Ms Foong Yein Fun was appointed to the Board of BESHOM on 1 March 2024 as an Independent Non-Executive Director. She serves as a member of both the Audit Committee and Risk Management Committee.
She began her career as an auditor at PricewaterhouseCoopers ("PwC") from 1985 to 1992, during which she also completed her accountancy articleship. She served as an Accounting Supervisor at Arthur Andersen for about a year before she joined AmInvestment Bank's Corporate Finance Department in 1993. She remained with AmInvestment Bank until November 2023 and her last held position was Team Head / Senior Vice President of Corporate Finance. Presently, she works as a corporate advisor at a boutique finance management and advisory firm.
She has extensive experience in finance management and investment banking across diversified industries such as retail and distribution, manufacturing, plantations and logistics. Throughout her career as an investment banking adviser, she has been involved in a wide range of corporate finance advisory services and execution of corporate exercises. These include initial public offerings, mergers and acquisitions, major disposals, equity fundraising, corporate restructuring, general offers, and minority advice.
She is a member of the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants (MICPA) and a Chartered Accountant of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA). Additionally, she is a member of the Institute of Corporate Directors Malaysia (ICDM) since June 2023.