Chong Kok Wai

Kok Wai is currently the Regional Director Sustainability, Boardroom Limited and currently focus on developing and implementing innovative sustainability strategies to drive climate and corporate governance and climate solutions in particular decarbonization strategies for clients, to achieve a strong triple bottom line through transparent sustainability reporting.

He has 30 years of working experience in various sectors and industries. Apart from being a seasoned sustainability and climate governance practitioner, he also has a solid and strong legal and compliance professional background. He has been leading the legal compliance & sustainability function for NTT DATA Payment Services (formerly GHL Systems).

Among the notable achievement is that he successfully launched the ESG framework and published the first Sustainability Report in 2021 for NTT DATA Payment Services (formerly GHL Systems), steering their roadmap towards becoming an ESG-centric company. Focusing on key sustainability initiatives, he led the company to its successful inclusion in the Bursa Malaysia FTSE4Good Index and the FTSE4Good Shariah Index, a notable recognition in GHL’s commitment to integrate ESG values into the business. Recently won Silver for the Most Improved Performance Over 3 Years’ at the prestigious The Edge ESG Award 2023.

Prior to joining the above, he oversees the area of Legal and Compliance in a reputable REIT. He was also a practicing Advocate & Solicitor for 16 years specialising mainly in the areas of corporate banking litigation and conveyancing. He was also a registered Compliance Officer with the Securities Commission from 2016 to 2021.

He started his career in Standard Chartered Bank Malaysia Berhad in the Legal Credit Risk and Loss Prevention department, where he oversaw monitoring legal action against delinquent and charged off accounts, as well as the implementation of credit risk policy and budget planning. He was awarded the Best Customer Assistance Officer in 1998 at the Consumer Banking Conference.

He has recently completed the University of Cambridge Flagship Prince of Wales Business and Sustainability Programme 2024 and he also holds a Bachelor of Laws (LLB Hons) from University of London and was admitted to the Malaysian Bar in 2001. He is an Associate Member of the Institute of Internal Auditors Malaysia (AIIA).

He is also currently the Lead Secretariat of the CEO Action Network for 4 years now, a closed-door peer-to-peer informal network of CEOs and Board Members focusing on sustainability advocacy capacity building action and performance and also an Adjunct Mentor at the INTI International Universities & Colleges.