Board of Directors

Dato’ Mah Weng Kwai was called to the English Bar as a Barrister-at-Law of the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn, London in 1971 and to the Malaysian Bar as an Advocate and Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya in July 1972. He obtained his Master of Laws (LL.M) with Honours in 1985 from the University of Sydney, Australia and was appointed a Fellow of the Senate of the University of Sydney in 1999. Dato’ Mah joined the Judicial and Legal Services of Malaysia in 1973 and held various positions as a Magistrate, President of the Sessions Court and Senior Assistant Registrar of the High Court. He also served as a Deputy Public Prosecutor, Senior Federal Counsel and Senior Assistant Parliamentary Draftsman in the Attorney General’s Chambers. Dato’ Mah is a member of the Advisory Panel of the Faculty of Syariah and Law of the Islamic Science University of Malaysia (USIM) and was a member of the Industry Advisory Board at HELP University. He serves on the Board of Directors of Assunta Hospital and as the Chief of Staff (Operations) and Legal Consultant to St. John Ambulance of Malaysia. Upon leaving the Judicial and Legal Services in 1985, Dato’ Mah commenced private practice as an advocate and solicitor at MahWengKwai & Associates. He is a past President of the Malaysian Bar and of LAWASIA (the Law Association for Asia and the Pacific). He was also a member of the Legal Profession Qualifying Board and the Advocates and Solicitors Disciplinary Board, both established under the Legal Profession Act 1976. Dato’ Mah was appointed a Judicial Commissioner of the High Court of Malaya in January 2010 and in August 2011, a Judge of the High Court of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur. He was elevated to the Court of Appeal, Malaysia in September 2012. Upon his retirement as a Court of Appeal Judge in February 2015, Dato’ Mah returned to MahWengKwai & Associates as a Consultant. He is a certified Mediator by the Malaysian Mediation Centre and is currently on the panel of mediators of the Malaysian Bar and the Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC). Dato’ Mah was a Commissioner of the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (SUHAKAM) from 2016 to 2022. Following the 14th Malaysian General Election in 2018, he was appointed a member of the Institutional Reforms Committee Malaysia. Between September 2018 and 2020, he was appointed a member of the Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC). Dato’ Mah was also a Commissioner of the Malaysian Aviation Commission (MAVCOM) from 2016 to 2022. He is currently the Chairman of the Securities Industry Dispute Resolution Center (SIDREC), (in liquidation), a company limited by guarantee under the Securities Commission of Malaysia. Dato’ Mah is an accredited arbitrator with the AIAC and was accredited with the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) on an ad hoc basis. He often sits as a sole arbitrator and on panels of arbitrators in building and construction, energy and telecommunications disputes. He was recently appointed as a Member of the AIAC Court of Arbitration, Kuala Lumpur.