Tan Sri Lin, a Malaysian, male, aged 83, was appointed to the Board of WSC on 20 July 2004.
Tan Sri Lin is the member of the Nomination Committee.
Professor Lin, a British Chartered Scientist, is a Harvard educated economist. Qualified as Malaysia’s first Chartered Statistician, he graduated from the University of Malaya in Singapore and Harvard University (where he received three (3) degrees, including a PhD in Economics). He is Pro-Chancellor, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia; Pro-Chancellor & Research Professor at Sunway University; Professor of Economics (Adjunct), Universiti Utara Malaysia; Eisenhower Fellow; and President of Harvard Club of Malaysia.
Prior to 1998, he was Chairman/ President and Chief Executive Officer of Pacific Bank and for fourteen (14) years previously, Deputy Governor of Bank Negara Malaysia, having been a central banker for thirty four (34) years. Professor Tan Sri Lin continues to serve the public interest, including member of a number of key Committees at Ministry of Higher Education; Member, Asian Shadow Financial Regulatory Committee; Economic Advisor, Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Malaysia; Governor, Asian Institute of Management, Manila; Board Director, Sunway University; and Chairman Emeritus, Harvard Graduate School Alumni Council at Harvard University in Cambridge (USA) as well as its Senior Associate.
Tan Sri Lin advises and sits on the Boards of a number of publicly listed and private businesses in Malaysia as well as ASEAN. He is also a Director of Sunway Berhad, IGB REIT Management Sdn. Bhd. as well as IGB Commercial REIT and Nylex (Malaysia) Berhad.
Tan Sri Lin who has served on the Board of WSC for more than eighteen (18) years as an Independent Non-Executive Director will be redesignated as a Non-Independent Non- Executive Director by 1 June 2023.