Building and Management Studies from University of Westminster, United Kingdom.  Qualified as a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Building and also a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

Datuk Seri Yam had an illustrious career spanning more than 30 years in the construction, real estate and corporate sectors with the last 12 years until 2008 helming 2 different award winning public listed property companies as their Chief Executive Officer.

During his stewardship of these 2 companies and prior to that in top management positions with various organizations, he was actively involved in the development and management of hotels, resorts, shopping malls, golf estates, international schools and various mixed developments not only in Malaysia but also in Australia, United Kingdom and South Africa. 

After stepping down from full time employment in 2008, he established a private equity, corporate and project management consultancy known as Impetus Alliance Advisors Sdn Bhd to provide advisory services to the industry. He is a trustee of the Standard Chartered Foundation and is the senior independent non-executive director of Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad and Paramount Corporation Berhad as well as an independent non-executive director of Cahya Mata Sarawak Berhad and Standard Chartered Saadiq Bank Berhad. He is also appointed as the Chairman of InvestKL Corporation, a Government initiative established to attract large global multinationals to invest and set up regional headquarters in Greater Kuala Lumpur and Klang Valley apart from being an independent non-executive director of Kwasa Land Sdn Bhd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Employees Provident Fund Board. He is the Immediate Past President and also Patron of the Real Estate and Housing Developers Association of Malaysia.

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1) Direct interest of 175,350 ordinary shares in Sunway Berhad; and
2) Direct interest of 22,545 warrants in Sunway Berhad.