Mr Wong Teck Kat
Mr Wong Teck Kat
Independent Non-Executive Chairman
Mr Wong Teck Kat ("Mr Wong"), a Malaysian, aged 76, was appointed to the Board of AmMetLife Insurance Berhad on 11 April 2023 as an Independent Non-Executive Director. He assumed the Chairmanship of the Board on 19 September 2025.
Mr Wong is also a Member of the Risk Management Committee and Audit and Examination Committee of the Company.
Mr Wong has about 41 years of general insurance experiences. He began his career with the Commercial Union Assurance Co. Ltd. in 1970 and was the first trained Fire Surveyor in Malaysia in 1974. He served as the Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) of Malaysia & Nippon Insurans Berhad and later the CEO of Zurich Insurance Malaysia Berhad. He retired in 2009 from the merged entity of MCIS Zurich Insurance Berhad.
Mr Wong has also served as a Member of the Management Committee of the Persatuan Insurans Am Malaysia and Chairman of its Fire Sub-Committee, Chairman and a Council Member of the Insurance Mediation Bureau of Malaysia, a Board Member of the ISM Insurance Malaysia Sdn Bhd, Chairman of the Council of the Motor Insurance Bureau of West Malaysia and a Board Member of the Financial Mediation Bureau. Mr Wong holds a Master in Business Administration from Henley, Brunel University, United Kingdom, and a Master in Christian Study from Seminari Theoloji Malaysia. He obtained the qualification of an Associate of Chartered Insurance Institute and was later conferred as a Chartered Insurer.