KUALA LUMPUR: IOI Corp Bhd has appointed Datuk Kong Sooi Lin as independent and non-executive director effective Feb 16, the company said in a filing with Bursa Malaysia.

       Kong, 61, has over 30 years of investment banking experience and has extensive equity and debt transaction expertise, having advised on numerous highly profiled and industry-shaping corporate exercises in Malaysia and Asia Pacific.

       She began her career with Ernst & Whinney (now known as Ernst & Young) and Arthur Anderson & Co. and then joined Bumiputra Merchant Bankers Bhd under corporate banking in 1989.

       In 1994, Kong joined CIMB Investment Bank Bhd and had been with CIMB Group Holdings Bhd for 25 years until her retirement from CIMB Investment Bank as its chief executive officer in March 2019.

       Throughout her tenure with CIMB Group, Kong had contributed significantly to entrenching CIMB as one of the top investment banking houses domestically and across Asean.

       Kong is also a director in AMMB Holdings Bhd and Eco World International Bhd.