Maybank Singapore names Datuk Yee Yang Chien as board chairman

He was with MISC Berhad for 20 years and has served as its president/ CEO.

Maybank Singapore has named Datuk Yee Yang Chien as chairman of the board effective 1 October 2024.

Yee succeeds Datuk R. Karunakaran, who has retired from Maybank Group after six years as chairman.

Yee was first appointed as non-independent non-executive director of Maybank on 24 November 2023, and a non-independent non-executive director of Maybank Singapore on 15 August 2024.

Prior to joining Maybank, Yee spent nearly 20 years at MISC Berhad, a shipping conglomerate, where he served as president and CEO, COO, and vice president of corporate planning. He retired as the president/ group CEO of MISC in September 2022.

Yee holds a double degree in Accounting and Financial Management and Economics from the University of Sheffield, United Kingdom.

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