With effect from 1 August 2017, Alkhair International Islamic Bank Berhad (AKIIB) today announced the appointment of Mr. Yeow Tiang Hui as its new CEO. Prior to taking up this position, Mr. Yeow pursued an illustrious career that spanned several multinational banks. His portfolios include managing the MNC portfolio at Deutsche Bank and being the Vice President of Citibank/Citicorps’s venture capital outfit and Head of Commercial Banking.
Mr. Yeow was the Malaysian country head of the French banking group Crédit Industriel et Commercial from 1997 to 2005, where he covered the bank’s offshore wholesale banking business in Malaysia, the Greater China, and the Philippines. Thereafter, Mr. Yeow went on to head the Corporate Bank of Kuwait Finance House in Malaysia.
An alumni of the National University of Singapore, where he studied International Finance, Banking & Monetary Economics, he obtained further training in banking and finance from Singapore Institute of Banking and Finance, Deutsche Bank Asia Pacific, and Citibank Asia Pacific Banking Institute.
Mr. Yeow Tiang Hui succeeds Dato’ Adissadikin Ali who left the Bank in 2016 to head RHB Islamic Bank.


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About Alkhair International Islamic Bank Berhad

Alkhair International Islamic Bank Berhad (AKIIB) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Bank Alkhair B.S.C, Kingdom of Bahrain. It is the first foreign Islamic bank in Malaysia licensed to conduct a full range of non-Malaysian Ringgit banking activities under the Malaysia International Islamic Financial Centre (MIFC) initiative that aims to strengthen Malaysia's position as an Islamic Finance hub and build greater ties between East Asia and the Middle East.

Apart from new businesses, AKIIB is also complementing its parent company in Kingdom of Bahrain’s existing operations. Besides Malaysia, its international presence also includes offices in Turkey and Saudi Arabia.



For further information, kindly contact:

Noorliza binti Zahid
Alkhair International Islamic Bank Berhad
Level 38, Menara Standard Chartered
30 Jalan Sultan Ismail
50250 Kuala Lumpur

T : +603 2773 8775
F : +603 2773 8710
E : [email protected]
W : www.alkhairmalaysia.com