Halim Bin Haji Din

Non-Independent Non-Executive Director

78 years of age | Male | Malaysian | 22 May 2002

  • Encik Halim Bin Haji Din was appointed to the Board of WB on 22 May 2002 as an Independent Non-Executive Director. He was redesignated as a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of WB with effect from 23 May 2023.
  • Encik Halim is a Chartered Accountant who spent more than 30 years working for multinational corporations and international consulting firms. He accumulated 18 years of experience working in the oil and gas industry - 6 years of which as a Board member of Caltex/Chevron, responsible for financial management before engaging in the consulting business. Prior to his appointment as a Board member of Caltex Malaysia, he served as Regional Financial Advisor for Caltex Petroleum Corporation Dallas, Texas overseeing investment viability of the corporation’s Asian subsidiaries.
  • He also had an extensive experience in corporate recovery when he worked for Ernst & Whinney, London, United Kingdom in mid-1980’s. He was appointed as Managing Partner of the consulting division of Ernst & Young Malaysia in 1995. He later became the Country Advisor of Cap Gemini Ernst & Young Consulting Malaysia when Cap Gemini of France merged with Ernst & Young Consulting. In 2003, he with two partners took over the consulting business of Cap Gemini Ernst & Young Malaysia through a management buyout and rebranded it as Innovation Associates, currently known as IA Group, where he is currently the Chairman of the group.
  • He was a Council Member of the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants (MICPA) from 1994 to 2003. He previously served as an Independent and Non-Executive Director on the board of MMC Corporation Berhad (5 years), Takaful Ikhlas Berhad (10 years), Employees Provident Fund (4 years), Kwasa Land Sdn. Bhd. (3 years) and BNP Paribas Berhad (9 years). He is the fellow member of MICPA and Malaysian Institute of Accountants.
  • Membership of Board Committees:
    -Audit Committee
  • Number of Board Meetings Attended:
    4/4