Board Of Directors

MA and LLM, Cambridge University; Barrister at Law, Inns of Court, England; Notary and Advocate and Solicitor of the High Court of Malaysia.

Dato’ Thomas is a Senior Partner of Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill. He is also Chairman of AIA PUBLIC Takaful Bhd. and has directorships at AIG Malaysia Insurance Berhad.

Fellow of the Association of Certified Chartered Accountants; Member of the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants; Member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants; Associate Member of the Chartered Tax Institute of Malaysia.

Encik Daruis currently runs his own accounting firm, MDZ & Co as the sole practitioner after retiring as a partner and executive director at PricewaterhouseCoopers in 2004. He also sits on the board of AIA Bhd. Group, AIG Malaysia Insurance Berhad and AIA PUBLIC Takaful Bhd.

Bachelor Degree in Accountancy (Hons.), Universiti Utara Malaysia

Nor Daliya is the Principal Officer which carries the title of General Manager. She has 20 years of working experience in the financial and fund management industries with several financial institutions. She held various senior leadership positions where she was the Director, Corporate & Institutional Business with one of the top asset management companies. She spearheaded the corporate and institutional funds team that contributed significantly to the company’s profitability with billions ringgit of asset under management. 

She was appointed as the General Manager on 12 December 2017 and as non-independent director of the PRS Provider on 21 December 2017. She is a holder of a capital markets services representative’s licence.

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (1st Major - Business Administration, 2nd Major – Management), Indiana State University, USA.

Richard was appointed Chief Investment Officer of AIA Bhd. in January 2019. He is responsible for developing AIA’s asset allocation strategies and investment policies as well as ensuring a robust risk management process for assets under management in Malaysia worth RM47 billion. Richard is a member of the Executive Committee of AIA Bhd.

He is responsible for developing AIA’s asset allocation strategies and investment policies as well as ensuring a robust risk management process for assets under management in Malaysia worth RM47 billion. Richard is a member of the Executive Committee of AIA Bhd.Richard was appointed Chief Investment Officer of AIA Bhd. in January 2019.

He has close to 30 years of experience in investment management, with his most recent stint being in Great Eastern Life Assurance (Malaysia) Bhd. He was then responsible for the management of all investment portfolios which include equities, fixed income, cash management, corporate loans and private equities amongst others. Being a member of the senior management team, he was also responsible to build and develop new directions that will ensure future sustainability and growth for Great Eastern. Prior to that, he was Chief Executive Officer, Hong Leong Group Asset Management and Hong Leong Group Unit Trust, managing both HLG Asset Management and HLG Unit Trust and initiated the merger of two units (HLG Asset Management and HLG Unit Trust).

While in RHB Asset Management (RHBAM), Richard was the Executive Director/Chief Investment Officer between 2001 and 2003 where he built up RHBAM as the premier asset management company in Malaysia. He was directly managing a team of equity fund managers as well as supervising the fixed income team with the Managing Director.

As a Director of RHB Research Institute (RHBRI) from 1995 to 2001, Richard implemented strategies and managed a team of 8 to 10 Analysts. He spent 13 years in RHBRI, rising from an Analyst to the Director of Research.