Mr Wong Teck Kat
Independent Non-Executive Director
Mr Wong Teck Kat (‘Mr Wong’), a Malaysian, aged 73, was appointed as a Director on 11th April 2023.
He 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.
He 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.
He 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. He is also a member of the Board of Governors of the Methodist Boys Secondary School, Kuala Lumpur.
Mr Wong is not new to AmBank Group as he was an Independent Non-Executive Director (‘INED’) on the Board of AmGeneral Insurance Berhad (‘AmGeneral’) for seven years. Following the merger of AmGeneral with Liberty Insurance Berhad, he had stepped down as INED of AmGeneral in February 2023.
