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Lim Lee Na

Corporate Secretary and General Counsel

Zufar Suleiman Abu Bakar

Chief Risk Officer

Alex Lesley Balagurusamy

Chief Integrity and Governance Officer

Chua Ee Leen

Chief Internal Auditor
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Board of Directors

Lim Lee Na

Corporate Secretary and General Counsel
Appointed to the position with effect from:
June 2014
Qualifications:
  • Chartered Secretary and Fellow, Governance Institute of Australia
  • Graduate Diploma of Applied Corporate Governance, Governance Institute of Australia, Australia
  • Admitted as a member of the Malaysian Bar
  • Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting, Australian National University, Australia
  • Bachelor of Laws, Australian National University, Australia
Skills, Experience and Expertise:
Lim Lee Na provides secretariat services to the Board and the Board Committees. She also supports the Board in the development and maintenance of good governance practices through research and advice. Lee Na joined PIDM in 2007 as Senior Legal Advisor and has led the development of the Product Registry System to automate the process of reviewing and rating the insurability status of deposit products offered by member banks as well as PIDM’s programme for monitoring member institutions’ compliance with PIDM’s regulations.
 
Lee Na was called to the Malaysian Bar in 1991. Since then, she has amassed over 30 years of experience, mainly in the banking industry and legal practice, having worked with Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Malaysia Berhad, OCBC Bank (Malaysia) Berhad, Southern Bank Berhad, Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad and Messrs Jeff Leong, Poon & Wong. She has also been a legal editor with Reed Elsevier.

Board of Directors

Zufar Suleiman Abu Bakar

Chief Risk Officer
Appointed to the position with effect from:
January 2018
Qualifications:
  • Certified Internal Auditor and Chartered Member of the Institute of Internal Auditors Malaysia
  • Master of Science in Corporate Risk and Security Management, University of Southampton, United Kingdom
  • Bachelor of Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering, University of Bath, United Kingdom
Skills, Experience and Expertise:
Zufar Suleiman Abu Bakar is responsible for PIDM’s Enterprise Risk Management and Business Continuity functions and assists the Board, Audit Committee and Management in ensuring that PIDM’s risks are being consistently and continuously identified, assessed, managed, monitored and reported on. Zufar joined PIDM in 2013 as Senior Manager, Audit and Consulting Services Division.
 
Zufar started his career in the Advisory Division of Ernst & Young, Kuala Lumpur. After eight years, he joined Projek Lintasan Kota Holdings (Prolintas) to set up and head the Enterprise Risk Management and Internal Audit Department. He has gained extensive experience in the areas of internal and operational auditing, enterprise risk management, quality assurance reviews, programme management, as well as internal control documentation and review involving the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

Board of Directors

Alex Lesley Balagurusamy

Chief Integrity and Governance Officer
Appointed to the position with effect from:
February 2022
Qualifications:
  • Bachelor of Laws (Honours), Anglia Ruskin University, United Kingdom
  • Certified Integrity Officer (CeIO)
Skills, Experience and Expertise:
Alex Lesley Balagurusamy is responsible for implementing the best practice governance in PIDM, and ensuring ethics and integrity form the culture of PIDM. His key responsibilities are to enhance awareness in respect of ethics and integrity among employees, oversee and implement relevant behaviour related codes and policies, and ensure the corporate Compliance Programme is effective, robust and implemented in a timely manner.
 
Alex joined PIDM in 2009 as Manager, Intervention and Failure Resolution, and was later appointed as Senior Manager. He was subsequently  redesignated as Legal Counsel and was responsible for a range of legal services including provision of legal advice, drafting and vetting of contracts as well as maintenance of the Malaysia Deposit Insurance Corporation Act 2011.
 
Alex started his career in corporate insolvency practice with RSM Nelson Wheeler Teo Corporate Advisory Services, and specialised in debenture-appointed receivership and compulsory liquidation.
 
Prior to joining PIDM, he was with Malaysia Debt Ventures Berhad, and was responsible for planning, implementing, monitoring and exiting recovery strategies for non-performing and delinquent loans.

Board of Directors

Chua Ee Leen

Chief Internal Auditor
Appointed to the position with effect from:
December 2024
Qualifications:
  • Certified Practising Accountant (CPA) Australia
  • Member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants
  • Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting and Finance, Curtin University of Technology, Australia
Skills, Experience and Expertise:
Chua Ee Leen is responsible for providing assurance and advisory services to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of PIDM’s operations, reliability and integrity of financial reporting, as well as ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations. She is also responsible for reviewing, maintaining and reporting against PIDM’s Internal Control framework.

Ee Leen started her career at PIDM in the Enterprise Risk Management Division in 2007, where she supported PIDM’s Enterprise Risk Management functions. She then moved to the Strategic Planning Division, where she was responsible for implementing PIDM's strategic planning process and assisted to develop the strategic and financial plans. She was responsible for monitoring and reporting performance against the approved plan and budget. She was also involved in project management of key corporate initiatives.

Before moving to the Audit and Consulting Services Department, Ee Leen served in the Budgetary Control and Procurement Department, where she was responsible for developing the financial plans, as well as monitoring and reporting their performance. She was also responsible for advising on procurement matters and managing the Corporation's procurement process.

Prior to joining PIDM, Ee Leen accumulated over seven years of experience in auditing, risk management, and policy and procedure development during her tenure at Ernst & Young Kuala Lumpur, including a secondment to a global group of energy and petrochemical companies. Her auditing experience includes external and internal auditing, Sarbanes-Oxley independent compliance, and certification-related reviews.