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Audit
Oversight
Board
ANNUAL
REPORT
2018

DATO’ ZAHRAH ABD WAHAB FENNER
Appointed Non-Executive Member 3 June 2015

Dato’ Zahrah is the Chief Executive Officer of the Companies Commission of
Malaysia (SSM). Dato’ Zahrah is experienced in financial and auditing matters
DATO’ GUMURI HUSSAIN and was previously an Advisor Accountant with the Royal Malaysian Customs
Appointed Executive Chairman 18 November 2016 and Excise Department and Principal Accountant with the Ministry of Foreign
Redesignated as Non-Executive Chairman 24 November 2017 Affairs.

Dato’ Gumuri Hussain was a Board Member of the SC from 2006 to 2016 and Dato’ Zahrah is a Board Member for the Certification of Certified Integrity
Non-Executive Member of the AOB from 2012 to 2016. He was appointed Officers and a member of the Financial Reporting Foundation. Dato’ Zahrah
Executive Chairman on 18 November 2016 and was redesignated as Non-Executive is also Board Member of the Labuan Financial Services Authority and the
Chairman on 24 November 2017. Inland Revenue Board. In 2018, Dato’ Zahrah was re-elected as an Executive
Committee member of the Corporate Registers Forum (a position she has
Dato’ Gumuri has 45 years of experience in the audit, accounting and corporate held since 2016).
sectors. He was a Senior Partner and Deputy Chairman of the Governance Board of
PricewaterhouseCoopers Malaysia. He was previously the Chairman of SME Bank Dato’ Zahrah graduated with a Bachelor of Accounting (Hons.) degree from
and Non-Executive Chairman of Sistem Televisyen Malaysia Bhd and Rangkaian Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. Dato’ Zahrah is a Chartered Accountant of
Hotel Seri Malaysia Bhd. He was also the Managing Director and Chief Executive MIA.
Officer of Penerbangan Malaysia Bhd. He also held board positions in various PLCs
which included Media Prima Bhd, Malaysian Airline System Bhd and Metrod Bhd.

Dato’ Gumuri is a Fellow of the ICAEW, a Chartered Accountant of MIA and a
member of MICPA.

EUGENE WONG WENG SOON
Appointed Non-Executive Member 1 March 2016
ALEX OOI THIAM POH Eugene Wong Weng Soon is the Managing Director of Corporate Finance and
Appointed Executive Officer 24 November 2017
Investments, SC and is responsible for matters relating to Corporate Finance and
Investments which covers IPOs, Private Debt Issuances, Collective Investment
Alex Ooi Thiam Poh was appointed as Executive Officer on 24 November 2017. Schemes and Take-overs. He is responsible for accounting matters and also
Alex has more than 25 years of assurance and advisory experience in the property oversees the SC’s ASEAN related initiatives and is the Co-Chair of the ASEAN
development and construction, hospitality, manufacturing, trading, media, Capital Markets Forum’s Green Finance Working Group.
technology and plantation industries. His experience includes statutory audits of
PLCs and multinational companies, initial public offerings (IPO), internal audit, risk Eugene currently serves as an Adviser to the Malaysian Accounting Standards
management and corporate advisory and reorganisation. Alex was formerly an Board. He was previously a Council Member of MIA and Chairman of its Ethics
Audit Partner of BDO Malaysia and Deloitte Malaysia.
Standards Board.
Alex was previously the Malaysia Divisional President of CPA Australia from 2013 Eugene has worked for a merchant bank, a stockbroking firm and in the audit and
to 2014, and a member of the Public Practice Advisory Board of CPA Australia. corporate finance division of international accounting firms.
He was also a former Council member of MIA. He was previously involved in MIA
Committees such as the Financial Reporting Standards Implementation Committee, Eugene is a Chartered Accountant of MIA, a Fellow of Chartered Accountants
Capital Market Advisory Committee and Education Committee. He is currently Australia and New Zealand, as well as a Fellow of CPA Australia. He has an
representing the AOB as an observer in MIA’s Auditing and Assurance Standards Advance Diploma in Corporate Finance from the ICAEW and holds a B. Comm.
Board and Ethics Standards Board.
from the University of Melbourne.
Alex is a Fellow of CPA Australia, a member of ICAEW and a Chartered Accountant
of MIA.

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