KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 22): The Labuan Financial Services Authority (Labuan FSA) has announced the appointment of Datuk Oh Chong Peng as its chairman. His tenure, which started on Oct 16, will last till Feb 15, 2020.

The appointment has been approved by the Minister of Finance, Labuan FSA said in a statement today.

Oh (pictured), the statement read, has wide experience in financial and other business sectors. He is currently the non-executive director of British American Tobacco (Malaysia) Bhd, Malayan Flour Mills Bhd, Dialog Group Bhd, Kumpulan Europlus Bhd and PUC Bhd.

He was chairman of the Alliance Financial Group prior to his retirement from the board in 2017. He was also a partner of Coopers & Lybrand Malaysia, as well as the government-appointed member of the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (now known as Bursa Malaysia) and the Malaysian Accounting Standards Board.

A fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, England and Wales, Oh also served as president of the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants from 1994-1996.

Source: http://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/oh-chong-peng-new-labuan-fsa-chairman