Amin Liew Abdullah

Mohd Amin Liew bin Abdullah (; born December 1962) or also referred to as Dato Dr Amin, is a Bruneian politician and businessperson whom is the incumbent second Minister of Finance and Economy II and the Minister at the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) since 2018, and the chairman of the Brunei Economic Development Board (BEDB) and Bank Islam Brunei Darussalam (BIBD).

Biography

Education

Amin earned a Bachelor's degree from Queen Mary College, University of London in 1984, as well as a Master's degree and a PhD from Imperial College, University of London, in 1989 and 1993, respectively. He has been a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) since 2004. He belongs to CFA Singapore as well.

Early career

Prior to joining the Brunei government, Amin spent the middle of the 1990s working as a crude oil trader for Brunei Shell Petroleum after returning from the United Kingdom, where he had previously spent the late 1980s and early 1990s as a research analyst for ICI Finance. Amin sits on the boards of numerous Brunei Government-affiliated businesses in a variety of industries, such as telecommunications, healthcare, hospitality, oil and gas, information technology, and education.

Amin held the position of CEO of Darussalam Assets (DA), an investment holding company owned by the Minister For Finance Corporation, Brunei Darussalam. He was also the Deputy minister of Finance (Investment). Before joining DA, Amin joined the BIA in October 1997, and in May 2005, he was named the organisation's managing director. He was promoted to the position of permanent secretary of the Ministry of Finance, and permanent secretary of the Ministry of Industry and Primary Resources in October 2008. His achievement is particularly impressive considering that Prince Jefri, whose Amedeo business collapsed in 1998, leaving approximately US$16 billion in debt, recruited him. On 20 January 2012, he was named the new Finance and Business Development Director of Progen Holdings after the Nominating Committee emphasized his extensive commercial, research, and development skills, as well as his prior employment with the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Industry and Primary Resources. The company's announcement on the removal of Amin Liew from the board of directors of Progen Holdings Ltd became affective on 9 February 2015.

Ministerial career

While serving as the 2nd Minister of Finance II from 30 January 2018, he was appointed on 27 September 2018, to the position of Minister in the PMO and was retained during the cabinet reshuffle on 7 June 2022. At the 2019 Legislative Council (LegCo) Meeting, he recommended a government budget of B$5.86 billion for the 2019–2020 fiscal year. He stated on 14 March 2019 that CFLD (Singapore) Investment Pte Ltd's financial difficulties had caused the construction of Brunei's special economic zone to be postponed.

Dato Dr Amin welcomed Thailand's priority under the APEC Finance Ministers Process, FMP, during a recent dialogue between finance ministers and the APEC Business Advisory Council in Bangkok, Thailand. Chan Chun Sing represented Singapore while Dato Dr Amin signed various Memorandum of Understandings (MoU) on behalf of the Bruneian government on 27 August 2022. The MoU intends to develop collaboration between Singapore's Public Services Division and Brunei's Prime Minister's Office. Earlier that month on the 7th, he expressed the support in a virtual meeting with Yeo Han-koo, praising Seoul's proposed CPTPP membership bid and promised to work actively to facilitate its admission with the two sides reached an agreement to increase bilateral trade and investment as well as collaboration in cutting-edge business sectors including digital commerce and climate change.

At its new Corporate Lounge, which is housed at the TBA Head Office in Beribi, Takaful Brunei formally introduced the Takaful Brunei Corporate, which is only available to company owners and corporate entities. In his position as Chairman of Takaful Brunei and its subsidiaries, Takaful Brunei Am (TBA) and Takaful Brunei Keluarga (TBK), Amin Liew officiated the ceremony.

Personal life

Dato Amin Liew is married to Pengiran Datin Hajah Noor Yashimah binti Pengiran Anak Haji Hashim.

Honours

Dato Amin has earned the following honours:
* Order of Setia Negara Brunei First Class (PSNB; 15 July 2018) – Dato Seri Setia
* Order of Seri Paduka Mahkota Brunei First Class (SPMB; 15 July 2017) – Dato Seri Paduka

References

External links

Dato Dr. Amin Liew Abdullah AMRO’s 10th Anniversary

Launch of the Brunei Economy Programme 2022

Interview with Dato Mohd Amin Liew Abdullah

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Living people
Bruneian people of Chinese descent
Converts to Islam
Government ministers of Brunei
Alumni of Queen Mary University of London
Alumni of Imperial College London
Finance ministers of Brunei
1962 births