Tan Sri Dato’ Sri Dr. Tay Ah Lek
Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer
Tan Sri Dato' Sri Dr. Tay Ah Lek, aged 80, male, has 62 years' experience in the banking and finance industry. He was appointed as an Executive Director of Public Bank on 18 June 1997 and was re-designated as Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer with effect from 1 July 2002. He joined the Public Bank Group as a pioneer staff in 1966. He was the Executive Vice-President of Public Bank from 1995 to 1997 and prior to this appointment, he was the Executive Vice-President of the former Public Finance Bhd. He is the Chairman of the Management Committee, the Credit Committee, the IT Steering Committee, the Assets & Liabilities Management Committee, the Share Investment Committee, the Operational Risk Management Committee, the Business Continuity Management Committee, the Sustainability Management Committee, and the Losses and Claims Committee, and is a member of the Group Human Resource Committee.
He holds a Master's degree in Business Administration from Henley, United Kingdom and he is an Alumni of Harvard Business School. He is an Emeritus Fellow of the Malaysian Institute of Management, a Fellow, Chartered Banker, of the Asian Institute of Chartered Bankers, and is a Fellow of CPA Australia and the Financial Services Institute of Australasia.
He is presently the Chairman of the Association of Hire Purchase Companies Malaysia and is a Council Member of the Association of Banks in Malaysia and the Asian Institute of Chartered Bankers.
His directorships in other public companies in the Public Bank Group include as Chairman of Public Mutual Bhd and as Director of Public Investment Bank Bhd, Public Islamic Bank Bhd and Public Bank (Hong Kong) Ltd. His directorships in other public companies are in Cagamas Holdings Bhd and Ombudsman for Financial Services.