Yoong Sin Min

Bachelor of Laws, LLB (Hons), National University of Singapore

Ms Yoong Sin Min, Malaysian, aged 66, joined the Board of Paramount on 1 July 2025.

Ms Yoong Sin Min chose to return to Malaysia after graduating from the National University of Singapore in 1984. She was admitted to the Malayan Bar in 1985 after completing her pupillage. She is an experienced lawyer who commenced her legal career with Messrs Shook Lin & Bok in 1985 and eventually became a senior partner of the firm until retirement on 1 January 2022, but remained as a consultant until her cessation from legal practice on 1 August 2023. She was also the co-head of the Dispute Resolution practice of the firm and headed the Banking and Finance Litigation Department.

Ms Yoong’s legal career spanned more than 38 years in which her legal expertise included matters relating to banking and finance, land and property, corporate disputes, restructuring/insolvencies and private debt securities. She was lead counsel in numerous landmark appellate (Court of Appeal and Federal Court) decisions in Malaysia and had been frequently recognised by several established legal publications including Benchmark Litigation, Legal 500, Chambers Asia Pacific and Asialaw Profiles as well as being listed in Malaysia's Top 100 Lawyers by Asia Business Law Journal.

Ms Yoong also served as a member of the Financial Stability Executive Committee of Bank Negara Malaysia (a Committee introduced under the Central Bank Act 2009 to support Bank Negara’s statutory mandate of preserving financial stability) from 2016 to end of 2022. She currently sits on the board of directors of a financial institution.