We are delighted to announce the appointment of Allen Lim to the Board of Directors of Pacific Basin Economic Council (PBEC) effective on August 1, 2025. Most recently, he was the Global CFO & Board Member with Plaza Premium Group (PPG) with global presence in 35+ countries in 70+ cities where he extended leadership to its global strategic growth and expansion, strengthen its business model and value propositions, transformed its global back-office, successfully navigated the group through the global covid pandemic and raised substantial private equity capital during the depth of the pandemic.
Allen brings over three decades of expertise as a global C-suite executive and member of Board of Directors with extensive multi-industries experience: financial services, hospitality, real estate, conglomerate, and management consulting e.g.: HSBC, American Express, National Australia Bank, and Miramar Group (HKSE main board listing code 0071), PWC and PPG.
He worked with CEO, C-Suite leader and business owner, investor, to solve complex business-finance issues, improved financial performance of businesses, executed global-scale transformation and growth strategies, turned around non performing businesses, transformed and bring the value of finance function in businesses to life, navigated businesses through major external crisis, fund raising, and M&A.
He brings global perspective to businesses, and have worked and lived in several Asian cities with a good understanding of Asian countries operating environment, and the diverse cultures and values at the global level. Allen speak several Asian languages, and is resident in Hong Kong.