SHARMINI PERAMPALAM
NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
SHARMINI PERAMPALAM, aged 56, Malaysian. She is LRe’s Non-Executive Director since 31st January 2024 and is a member of the Remuneration & Nomination Committee and Audit Committee. She is the Senior Vice President and Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of MNRB Holdings Berhad (MNRB). She graduated in 1993 with an Honours degree in Accountancy from Universiti Putra Malaysia and is a Chartered Accountant of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants and an Associate Member of the Malaysian Institute of Insurance (AMII).
After an early career as a tax consultant and Internal Auditor, she joined Malaysian National Reinsurance Berhad in 1995 as its Internal Audit Executive and moved up the ranks to Manager before being transferred to the Finance Department. She was promoted to Senior Vice President & Head of Finance in 2011.
Sharmini left MNRB to join a general insurer as its CFO in 2017, before returning to her current role in MNRB on 15th January 2021. On 12th December 2022, Sharmini was appointed as the Acting Group CFO until 29th February 2024. Additionally, she serves as a Director of Sinar Seroja Berhad and MMIP Services Sdn Bhd. She also holds the positions of CFO at Malaysian Re Dubai and Secretary to the Board of Trustees of the MNRB Scholarship Fund.
Sharmini is a Reinsurance Accounting Specialist with a wealth of experience in insurance operations and is known for driving operations management to align finance functions with business operations and increase efficiency and bottom-line profit.