Board Of Directors
At Pacific Trustees Berhad, our Board of Directors is committed to upholding good corporate governance practices to protect the interests of the Company’s shareholders.
Our board boasts a dynamic lineup of leaders with extraordinary backgrounds and achievements. Imagine a former Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak and Federal Court Judge, a former Attorney-General of Malaysia, a former Capital Debt Market Regulator, a seasoned Banker, and a distinguished Advocate and Solicitor—all bringing their unparalleled wisdom and experience to our table. Together, they forge a legacy of excellence and trust, steering Pacific Trustees Berhad towards a future of sustained success and integrity.
Tan Sri Datuk
Seri Panglima Abdul Gani Patail
Chairman ( Independent Director )
Tan Sri Datuk Seri Panglima Abdul Gani Patail
Deputy Chairman ( Independent Director)
Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail is a Malaysian prosecutor. He was the Attorney General of Malaysia from 2002 to 2015, the first from Sabah to hold the position.
Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) degree from the University of Malaya in 1979. He began his legal career the following year as a Deputy Public Prosecutor (the title for a prosecuting officer in Malaysia) in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. In 1985, he was promoted to Senior Federal Counsel for Sabah.
In January 1994, Tan Sri Abdul Gani moved to the Attorney General’s Chambers in Kuala Lumpur. Then he was appointed Head of the Prosecution Division (1994 and again in 2000), Head of the Advisory and International Division (1995) and Commissioner of Law Revision (1997).
Tan Sri Abdul Gani has been appointed as an Independent Director and Deputy Chairman of Pacific Trustees Berhad on 26 April 2017.
Mr. George Cheah Ken-Lee
( Non-Independent Director )
Mr. George Cheah Ken-Lee
(Non-Independent Director)
Mr. George Cheah Ken-Lee (“George Cheah”) graduated with a Bachelor of Laws from Cardiff University in 2012. In 2013, he was called to the Bar in England and Wales with a Bar Professional Training Course in Cardiff University.
George Cheah joined Messrs. Paul Cheah & Associates as an intern in 2008. On November 2013, he underwent a one year Management Trainee Programme with Pacific Trustees Berhad. Thereafter, he continued to pursue his legal career by chambering in Adnan Sundra & Low (“ASL”), the top banking and finance/ capital market law firm in Malaysia. He was subsequently called to the Malaysian Bar in 2015 and was employed by ASL as a legal assistant.
He is well conversant and familiar with the structuring, documenting, executing and advising on a comprehensive range of transactions and products, both in Ringgit and foreign currencies, including corporate debt issuances, Malaysian law.
He returned to Pacific Trustees Berhad in 2017 as a Manager, in the Managing Directors’ office whereby he is involved with the day to day operations of the Company which covers Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT), Interest Scheme, Private Debt Securities (PDS), Collective Investment Scheme including for Wholesale Funds, Custodian, Escrow Services including for RMO P2P Finance, Robo Advisor and Digital Crypto Exchange and also the Private Trust Division in the Company. He also works very closely with the managing director of the Company on the day task and also with the senior managers of the Company. He also has organised and hosted various seminars for Bonds, REITS, Trust Funded ESOS and Private Wealth Services and events for the Company. He is also the editor for the Company quarterly newsletter.
He is currently one of the Directors of Pacific Trustees Berhad and Pacific Trustees (Singapore) Ltd.
Dr. NGU, Mari-Len, TEP
(Managing Director & CEO,
Head of Group, Global Private Clients)
Ms. NGU, Mari-Len, TEP
(Managing Director & CEO, Head of Group, Global Private Clients)
Madam Mari-Len NGU who holds the Regional Managing Director & CEO, Head of Group, Global Private Clients position has 20+ years’ experience in Trust and Fiduciary industry and Corporate Governance, leading the Private Clients team in Hong Kong, Singapore and Jersey Channel Islands where she works physically and develop an international workflows and processes within those jurisdictional applicable laws and practices. She subsequently Head the Corporate Secretarial, APAC in year 2014 where she worked with TMF Group (formerly Equity Trust). Her experience includes International Corporate Structure planning in cross boarders’ transaction and business expansion.
She has been interviewed by the Edge Magazine and also invited to be the keynote speakers at international events in HK, Ho Chi Min, Bangkok, to name a few, focused on Wealth Management/ Labuan IBFC’s structures, as well as its commercial and financial products and to promote Labuan IBFC as the preferred jurisdiction in Asia.
She’s from the field of medicine and also a graduate in International Trust Management from the Central Law Training, United Kingdom; Advance Diploma in Trust Law and Practice, Company Law and Practice, Trustee Investment & Financial Appraisal and Diploma in Trust Accounting for both STEP, UK and London Chamber of Commerce & Industry.
Mari-Len is a Licensed Secretary by the Companies Commission in Malaysia and a full member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioner (STEP) in the UK. She is an Office bearer holding a Treasurer position for STEP Malaysia Branch from 2016 – 2024, and also for the Association of Labuan Trust Companies holding a Treasury position from 2016 to present.
She also a member of CTIM ( Chartered Tax Institute Of Malaysia ).
Mari-Len is an Approved Trust Officer under the Labuan Financial Services and Securities Act, 2010.
Prior to joining Pacific Trustees Group International, she was the Director, Head of Labuan Business for the Tricor Group.
Encik Razak Bin Ahmad
( Independent Director )
Encik Razak Bin Ahmad
(Independent Director)
Encik Razak Bin Ahmad holds an Advanced Diploma in Accountancy from University Technology Mara, Shah Alam. He started his career as an Executive Officer with Bank Negara Malaysia in 1978.
In 1994, he joined PJB Capital Holdings Sdn Bhd (Subsidiary of Johor Corporation) as Deputy Manager. In 1996, he was appointed as the Assistant Head of the Securities Commission Malaysia in various departments.
He was an Executive Director with Efficient Frontier Capital Advisors Sdn Bhd from 2007 to 2013. On 31st October 2007 he has been appointed as a Director of Pacific Trustees Berhad.
On 25th October 2017 he has been appointed as a Chief Executive Officer of Pacific Trustees Berhad.
Ms. Ong Kim Eng
( Non-Independent Director )
Ms. Ong Kim Eng
(Non-Independent Director)
Ms. Ong Kim Eng completed her Form 5 at Sekolah Menengah Convent Butterworth, Penang and obtained Malaysian Certificate Education (MCE) equivalent to the Cambridge General Certificate of Education (GCE) in December 1971. Ms. Ong Kim Eng joined Pacific Aerospace Sdn Bhd as Personal Assistant arranging appointment for the Managing Director to meet up with foreign aerospace and aircraft suppliers. Liaising with the Company Manager to sign agreement and contract for service.
She is currently one of the Non-Executive Directors of Pacific Trustees Berhad.
Mr. Edward Cheah Ken-Sze
( Non-Independent Director )
Mr. Edward Cheah Ken-Sze
(Non-Independent Director)
Mr. Edward Cheah Ken-Sze (“Edward Cheah”) graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Finance from Oxford Brookes University in 2016. He also graduated from a web-development boot camp with NEXT Academy in 2016, where he is able to do front and back end in web development. He also received an Entrepreneurship certificate from Bond University Australia “Innovation as Strategy” in 2016. And has also attended and received training from Dr. Heldi Heron from the worldwide Institutes of Neuro-Linguistics Programming (NLP).
Edward Cheah joined Pacific Trustees Berhad as an intern on the 30th July 2012 and since then he was promoted to Management Trainee on the 28th January 2014 and on the 28th May 2014 he was promoted to Management Executive, and finally on the 20th April 2015 he was promoted to be the Manager in Managing Director’s Office, a position he held until 3rd March 2020.
He has experience in front and back end in Web Development which includes Ruby on Rails, Html5, javascript, database & SQL, CSS3, Sinatra and Github, Marketing and Operations, Human Resource, Administration and Finance.
He is currently one of the Non-Executive Directors of Pacific Trustees Berhad.
Mr. Isaac Cheah Ken-Young
( Non-Independent Director )
Mr. Isaac Cheah Ken-Young
(Non-Independent Director)
Mr. Isaac Cheah Ken-Young (“Isaac”) holds a Bachelor’s Degree of Accounting & Finance from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (“RMIT”) University, Melbourne, Australia.
Isaac joined PricewaterHouseCoopers in 2018 an intern under the deals division-business recovery department. He joined Pacific Trustees Group as an Associate – Client Coverage & Operations in 2019. He was supporting the Marketing, Legal and Operations Departments and actively involved in supporting the business strategies for the growth of the Pacific Trustees Group and participates with the Malaysia and Singapore regulators to promote the Trustee services in Malaysia and Singapore for both Institutional Trust and Private Wealth. In July 2021, he was appointed as the Resident Manager of Pacific Trustees (Singapore) Ltd. whereby he is mainly responsible for the day-to-day management, the statutory and compliance reporting to the Monetary Authority of Singapore (“MAS”).
Apart from his roles in the Pacific Trustees Group, he was appointed as the Director, Group Client Coverage of PCA Capital Market Sdn. Bhd. a licensed corporate finance advisory firm regulated by Securities Commission Malaysia (“SCM”) in 2022.
Isaac was appointed as an Non-Executive Director of Pacific Trustees Labuan Limited in January 2025.