officer of KLCS Asset Management Sdn. Bhd. Mr. Choo holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the National University of Singapore and the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.
KEY Management PERSONNEL
Mr. Wong Mien, Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Wong is answerable for the overall path and supervision of the company. He graduated from the University of Malaya with a Bachelor of Science (Honours) majoring in Mathematics in 1987, then certified as a Certified Financial Planner professional in 2003. He has since garnered more than 25 years of experience within the financial business whereas working with American International Assurance Berhad, HLB Unit Trust Management Berhad and Alliance Investment Management Berhad. This included being concerned in the administration of a unit trust firm whereas serving as the general Manager of KL City Unit Trust Berhad from 2002. He took the helm at TAIM in March 2008.
Mr Presley Chua Chung Leong, Acting, Compliance Officer
Mr Presley Chua Chung Leong is the person liable for compliance issues. He has over 10 years of expertise within the capital market. Prior to becoming a member of TA Investment Management Berhad, he has worked in leading unit belief administration firms/fund management companies and personal retirement scheme providers responsible for compliance matters.
Ms. Tee Ling Ling, Head, Sales and Marketing
Ms. Tee is the pinnacle, Sales and Marketing for TA Investment Management Berhad. As a part of her position, family office she oversees and answerable for driving the growth of monetary institutional channel and agency channel for TAIM. She is accountable to lead and oversee all of the Regional Managers across six branches. Ms Tee has greater than 17 years expertise in banking and asset management industry. She holds Bachelor of Business Administration (Hons) Degree in Finance. She can be a Capital Markets Services Representative’s Licence (“CMSRL”) holder for fund administration and a Certified Financial Planner.
Ms. Alicia Khor Swee Chin, Head of Operations
Ms. Alicia has more than 18 years of working experience in unit belief trade. She is accountable for the graceful operating of the operation perform of the corporate of which includes processing of all Unit Holders’ functions and enhancement of the Unit Holder system.
Investment COMMITTEE
Main Functions of the Investment Committee
The investment committee’s fundamental duty is to formulate, implement and monitor the funding management policies of the funding managers to attain the investment objective of a specific Fund. The investment committee meets not less than once a month.
The funding committee members have years of expertise in overseeing the funding administration functions as required by the pertinent pointers.
Mr. Choo Swee Kee(Non-Independent) as aforementioned.
Dr. Wong Hong Meng(Independent) as aforementioned.
Dato’ Tay Kian Chuan(Independent)
Dato’ Tay graduated from North East London Polytech, London in 1977 with a Bachelor of Science (Hons) Applied Economics and subsequently obtained a Post Graduate Diploma in Financial Economics from the University of Wales. He’s experienced in finance, stockbroking and resort development. He was the Chief Forex and Money Market Dealer for D&C Bank in Kuala Lumpur. Thereafter, he joined D&C Nomura Bank as Corporate Finance Assistant Manager, BSN Commercial Bank as Treasurer and Pengkalen Securities as Senior Manager respectively.
Puan Nor Asma Mohamed,(Non-Independent) (only for TAIF, TADO, TAICP, TAIB, TADF, TABRIC ,TADA, TADG50 and TADART) is the Executive Director (Dealing) of TAF
Puan 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 consultant 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 actions for institutional and retail clients both native and international for the local in addition to overseas equities markets. She was additionally concerned in the recruitment and training for each seller’s representatives and remisiers of TASH.
Cik Nor Aziah Abdul Halim, (Non-Independent) (only for TAIF, TADO, TAICP, TAIB, TADF, TABRIC, TADA, TADG50 and TADART) is the Senior Manager (Dealing) of TA Securities Holdings Berhad
Cik Nor Aziah joined TA Securities Holdings Berhad since 1991 and a holder of CMSL license issued by the Securities Commission under the Securities Industry Act, 1983. She holds a Bachelor of Business in Business Administration from RMIT and a Diploma in Investment Analysis from ITM. She has greater than 20 years expertise in stock broking industry and has been involved in each retails and establishment enterprise. She oversees the dealing activities of TA Securities Holdings Berhad and is presently the head of Dealing Department
Mr. Kaladher Govindan, (Non-Independent) is the head of Research of TA Securities Holdings Berhad
Mr. Kaladher is the pinnacle of Research of TA Securities Holdings Berhad. He holds a Bachelor of Economics (Business Administrations) diploma and a MBA from the University of Malaya. He has been doing equity analysis for the previous seventeen years and has extensive expertise in market technique and equity analysis overlaying oil & fuel, telecommunication, know-how, glove and client sectors. Prior to joining the stockbroking business he had an eight-12 months stint in the electronics business holding numerous senior level administration positions.
Investment Team
The funding team is chargeable for managing, realising, investing or howsoever dealing in accordance with the investment targets of the Funds. The funding crew shall have discretionary authority over the investments of the Funds subject to the guidelines, the relevant securities legal guidelines, the internal procedures as properly because the path of the investment committee of the Funds.
The funding crew of TAIM is headed by the Chief Investment Officer, Mr. Choo Swee Kee who can also be the designated person answerable for the investment management of the Funds. The group will report directly to the funding committee on a regular basis on the status of the portfolio of the Funds, proposed investment strategy and talk about issues relating to the portfolio.
The main personnel within the funding crew are:
Mr. Choo Swee Kee, as aforementioned.
Mr. Lam Chee Mun, Fund Manager of TAIM
Mr. Lam is the Investment Manager for TAIM. He holds a Bachelor of Business (BBBA) Degree from RMIT University, Australia. His duties cover mounted income credit score evaluation and regional fairness investment analysis. He works closely with the Investment crew on mounted revenue, cash market and fairness funding of TAIM funds. He can be involved in structured merchandise and fund of funds investment of TAIM. Prior to joining TAIM, Mr. Lam was hooked up to KL Unit Trust Berhad as a Compliance Manager for four years and a local stockbroking firm for six years.
Ms. Jennifer Mak Fong Ching, Fund Manager of TAIM
Ms. Jennifer has twenty (20) years of experience in the fund management and stockbroking trade. She has been with TAIM as fund manager since October 2006. Prior to becoming a member of TAIM, she was in a research and portfolio administration role (for each the native and regional equities) for 6 years in SJ Asset Management Sdn Bhd. This followed three years of expertise as an funding analyst at Deutsche Securities, specialising in the Malaysian banking, finance, insurance and stockbroking sectors. Jennifer’s previous experience additionally contains varied accounting roles with JB Were & Son, certainly one of Australia’s largest stockbroking firms for two years (1993-1995). Besides expertise within the fairness markets, she has labored within the credit restoration divisions of Asia Commercial Finance Bhd and Kwong Yik Bank Bhd, nicely as with Danaharta, the nationwide loan recovery and rehabilitation physique. Jennifer was an accountant in an area property improvement company after securing membership with the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants (MICPA) upon completion of her skilled training at Price Waterhouse (now known as Price Waterhouse Coopers). She holds a Bachelor of Accounting degree (Honours) from University of Malaya and is a Fellow of the Australian CPA.
Mr. Wong Shyh Yik, Fund Manager of TAIM
Mr. Wong Shyh Yik, is the Investment Manager for TAIM. He has more than 18 years of experience within the fund management industry. Prior to joining TAIM, he was the Senior Investment Manager of Takaful Malaysia. He also worked as an Investment Manager for several different asset administration companies throughout his career in fund administration trade. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from University of Oklahama, USA and a Master of Business Administration from State University of latest York at Buffalo, USA. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder.