Aireen Omar (“Aireen”) joined the Board of Tune Protect Group Berhad as Non-Independent Non-Executive Director on 14 November 2019. She became the Chairman of the Investment Committee and Employees’ Share Option Scheme (ESOS) Committee of the Company on 28 February 2020.

Aireen is currently the President of AirAsia Group (RedBeat Ventures) where she is responsible for AirAsia’s digital strategy, promoting innovation throughout the group and encouraging collaboration across AirAsia’s businesses and markets.

Since 2006, she has held several key management positions with AirAsia which includes Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of AirAsia Berhad and has been instrumental in shaping the development of AirAsia into one of the fastest growing and most highly acclaimed airlines globally.

Her illustrious career with AirAsia expanded quickly from Director of Corporate Finance and subsequently extended to Insurance, Treasury, Fuel Procurement and Investor Relations. One of her key achievements include securing competitive funding for AirAsia at the peak of the 2008 global credit crisis and putting AirAsia at the forefront of aircraft financing in the region.

Started her career in 1997 at Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., New York City, she subsequently moved on to CIMB Bank Berhad, Maybank Group and Bumiwerks Capital Management Sdn. Bhd. prior to joining AirAsia.

Aireen is an Economics graduate of the London School of Economics and Political Science and also holds a Master in Economics from New York University.

She currently holds directorships at the various subsidiaries of AirAsia Group Berhad, including AirAsia Berhad.

Ng Soon Lai @ Ng Siek Chuan (“Siek Chuan”) joined the Board of Directors (“the Board”) of Tune Protect Group Berhad (“the Company”) as Independent Non-Executive Director on 5 October 2012. He was appointed as Chairman of the Company on 22 May 2017. He was re-designated from Senior Independent Non-Executive Director to Independent Non-Executive Director on 18 April 2019. Throughout his tenure as a member of the Board, he was the Chairman of the Audit, Risk Management, Nomination and Remuneration Committees until 16 March 2017. He remains a member of the Audit, Risk Management, Nomination, Remuneration and Investment Committees of the Company.

With close to four decades of experience in the financial services industry, he began his career in audit and accounting with Coopers & Lybrand in London and Kuala Lumpur. He then made a pivotal switch to the financial sector in 1980, where he charted his career at a leading local merchant bank and a financial institution. He joined Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad in 1991 as General Manager of Credit and was later appointed Chief Executive Director in 1994. He became a Board member of Alliance Merchant Bank Berhad in 2002 before resigning as Chief Executive Director of Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad in 2005.

Siek Chuan is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. He currently holds independent directorships in ELK-Desa Resources Berhad, China Construction Bank (Malaysia) Berhad and WCT Holdings Berhad.

Tan Sri Anthony Francis Fernandes (“Fernandes”) was appointed as Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company on 1 July 2019. He is also a member of the Employee Share Option Scheme of the Company.

Fernandes is one of Asia’s most recognisable entrepreneurs, best known for co-founding AirAsia and democratising air travel in the region. In December 2001, Fernandes, together with Datuk Kamarudin bin Meranun, Dato’ Pahamin Ab Rajab and Dato’ Abdul Aziz bin Abu Bakar, acquired struggling domestic airline AirAsia and, with the help of Conor McCarthy, relaunched it as a pioneer of budget travel in Asia, subsequently building it into the world’s best low-cost carrier.

Fernandes studied in the UK, and qualified as an Associate Member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants in 1991, then as a Fellow Member in 1996. An accountant by training, he began his career in Virgin Group before returning to Malaysia as Warner Music Group’s Vice President for Southeast Asia, prior to launching AirAsia.

He has received numerous awards and accolades over the course of his career. These include the Commander of the Order of the British Empire, conferred by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in 2011, and the Commander of the Legion d’Honneur, awarded by the French government for his outstanding contribution towards, the economy of France through the aviation industry.

He is a Director and Chief Executive Officer of AirAsia Group Berhad, and also a Director of AirAsia X Berhad.

Tan Ming-Li (“Ming-Li”) joined the Board of Tune Protect Group Berhad on 1 April 2014 as Independent Non-Executive Director. On 1 June 2017, she became the Chairman of the Nomination Committee and Remuneration Committee of the Company. She is also a member of the Audit and Risk Management Committees of the Company.

Ming-Li sits on the Board of Tune Insurance Malaysia Berhad, the general insurance subsidiary of the Company. A partner in the legal firm, Chooi & Company + Cheang & Ariff, she has been in legal practice since 1994 specialising in corporate and securities law. She is principally involved in advising on capital market transactions, mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring as well as corporate finance related work.

Prior to joining her present firm in 1997, she practiced law in the firm of Allen & Gledhill specialising in the areas of corporate and commercial litigation, as well as intellectual property.

A graduate of the University of Melbourne, Australia, Ming-Li holds a double degree in Law (Hons) and Science and has been a member of the Malaysian Bar since 1994. She is currently an Independent Non-Executive Director of BP Plastics Holding Bhd.

Mohamed Rashdi bin Mohamed Ghazalli (“Mohamed Rashdi”) joined the Board of Tune Protect Group Berhad on 1 June 2017 as Independent Non-Executive Director. He was re-designated from Independent Non-Executive Director to Senior Independent Non-Executive Director on 18 April 2019. He is Chairman of the Audit Committee as well as member of the Nomination, Remuneration and Investment Committees of the Company. He relinquished from the position of Chairman of the Risk Management Committee on 1 June 2020 and remains a member thereof.

Mohamed Rashdi had a thriving career in IT and Management Consulting with Coopers & Lybrand, IBM Consulting and PricewaterhouseCoopers over a span of 20 years. During his career, Mohamed Rashdi worked with Telecoms Australia as well as Coopers & Lybrand in the United Kingdom. He was a Partner of PwC Consulting (East Asia) and IBM Consulting, as well as IT and Consulting Advisor at PwC Malaysia.

As a management and technology consultant, Mohamed Rashdi has personally led assignments in strategy and economics, business process improvement, information systems planning and IT project management. He has provided consultancy expertise across a range of industries such as government, telecommunications, oil & gas, transport and utilities with exposure in manufacturing and financial services.

Mohamed Rashdi graduated in 1979 with a Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree in Computation from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, United Kingdom.

He sits on the Board of Directors of Sapura Energy Berhad, Danajamin Nasional Berhad, BOS Wealth Management Malaysia Berhad (formerly known as Pacific Mutual Fund Berhad) and Great Eastern Takaful Berhad. He also sits on the Board of Trustees of Yayasan Siti Sapura Husin.

Kelvin Desmond Malayapillay (“Kelvin”) joined the Board of Tune Protect Group Berhad on 28 February 2020 as Independent Non-Executive Director. He became a member of the Audit and Risk Management Committees on 28 February 2020 and was appointed as Chairman of the Risk Management Committee on 1 June 2020.

Currently developing a portfolio career, Kelvin has been supporting various corporate clients in consumer financial services and insurance as an independent strategy advisor while also advising and investing in a selection of fintech startups.

Kelvin has more than 20 years of experience across financial services and consulting. His extensive career commenced at Shell Malaysia before moving on to Boston Consulting Group in London and subsequently to Capital One Bank where he held roles in credit risk management and in managing the personal loan portfolio; Booz & Co. where he served clients in the United Kingdom and the Middle East; and Liverpool Victoria (LV=), a composite insurance firm where he held key management roles including Director of the Direct Life business, and Group Strategy Director. Following that, in 2016, he joined Lloyds Banking Group as the Strategy Director for the retail bank.

Kelvin holds an MBA from the London Business School, a Masters in Science in Engineering and Physical Science in Medicine and a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Hons.) majoring in Electrical & Electronic Engineering, both from the Imperial College, London. He is also a certified Executive Coach having recently completed the Professional Certificate in Coaching (PCiC) from Henley Business School.