Annual Report 2019

SENIOR MANAGEMENT TEAM (CONT’D) LYE KONG WEI Chief, Data Science Singaporean Lye Kong Wei, male, 48, was appointed as Chief of Data Science in March 2019. He oversees the data teams working to improve AirAsia’s businesses through the use of data science, artificial intelligence and operations research. Before joining AirAsia, Kong Wei was the founding regional head of data science at Grab, a ride-sharing, logistics, food delivery and fintech company. There, he led five specialised data science teams that helped drive business metrics such as allocation rates, GMV, cost reduction, transaction volumes, etc, through machine learning and optimisation models. Grab eventually acquired Uber’s Southeast Asia operations in 2018. Kong Wei also spent six years as a research scientist at A*STAR, Singapore’s national R&D agency, where he researched machine learning, forecasting, scheduling and optimisation. At A*STAR, he was also concurrently an officer in the Research Liaison Office that oversaw institute-wide policies in research collaboration, publications, science outreach, manpower development, and intellectual property. At the same time, he was also an Adjunct Assistant Professor with the School of Information Systems at Singapore Management University. Kong Wei earned his degrees mostly on scholarships, including a PhD in machine learning from Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania, USA. 09 10 TAN ENG ENG Head, Internal Audit Malaysian Tan Eng Eng, female, 47, is responsible for providing independent and objective assurance on the adequacy and effectiveness of the Group’s overall system of internal controls, risk management and governance, reporting to the Audit Committee and the CEO of AAGB. Eng Eng has 20 years of audit experience in various industries including financial institutions, manufacturing, automotive, construction, property and broadcasting. Prior to joining AirAsia, she led the Astro Group Corporate Assurance’s Regional Operations and Special Projects team from 2008 to 2012. She was appointed as Head, Internal Audit on 2 January 2013. Externally, she was recently appointed as a member of the Audit Committee of the Malaysia Stadium Corporation (Perbadanan Stadium Malaysia). Eng Eng has a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Economics from the University of Malaya, and an MBA from the University of Strathclyde, UK. She is a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA) and the Institute of Internal Auditors Malaysia (IIAM). KONG WEI ENG ENG 58 MORE THAN JUST AN AIRLINE >