Kung Shin Tyan, is our Independent Non-Executive Director. She was appointed on the Board on 12 September 2022.

She is the Chairperson of the Remuneration Committee and a member of both the Audit and Risk Management Committee as well as the Nomination Committee.

Kung Shin Tyan graduated from the University of London, with a Bachelor of Laws in 2010. She obtained her Master in Commercial Law from University of Malaya in September 2024.

In 2011, she was issued with Certificate in Legal Practice by the Legal Profession Qualifying Board, Malaysia.

After being admitted to the Malaysian Bar in 2012 in conjunction with the completion of her pupillage with Messrs Khor, Ong & Company, she continued to practise as an advocate and solicitors as a legal assistant until 2015. During her tenure with Messrs Khor, Ong & Company, she was responsible for undertaking legal research and drafting legal documents with a focus on banking litigation matters. In 2015, she joined YKK Holding Asia Pte Ltd, a company incorporated in Singapore as a legal counsel, where she was tasked with providing legal advisory services to the company’s business units across the Asia region in relation to contracts and legal compliance matters.

In 2017, she established her legal firm and co-founded Vivian & Shin, which is based in Pulau Pinang, Malaysia. Presently, she is the Managing Partner of her legal firm and primarily responsible for providing legal services in the area of banking, commercial and corporate matters including transactions abroad.

She attended all the 6 board meeting during the financial year under review.