Sapura Energy Berhad announced appointment of Madam Lee Chui Sum, age 63 as Independent and Non Executive Independent Director, effective June 11, 2024. She has completed Professional Qualification in Accountancy from Certified Public Accountant - CPA(M); and Professional Qualification in Accountancy from Malaysian Institute of Accountants. She started professional training with Coopers & Lybrand (C&L) Malaysia in 1981, qualifying as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in 1987.

Retired as a Partner in Deals, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Malaysia on 30 June 2022. Her experience in auditing and technical training in the first 16 years with the firm provided a strong foundation for the latter part of her career in debt and corporate restructuring and general insolvency. From 1998 to 2022 she has advised a multitude of listed and unlisted clients in their formal and informal debt restructuring schemes.

These situations involved multiple lenders including foreign borrowings, bonds and sukuk. In addition, she advised 3 Malaysian bank groups in selling their Non-performing Loans portfolios. She also provided leadership on engagements covering various forms of corporate restructuring, reorganization, cashflow monitoring, asset ringfencing and performance improvement, supporting clients that ranged from financial institutions and corporate groups to government ministries or government-related agencies.

She is also a founding member of the Malaysian chapter of International Women's Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC) and served as its co-chair from 2020 to 2021.