Board of Directors
Manulife Holdings Berhad

Ms. Vibha Coburn was formerly the Chief Distribution Officer at Manulife Asia, responsible for developing and executing strategy for Manulife distribution across Asia, including championing the adoption of digital channels. Under her leadership, Manulife’s agency force grew significantly and became the world’s third best amongst international insurers in terms of Million Dollar Round Table membership. At the same time, she has helped to vastly strengthen Manulife’s bancassurance capabilities, delivering strong growth to its regional partnerships and, renewing and establishing new partnerships in Vietnam, Indonesia and Myanmar. She has also championed the development and adoption of digital tools throughout all channels in distribution.

Prior to joining Manulife, Ms. Vibha Coburn had a wide range of senior roles over thirty (30) years in banking, insurance and management consulting across Asia, Europe and Australia. These included roles in e-business, sales, customer acquisition, finance, wealth management, liabilities, mortgages and credit cards.

Ms. Vibha Coburn also sits on the Boards of Manulife Insurance Berhad (“MIB”) and Manulife Investment Management (M) Berhad (“MIMMB”), L.I.A.M. Holding Sdn. Bhd. and L.I.A.M. Property Sdn. Bhd. Both MIB and MIMMB are the wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Company. 

Mr. Rishi brings over two decades of leadership experience across the insurance, banking, and FMCG sectors. He currently serves as Chief Agency Officer, Asia at Manulife, where he is responsible for driving agency distribution strategy across multiple Asian markets.

Prior to joining Manulife, Mr. Rishi was the Chief Executive Officer of Group Agency Distribution at AIA, overseeing its agency business and spearheading a major digital transformation of the agency value chain. Prior to that, he served as Managing Director & CEO of Tata AIA Life Insurance, and before that, Director at AXA Financial Indonesia. He also previously held senior positions at ICICI Bank and ICICI Prudential Life Insurance.

Mr. Rishi is a member of the Group Audit Committee, Group Risk Management Committee and Group Nominating/Remuneration Committee of the Company. 

Mrs. Vijayam Nadarajah was the president of the IIAM from year 1996 to year 1997 and was then re-appointed as a governor to the Board of Governors of IIAM in year 2018. She co-chaired the taskforce on Guidance for Effective Internal Audit Function. Mrs. Vijayam Nadarajah was the Independent Non-Executive Director of The Bank of Nova Scotia Berhad, MPI Generali Insurans Berhad and BNP Paribas Malaysia Berhad. Prior to her appointment to the Board of The Bank of Nova Scotia Berhad, she was a consultant for China Construction Bank Malaysia Berhad on matters related to licensing of the bank and operational readiness audit. From year 2013 to year 2016, Mrs. Vijayam Nadarajah served as a Specialist for the Research and Development/Corporate Program of the Financial Accreditation Agency, which is an initiative supported by Bank Negara Malaysia and the Securities Commission Malaysia. She also served as Financial Controller at CIMB Aviva Assurance Berhad and CIMB Aviva Takaful Berhad, Assistant General Manager of Finance at Oriental Capital Assurance Berhad, as well as senior roles in RHB Bank Berhad and Sime Bank Berhad/UMBC Bank Berhad.

Mrs. Vijayam Nadarajah presently sits on the Boards of Matrix Concepts Holdings Berhad and Monash University Malaysia Sdn Bhd.

Mrs. Vijayam Nadarajah is the Chairman of the Group Audit Committee and is a member of the Group Risk Management Committee and Group Nominating/Remuneration Committee of the Company. She is also a Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee, and a member of the Risk Management Committee, and Nominating/Remuneration Committee of Manulife Insurance Berhad, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.