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Report: Malaysia’s top bankers received pay hikes, millions in bonuses despite gloomy 2020

Those holding top positions in Malaysian banks reaped bonuses and increments last year despite cost-cutting measures due to the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Malaysian Reserve reported today that at least three of those bankers received more than 10 per cent pay hike, while others received remuneration in bonuses and perks.

AmBank’s AMMB Holdings Bhd chief executive officer (CEO) Datuk Sulaiman Mohd Tahir recorded the biggest jump in pay, taking home RM6.64 million in 2020 compared to RM 4.2 million in 2019, a 58 per cent increase.

This included an RM2.54 million on salary and bonuses amounting to RM3.14 million.

Hong Leong Bank Bhd’s group managing director and CEO Domenic Fuda took home RM17.13 million on 2020 compared to RM15.34 million in 2019, an 11.7 per cent increase which included bonuses, allowances and a defined contribution retirement plan of RM10.26 million and RM6.87 million in benefits in kind.

Meanwhile, Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank) president and CEO Datuk Abdul Farid Alias got a 10.2 per cent bump in salary to RM9.4 million in 2020 compared to RM8.43 million in 2019.

The report also said that former Maybank chairman Datuk Mohaiyani Shamsudin was entitled to RM1.95 million in total remuneration up to her retirement on November 1 last year.

The amount included directors fee RM903,000, emoluments RM578,000 and RM109,000 in benefits in kind.

Apart from them, AMMB’s chairman Tan Sri Azman Hashim received RM1.71 million for 2020 including RM210,000 in director fees, other emoluments amounting to RM1.47 million, and RM26,000 in benefits in kind.

CIMB Group Holdings Bhd CEO and managing director Datuk Abdul Rahman Ahmad received RM2.41 million last year.

His predecessor and current finance minister Datuk Seri Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz also received RM8.53 million in remuneration for 2019. Abdul Rahman replaced Zafrul on June 10, 2020 after the latter was appointed to the Cabinet.

In addition, CIMB chairman Datuk Mohd Nasir Ahmad received RM1.51 million, a 2.7 per cent increase from 2019’s RM1.47 million.

And last but not least, the only executive to have received less money in 2020 was Alliance Bank Malaysia Bhd’s CEO Joel Kornreich, who was paid RM9.5 million in 2020 compared to RM10.6 million in 2019, an 11.5 per cent decline.

Kornreich’s remuneration amounted to RM6.41 million in salary, but saw his bonus reduced by 44 per cent — from RM3.17 million in 2019 to RM1.7 million in 2020. He received a lower Employees Provident Fund contribution amounting to RM1.6 million and benefits in kind of RM150,000. — Malay Mail

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