Mr Choo retired in July 2014 after having served the banking and risk management industry for 38 years.  His last position was as Country Chief Risk Officer for OCBC Bank (Malaysia) Berhad ("OCBC"), having first joined the OCBC Group in December 2007. He had also served as the Alternate to the Chief Executive Officer of OCBC before his retirement.

Prior to joining OCBC, he was the Chief Risk Officer for Maybank Group and Group Chief Risk Officer for Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad.  

During his 14 year career at Maybank Group, he served as Division Head of Credit Control, International Banking, Corporate Remedial Management and Group Risk Management.  He was a member of the Board of Directors of Maybank International (L) Limited and Maybank International Trust (Labuan) Berhad. He also served on the Corporate Debt Restructuring Committee set up by Bank Negara Malaysia.

Before joining Maybank, he worked for the National Westminster Bank Plc in the areas of Global Specialised Industries and Group Credit Control. 

He was conferred with the "Associate Fellowship" by Institut Bank-Bank Malaysia, now known as Asian Institute of Chartered Bankers ("AICB") in 1999 and was elected as a Fellow Chartered Banker by AICB in March 2023. 

He was a member of the University Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) Ethics Committee and currently serves as a member of the Board of Advisors of University Malaya Faculty of Business and Economics.  He is also a Fellow of the Institute of Corporate Directors Malaysia.

Mr Choo is currently serving as a Senior Independent Non-Executive Director of HSBC Bank Malaysia Berhad, having first being appointed to the Board in February 2016.  He is the Chairman of the Risk Committee and member of the Audit Committee and Nominations and Remuneration Committee.  He also served as an Independent Non-Executive Director of Danajamin Nasional Berhad (the country's first financial guarantee insurer) from May 2018 till 2023.

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