Tan Sri Foong Cheng Yuen

Biography

Tan Sri Foong Cheng Yuen(Malaysian, aged 71, male), appointed on 18 January 2016, is an Independent Non-Executive Director. He graduated from the University of London with LL.B. (Honours) in 1969 and was called to the English Bar by the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple in 1970. Subsequently, he was called to the Malaysian Bar as an advocate and solicitor in 1971. He was engaged in private legal practice in both criminal and civil law, majoring in insurance law from 1971 to 1990. While in practice, he acted as legal adviser to numerous guilds and associations in Malaysia. He was a Commissioner of Oath and Public Notary. He was conferred an honorary Doctorate of Laws degree by the University of the West of England in 2011. He was also made a Bencher of the Honorable Society of the Inner Temple, London in 2009. He was appointed as Judicial Commissioner in 1990 and elevated to be High Court Bench in 1992. He also served as a High Court Judge at Johor Bahru, Shah Alam, Ipoh, and Kuala Lumpur. He was elevated to the Court of Appeal in 2005. And in 2009 elevated to the Federal Court (Malaysia Supreme Court). As a Federal Court Judge, he was made a Managing Judge of the Civil Division of the High Court at Kuala Lumpur and of the High Court and Subordinate Courts of the State of Penang. He retired from the Malaysian Judiciary on 25 February 2012. Tan Sri Foong is currently a director of Only World Group Holdings Berhad, Paramount Corporation Berhad, Ombudsman For Financial Services (formerly known as Financial Mediation Bureau) and a member of the Board of Trustees of The Community Chest, Malaysia.

Research Interest

Business Management, Infrastructure and Architecture