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David Lau Nai Pek was appointed to the Board of Boost Bank Berhad on 15 January 2024. David holds a Bachelor of Commerce from University of Canterbury, New Zealand and is a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants.

David has over 30 years of professional experience, mainly in the area of finance, leading and transforming finance organisations in multi-locations globally. David retired from Shell Malaysia in August 2011 after serving the Shell Group for about 30 years. His major assignments include the Finance Director for Shell Malaysia, Finance Director for Shell China, Global Controller for the Exploration & Production Division of Royal Dutch Shell, and Vice-President Finance for Shell International Exploration and Production B.V., in the Netherlands.

Prior to retirement from Shell, David was appointed to be an independent Non-Executive Director of Axiata Group Berhad, where he stayed for 12 years to July 2020, the last 2 years as the Senior Independent Non-Executive Director. In Axiata, other than being the Chairman of the Board Audit Committee, Mr David was involved in Strategy Development, M&A activities, and transforming Axiata from a traditional telco to a Regional Digital Champion.

From June 2009 to October 2020, David was an Investment Panel member of the Employees Provident Fund (EPF), overseeing Investment strategies, allocation of investment funds to match the EPF Risk’s profile, and overseeing major investments and performance of the Fund.

David was also with the Malaysia Airlines Group for 12 years up to June 2023, as an Independent and Non-Executive Director, Chairman of the Board Audit Committee and Board Risk Committee. He was involved in steering the airlines through several restructurings to today’s state of profitability.

Currently, David is a Board member of Heineken Malaysia Berhad, KKB Engineering Berhad, and Chairman of the Board for Dialog Axiata PLC, a major digital telco in Sri Lanka.

Sheyantha is the Group Chief Executive Officer of Boost Holdings, the fintech holding company under the Axiata Group. Sheyantha first joined Axiata in 2013 and served as the Senior General Manager, Finance and Strategy for Dialog Digital Services. Subsequently, he assumed the role of Chief Executive Officer of WOW.Ik, the ecommerce subsidiary of Dialog Axiata PLC leading the company to market leadership status. In 2017, he was appointed as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Axiata Digital Services (ADS). He played a pivotal role in overseeing the expansion of Digital Financial Services in Axiata, spearheading the growth of the micro-financing business in Malaysia and Indonesia as well structuring the consortium and incubating the project that led to the launch of Boost Bank.  

As CEO of Boost, he has operational oversight over all areas of the different business under the Boost umbrella. Prior to Axiata, Sheyantha spent over 14 years holding various senior management positions in the financial services industry in investment banking, financial advisory and Investment management. He also holds a Masters in Business Administration from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, a BSc in Information Systems and Management from the University of London as well as being a Chartered Management Accountant and a CFA Charter holder. Sheyantha is currently a Board member of a number of digital portfolio companies under the Axiata and Boost Group.

Gabriele Vigo was appointed to the Board of Boost Bank Berhad on 15 January 2024. Gabriele holds a Master of Business Administration from the Kellogg School of Management and a degree in Industrial Engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of Turin.

Gabriele was a senior partner in consulting with 27 years of experience in strategic consulting, he served renowned Financial Institutions in Europe and Asia, across strategy development, digital transformation, risk management and mergers and acquisitions. Gabriele is passionate about having an entrepreneurial mindset with strong impact orientation and consolidated people leadership skills.

Gabriele began his career across 1996 to 1999 as a Senior Consultant with Andersen Consulting. At Andersen, he provided strategic leadership with clients in the automotive and construction industries towards achieving operational and financial turnarounds through functional outsourcing modelling.

Since Anderson Consulting, Gabriele joined McKinsey & Company in January 2000 where he served as a Senior Partner until December 2022, helping large clients across the Banking and Insurance industries achieve their strategic objectives that is largely premised in digital strategy, innovation and transformation. Some of these portfolios include launching an innovative digital bank and transformation of a e-wallet that involved the introduction of new innovative financial services. He had been the Global Head of Credit Risk and APAC leader of McKinsey’s risk practice.

Throughout his career with McKinsey, he also drove transformational change across risk management using advanced analytics and innovative measures to support multiple acquisitions, advance capital management and helped his clients design leading-edge risk appetite frameworks. He has worked with clients on a range of areas, including strategy development, risk management, mergers and acquisitions, and digital transformation. Whilst in McKinsey, Gabriele leads the development of an advanced analytics Centre of Excellence to develop innovative risk models using Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence technologies.

Lee Tuck Heng was appointed to the Board of Boost Bank Berhad on 15 January 2024. Mr Lee is a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA) and Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants (MICPA).

He retired from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Malaysia in 2021 after 41 years of service, out of which 25 years as a Partner. He has extensive auditing and assurance experience working with a wide range of clients in various industries, both local and international including but not limited to Gaming & Hospitality, Banking, Consumer & Industrial Products, Property Development, Aviation and Global Shared Service Centres. He also has experience in advising clients on implementing effective internal controls and risk management strategies, corporate restructuring, mergers and acquisitions and initial public offerings.

Mr Lee had assumed various strategic leadership positions and roles at the country and global levels within PwC including being a member of the Country Leadership Team, Co-Assurance Leader and the Risk and Quality Leader.

Mr Lee has developed a deep understanding of the regulatory and compliance landscape and established strong relationships with auditors, regulators and other stakeholders. He served as a Council Member of MICPA from 2008 to 2022. He was also the Chairman of MIA Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (AASB) from 2009 to 2021 and the Chairman of MICPA Accounting and Auditing Technical Committee from 2018 to 2022.

Currently, Mr Lee is on the Board of Genting Berhad as an Independent Non-Executive Director.

Rohan Krishnalingam was appointed to the Board of Boost Bank Berhad on 1 March 2023. Rohan holds a Bachelor of Electrical & Electronics Engineering (Hons) from University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. He is also a qualified Chartered Banker (AICB).

He has close to 30 years of broad Financial Services experience in IT and Digital Transformation, RMIT, Cybersecurity, Fintech, large scale project transformations and Post Merger Integration. Previously Rohan was the Group Chief Operations Officer (2014- 2019) and Group Chief Digital and Technology Officer (2019 – 2022) of RHB Banking Group and a member of the Group Management Committee. In his various roles at RHB, he leads the digitalization and IT modernization efforts for RHB Banking Group from IGNITE 2017 through to FIT22 (RHBs Long term strategic plans) and pioneered AGILE adoption at RHB as part of the Group’s strategic focus to create a winning operating model.

Prior to RHB, Rohan was a Managing Director (Senior Partner) at Accenture, leading the Financial Services Technology services practise for ASEAN. He spent over 20 years at Accenture focused on the Financial Services Industry with clients across Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Indonesia and Thailand and has strong and deep relationship with many senior executives (CXO level) in the Financial Services Industry and his excellent client relationship skills and is often sought after again by his clients when there are complex projects to be executed.

Varun Sabhlok was appointed to the Board of Boost Bank Berhad on 15 January 2024. Varun holds a BA in Economics from Elphinestone College, University of Bombay, B.Sc. (Econ), Economics – Industry and Trade from London School of Economics, and is a Fellow of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

Varun worked in London for 7 years before moving to Singapore in 1984. After 11 years with Citibank in the Global Consumer Banking Division in Southeast Asia, he set up an independent regional Retail Banking Consulting & Advisory practice, AVS Asia Ventures. Besides advisory work, he also ventured into fund management for hospitality related real estate projects.

Varun completed a year-long assignment advising PayPal Inc (a subsidiary of eBay Inc. then) on assessing, formulating & implementing online consumer finance credit strategies for e-commerce for PayPal in the Asia Pacific region. Before assisting PayPal, Varun spent almost 3 years working with the senior management team of Bank Danamon, Indonesia (part of the Fullerton / Temasek Group). He oversaw the credit risk management, credit policy and portfolio management for the bank’s Retail, Credit Cards, Consumer Finance, Auto & Motor-cycle Finance, and Micro-Finance (Mass Market) portfolios and contributed to significant improvements of the bank’s asset strategies and overall portfolio quality and profitability.

Prior to these assignments, Varun gained extensive experience throughout the Asia Pacific region with many organisations as a senior and board level consultant and advisor. He transformed consumer banks in the areas of strategic business management, credit & operational risk assessment, asset strategy, credit risk management, wealth management strategy, relationship management, process rationalization and financial restructuring covering cards, consumer banking and consumer finance businesses.

During his years with Citibank, Varun was the Southeast Asia/ India Regional Audit Director (covering all operations, finance, technology, business risk and credit reviews), Country Credit Director in Thailand, Business Banking Head in Thailand and the Chief Financial Officer of the Singapore business. His responsibilities covered customer relationships, business strategies and development, product & market strategies, credit & risk management, financial control/treasury, business risk & quality assurance.

Varun was appointed as an Independent Director of Fincare Small Finance Bank, a microfinance and retail bank in India for 5 years from September 2017 to August 2022, and had served as the Chairman of its IT Strategy Committee and a Member of its Risk, Audit & CSR committees.  

Wan Hanisah Binti Wan Ibrahim was appointed to the Board of Boost Bank Berhad on 15 January 2024. She graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Analytical Economics (Honours) and Masters in Economics from University of Malaya.

Wan Hanisah has over 30 years of experience at Bank Negara Malaysia (“BNM”), where she retired as a Director in BNM’s LINK and Regional Offices Department. Through her tenure with BNM, Wan Hanisah held positions as Chief Representative for BNM’s London Representative Office, Director of International Department, Director of Treasury Department and Director of Foreign Exchange Administrations Department at BNM.

Wan Hanisah most recent role at BNM afforded her the opportunity to serve as a Director at BNM’s LINK and Regional Offices Department, she was instrumental in spearheading Malaysia’s Northern and Southern region focusing on new economic corridors (NCER, Iskandar Development, ECER, SCORE) and other new areas of economic growth for Malaysia, including the execution of BNM’s strategy on promoting e-payments. She played a pivotal role in promoting financial inclusion through unconventional channels, reaching out to the sub-urban community, in collaboration with the Financial Institutions, government agencies other relevant bodies.

Wan Hanisah had been the Director of Treasury Department, BNM and responsible to formulate and operationalise the appropriate Ringgit exchange rate and interest rate levels. She had represented BNM in the Governments cashflow committee at the Ministry of Finance Malaysia, participated in Monetary Policy Committee meeting of BNM, managed the International Reserves of BNM and embarked on the diversification of international reserves currency, including early adoption of Euro as part of the international reserves when the Euro was introduced in 1999. She was also in charge of the origination of the foreign currency borrowing by the Government of Malaysia.

As a Director of Foreign Exchange Administrations Department, her main role was to manage the capital flows to safeguard the value of the Ringgit as well as a well-functioning domestic financial market. Wan Hanisah led the liberalisation of foreign exchange rules to create a more liberalised, conducive and competitive operating environment in Malaysia for both domestic and foreign investors. She promoted the use of Chinese Renminbi for settlement of international trades in goods and services between Malaysia and China. She has in-depth knowledge of the banking industry and international trades, attracting foreign MNCs as well as local MNCs to have their Shared Services and Outsourcing operations in Malaysia. She has served in various capacities including the formulation of ASEAN Economic Community roadmap and the establishment of BURSA SUQ Al SILA at Bursa Malaysia, an initiative by BNM. 

Subbaraman Vaidyanathan (Subba) was appointed to the Board of Boost Bank Berhad on 15 August 2025.  He holds a Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India and Post Graduate Diploma in Management from India Institute of Management, Bangalore, India.

Subba has spent 25 years in banking and 7 years in Fintech.  During his banking days, he has worked extensively on various areas of Retail Banking including Payments, Lending, and Deposits, for Consumers, Merchants and SMEs.  While he has held country roles in India, Qatar, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Singapore,  during his regional roles, he has been responsible for South Asia (India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal) and South East Asia (Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines, and Thailand).

Since the time he left banking in 2017, he has been advising Boost Group in various capacities. In particular, he has guided their Business Strategy, Product Commercialisation,  Lending Risk policy, and Operations.