Public Bank has appointed Mr Quah Poh Keat as an Independent Non-Executive Director with effect from 30 July 2008.
Mr Quah is a Fellow of the Malaysian Institute of Taxation and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants; and a Member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants, the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.
He was a partner of KPMG since 1 October 1982 and appointed Senior Partner (also known as Managing Partner in other practices) in October 2000 until 30 September 2007. He retired from the firm on 31 December 2007.
He is experienced in auditing, tax and insolvency practices and had worked in Malaysia and United Kingdom; his experiences include restructuring, demergers and privatisation.
He is active in the banking and service sectors and was one of the tax advisers to the Association of Banks in Malaysia on taxation of interest-in-suspense. He was involved in providing tax and audit services to various domestic and foreign banks in Malaysia.
Mr Quah has also been appointed as Non-Executive Director of 4 subsidiaries of PBB with effect from 30 July 2008 ie. Public Investment Bank Bhd, Public Financial Holdings Ltd, Public Bank (Hong Kong) Ltd and Public Finance Ltd.
