About

As general counsel and corporate secretary at AIA, Veronica Selvanayagy has a key role at the organisation in both the legal and business domains. Reporting directly to the CEO, she oversees the full range of regulatory and government affairs, privacy and data protection issues, risk management, disputes and litigation for employment and consumer cases, corporate security and investigations, as well as technology administration. Under her leadership, the in-house legal team handled the exclusive partnership with Public Bank Berhad (PBB) from negotiation to the culmination of the project without the use of an external lawyer. This resulted to the extension of the company’s successful partnership with PBB for additional 15 years, from December 2022 to December 2037. Nominating sources were extremely positive in their assessment of Selvanayagy’s abilities: ‘In our past experience of working with Selvanayagy, she always brings a comprehensive and detailed view of her industry needs to the table, in order to achieve the most strategic outcomes – whether it be for a commercial transaction, a compliance and regulatory matter, or disputes and investigations’.