Foong Pik Yee

Bachelor of Commerce (majoring in Accounting and Economics), University of Melbourne, Australia

Master of Business Administration (majoring in Finance), Monash University, Australia

Chartered Accountant, Australia and New Zealand

Foong Pik Yee, a Malaysian, aged 60, joined the Board of Paramount on 22 August 2019. She is also a member of the Audit and Remuneration Committees. A Chartered Accountant, Foong has over 35 years of experience in banking, management consulting and accounting. Foong started her career as an auditor at KPMG Singapore in 1981 after graduating from the University of Melbourne, Australia in 1980 with a Bachelor of Commerce (majoring in Accounting and Economics). In 1983, she relocated to Australia to pursue her Master of Business Administration (majoring in Finance) at Monash University and remained in Australia for another nine years to acquire skills in accounting, finance, taxation and auditing at various organisations including PricewaterhouseCoopers, J.P. Morgan, HSBC as well as the ANZ Banking Group, During that time, she obtained her professional qualification as a Chartered Accountant from Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand. Foong returned to Malaysia in 1992 and joined Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) in 1993. In the course of her career of 19 years at SCB, Foong rose up the ranks from the position of Senior Manager of Finance and Planning to various leadership positions, including Group Head of Credit Operations, Head of Sales for Corporate Banking HK, Chief Operating Officer for Wholesale Banking and Chief Financial Officer of SCB Malaysia. She was Chief Executive Officer of SCB Lebanon from 2008 to 2012. Upon her return to Malaysia under the TalentCorp Returning Expert programme in 2013, Foong was appointed to the position of Chief Financial Officer of Hong Leong Bank Berhad, where she served for six years up to her retirement in June 2019. Foong currently serves on the Industry Advisory Board of Monash University Malaysia, and is a mentor in the Malaysia Australia Business Council's mentor-mentee programme. She was also a recipient of the 'Most Inspiring Woman' in the 'Great Women of Our Time' awards from the Malaysian Women's Weekly Magazine in 2007.