ANNUAL REPORT 2015
THE THIRD ISSUE
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From the industry, he was presented
the Airline Business Strategy Award
2005 and Low Cost Leadership Award
by Airline Business, and named Asia
Pacific Aviation Executive by the Centre
for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA) for
the years 2004 and 2005. He bagged
The Brand Laureate Brand Personality
Award in 2006 and 2007; was presented
the CAPA Legend Award 2009 (Aviation
Hall of Fame); and the Airline CEO of
the Year Award for 2009 from Jane’s
Transport Finance.
In 2010, Tan Sri Tony was awarded
the Nikkei Asia Prize in Tokyo and the
Masterclass Global CEO of the Year at
the 2nd Malaysia Business Leadership
Award (MBLA). He was also named
Forbes Asia Businessman of the Year
2010, the first Asean citizen to receive
the award.
In 2011, Tan Sri Tony was named one of
the most creative people in business
by New York-based business magazine
Fast Company and was on its Top 10
Most Creative People in Twitter list. He
was also named CEO of the Year at
the Annual Budgies World Low Cost
Airline Awards held in London; and
CNBC Travel Business Leader of 2011 at
CNBC’s Travel Business Leaders Award
Asia Pacific held in Singapore.
In 2012, he was bestowed the Individual
Achievement of the Year award at the
1st Malaysia Achievement Awards
2012, organised by the Malaysia
Achievement Organisation (MACA). He
was also honoured with the Best CEO
for IR - Mid Cap award by the Malaysian
Investor Relations Association Berhad
(MIRA); named as one of Malaysia’s
outstanding CEOs by The Edge Billion
Ringgit Club (BRC); and announced as
GQ India’s International Businessman
of the Year 2012.
In January 2013,Tan Sri Tony was named
a Malaysia Brand Ambassador by Prime
Minister Dato’ Sri Mohd Najib bin Tun
Haji Abdul Razak at the World Economic
Forum in Davos, Switzerland. He went
on to win Corporate Governance Asia’s
Best CEO for Malaysia award - for the
third year in a row – in March 2013.
He was named Airline Industry Leader
of the Year at the 4th Aviation 100
Awards in January 2014, and Brand
Builder of the Year at the 2014 World
Branding Awards. In 2015, he made it
onto 2015 TIME 100, the magazine’s
annual list of the 100 most influential
people in the world. Most recently, he
was recognised by the U.S. - ASEAN
Business Council with the ‘Fourth Pillar’
award for his extraordinary contribution
towards the growth of ASEAN. He is the
second recipient of the award after the
Administration of U.S. President Barack
Obama.
He is a Non-Independent Executive
Director and Group Chief Executive
Officer of AirAsia Berhad and a Non-
Independent Non-Executive Director of
Tune Protect Group Berhad (formerly
known as Tune Ins Holdings Berhad).
DATO’ FAM LEE EE
Non-Independent
Non-Executive Director
Dato’ Fam, Malaysian, aged 55, was
appointed as Non-Independent Non-
Executive Director of the Company on
24 March 2008. He is also a member
of the Nomination and Remuneration
Committee of the Board.
He received his BA (Hons) in Law from the
University of Malaya in 1986 and an LLB
(Hons) from the University of Liverpool,
England in 1989. Upon obtaining a
Certificate of Legal Practice in 1990, he
has been practising law since 1991 and
is currently a senior partner at Messrs YF
Chun, Fam & Yeo.
Dato’ Fam used to sit on the Board of
Trustees of Yayasan PEJATI from 1996 to
2007. Since 2001, he has also served
as a legal advisor to the Chinese
Guilds and Association and charitable
organisations such as Yayasan SSL
Heamodialysis Centre in PJ.
He also serves as a Senior Independent
Non-Executive Director of AirAsia Berhad.
LIM KIAN ONN
Independent Non-Executive Director
Mr. Lim, Malaysian, aged 59, was
appointed as an Alternate Director to
Dato’ Seri Kalimullah Bin Masheerul
Hassan on 11 June 2007. He ceased
as an Alternate Director to Dato’ Seri
Kalimullah and was appointed as
a Non-Independent Non-Executive
Director of the Company on 10 July
2012. Mr. Lim was re-designated as
Independent Non-Executive Director on
26 February 2016. He is also a member
of the Audit Committee of the Board.
He is a member of the Institute of
Chartered Accountants in England and
Wales and the Malaysian Institute of
Accountants. He served his articleship
with KMG Thomson McLintock in
London and was a consultant with
Andersen Consulting from 1981 to 1984.
Between 1984 and 1993, he was with
Hong Leong Group, Malaysia as an
Executive Director in the stockbroking
arm responsible for corporate finance,
research and institutional sales. Mr. Lim
founded the Libra Capital Group in
1994 and co-founded the ECM Libra
Group in 2002.
He was appointed to the Board of ECM
Libra Financial Group Berhad (ECMLFG)
on 16 June 2006 and re-designated
as Managing Director with effect from
1 May 2007, a position he held till 5
August 2010. On 6 August 2010, he was
re-designated as Non-Independent
Non-Executive Director of ECMLFG. He
was subsequently re-designated as
Managing Director of ECMLFG with
effect from 16 July 2015.
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