Vaithiyanathan Madavan (“Vaithiyanathan”) was appointed to the Board of Directors of Kenanga Futures Sdn Bhd (“KF”) as a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director on 1 January 2021.
Vaithiyanathan is currently the Head of Group Operations of Kenanga Investment Bank Berhad (“KIBB”), the holding company of KF and is a Director of several KIBB’s subsidiaries.
Vaithiyanathan is a Chartered Accountant (Malaysia) and a Fellow Member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (UK). He joined KIBB in 2017, as the Head of Group Compliance before assuming his current role at Group Operations.
Prior to joining KIBB, he was attached to Bursa Malaysia Berhad (“Bursa Malaysia”), where he held senior positions in regulating the activities of both securities and derivatives market participants. His last position in Bursa Malaysia was Head of Equity Surveillance. Prior to that, he was Bursa Malaysia’s Head of Intermediaries Supervision.
He was also extensively involved in the developmental initiatives to shape the capital market industry and had also served as a member of the Securities Industry Development Corporation’s review committee for the qualifying examinations of licensed representatives.