Quah Poh Keat, aged 57, a Malaysian, was appointed Independent Non-Executive Director of TM on 25 April 2008. He is a Fellow of the Malaysian Institute of Taxation and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA); and a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA), the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants (MICPA) and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA).

Quah was made a partner of KPMG Malaysia on 1 October 1982 and the Senior Partner responsible for the daily operations of KPMG Malaysia from 1 October 2000 to 30 September 2007. Prior to taking up the position of Senior Partner (Managing Partner), he was in charge of the Tax Practice and the Japanese Practice in KPMG Malaysia. He was a member of the KPMG Japanese Practice Council, the governing body within KPMG International that looks after its Japanese Practices worldwide. He was a board member of KPMG Asia Pacific and a member of the KPMG International Council. Quah was also Vice-President of the Malaysian Institute of Taxation. He retired from KPMG on 31 December 2007.

He is also an independent non-executive director of IOI Corporation Berhad, PLUS Expressways Berhad, Public Investment Bank Berhad, Public Bank Berhad, Public Mutual Berhad, Public Islamic Bank Berhad, Lonpac Insurance Berhad and LPI Capital Berhad. He is also a Trustee of Yayasan Tan Sri Lee Shin Cheng and a member of the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers Economic Fiscal Policies Committee.