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 currently serves
on the Board of Directors. In June 2025, he was also appointed as the Chairman
of the Board of Wasco Greenergy Berhad, a subsidiary of WB recently listed on
the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad.
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.
Membership of Board Committees:
-Member of the Audit Committee