Encik Halim Bin Haji Din was appointed to the
Board of WB on 22 May 2002 as an Independent
Non-Executive Director. He was redesignated as
a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of
WB with effect from 23 May 2023.
Encik Halim is a Chartered Accountant who spent
more than 30 years working for multinational
corporations and international consulting firms.
He accumulated 18 years of experience working
in the oil and gas industry - 6 years of which as
a Board member of Caltex/Chevron, responsible
for financial management before engaging in the
consulting business. Prior to his appointment as
a Board member of Caltex Malaysia, he served as
Regional Financial Advisor for Caltex Petroleum
Corporation Dallas, Texas overseeing investment
viability of the corporation’s Asian subsidiaries.
He also had an extensive experience in corporate
recovery when he worked for Ernst & Whinney,
London, United Kingdom in mid-1980’s. He was
appointed as Managing Partner of the consulting
division of Ernst & Young Malaysia in 1995. He
later became the Country Advisor of Cap Gemini
Ernst & Young Consulting Malaysia when Cap
Gemini of France merged with Ernst & Young
Consulting. In 2003, he with two partners took
over the consulting business of Cap Gemini
Ernst & Young Malaysia through a management
buyout and rebranded it as Innovation Associates,
currently known as IA Group, where he is
currently the Chairman of the group.
He was a Council Member of the Malaysian
Institute of Certified Public Accountants (MICPA)
from 1994 to 2003. He previously served as an
Independent and Non-Executive Director on the
board of MMC Corporation Berhad (5 years),
Takaful Ikhlas Berhad (10 years), Employees
Provident Fund (4 years), Kwasa Land Sdn. Bhd.
(3 years) and BNP Paribas Berhad (9 years). He
is the fellow member of MICPA and Malaysian
Institute of Accountants.