Our Leadership

Meet The Leaders

Age: 55
Gender: Male
Nationality: Malaysian
Length of Service (as at 20 March 2023): N/A
Date of Last Re-election: N/A

Date of Appointment

• 1 July 2023 (Non-Independent Non-Executive Chairman)

Academic/Professional Qualification/Membership

• Dual Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering and Industrial Management from Purdue University, United States of America
• Advanced Management Programme, Harvard Business School, United States of America

Skills & Experience

• He has over 30 years of working experience in senior leadership and board positions. His expertise spans a variety of corporate structures, encompassing businesses in various sectors and multiple countries. During his career, he spent 12 years in the capital markets, focusing on equity research and investment banking, working with various international investment banks.
• He is currently an Executive Director of Investments at Khazanah Nasional Berhad (Khazanah), the strategic investment fund for the Government of Malaysia. As the Head of Public Markets in Khazanah, he is entrusted with a mandate to invest in more than 10 countries worldwide.
• He previously covered the Auto, Agrifood and Iskandar Malaysia portfolios and served as Executive Director of Research. He is a founding member of the Board of Trustees of Khazanah Research Institute.
• Prior to joining Khazanah in April 2011, he has served Sime Darby Berhad in various senior capacities since 2004, covering strategy and business development, healthcare, energy & utilities and China.
• He was formerly Chairman of the Board of UDA Holdings Berhad and BBCC Development Sdn Bhd, the developer of Bukit Bintang City Centre. He has previously served on the Board of Iskandar Investment Berhad, Sunway Iskandar Sdn Bhd and Southern Marina Development Sdn Bhd.
• He was also a member of the Board and Investment Committee of ValueCap Sdn Bhd, an investment house that was equally-owned by Khazanah, Permodalan Nasional Berhad and Kumpulan Wang Persaraan (Diperbadankan).

Other Current Appointments/Directorship In Public Companies

LISTED ENTITY
• NIL
OTHER PUBLIC COMPANIES
• Khazanah Research Institute

No. of Board Meetings attended in the financial year N/A

Age: 61
Gender: Female
Nationality: Malaysian
Length of Service (as at 20 March 2023): 4 years 4 months
Date of Last Re-election: 23 June 2022

Date of Appointment

• 23 November 2018 (Independent Non-Executive Director)
• 21 June 2021 (Senior Independent Non-Executive Director)

Board Committee Memberships

• Chairperson, Audit Committee
• Member, Nominations & Remuneration Committee
• Member, Board Governance & Risk Committee

Academic/Professional Qualification/Membership

• Chartered Accountant, Malaysian Institute of Accountants
• Fellow, CPA Australia
• Fellow, Malaysian Institute of Management
• Fellow, Institute of Corporate Directors Malaysia
• Member, ASEAN Chartered Professional Accountants
• Member, Malaysian Institute of Corporate Governance
• Qualified Risk Director, Institute of Enterprise Risk Practitioners
• Bachelor of Business Studies (Accounting), Deakin University, Australia

Skills & Experience

• She was in public practice for over 37 years serving clients in accounting, tax, strategic and business advisory services.
• She started her career in Ernst & Young (EY) Malaysia in 1985. During this period until 2001, she served in various capacities in EY LLP based in Atlanta, EY International in London and EY Asia Pacific Consulting. Her last held position was Director, Business Development, EY Malaysia.
• In 2001, she founded Priority One group and was the Managing Director of Priority One Tax Services Sdn. Bhd. until August 2022.
• From 2018 to 2019, she was appointed as a Senior Practice Fellow of Sunway Business School, Sunway University, Malaysia.
• She currently sits on the Board of Malaysian Technology Development Corporation Sdn. Bhd., Ancom Nylex Berhad and Star Media Group Berhad.
• She chairs the Industry Advisory Board, Sunway Business School, Sunway University.
• She was previously a Board member of KPJ Healthcare Berhad, the Chairperson of the Members Liaison Committee of The Mines Resort & Golf Club and committee member of the Malaysian Golfers Association’s Women in Golf Charter.

Other Current Appointments/Directorship In Public Companies

LISTED ENTITIES
• Ancom Nylex Berhad
• Star Media Group Berhad
OTHER PUBLIC COMPANIES
• NIL

No. of Board Meetings attended in the financial year 9/9 (100%)

Age: 55
Gender: Male
Nationality: Malaysian
Length of Service (as at 20 March 2023): 3 years 9½ months
Date of Last Re-election: 9 July 2020

Date of Appointment

• 1 June 2019

Board Committee Memberships

• Chairman, Board Tender Committee
• Member, Nominations & Remuneration Committee

Academic/Professional Qualification/Membership

• Bachelor of Science (Economics) specialising in Accounting and Finance, London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom
• Fellow, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
• Member, Malaysian Institute of Accountants
• Member, Chartered Institute of Islamic Finance Professionals

Skills & Experience

• He was appointed as Executive Director of UEM Group Berhad (UEM Group) on 1 January 2019 and subsequently re-designated as Managing Director on 1 August 2019.
• He has over 30 years of investment and management experience. Prior to joining UEM Group, he was the Executive Director, Investments at Khazanah Nasional Berhad (Khazanah) where he oversaw its Turkey Regional Office. He was formerly Khazanah’s Chief Financial Officer where under his leadership, the Government’s strategic investment arm issued many landmark sukuk transactions including exchangeable and Social Impact Sukuk.
• He had also previously served at Putrajaya Holdings Sdn Bhd and Renong Group.
• He is a member of the Board of Governors of Kolej Yayasan UEM and Board of Trustees of Yayasan UEM and Capital Market Development Fund.
• He is a Board member of Institut Jantung Negara Sdn. Bhd. and Samsung C&T Corporation UEM Construction JV Sdn. Bhd.
• He is the Chairman of the Board of Konsortium ProHAWK Sdn Bhd, a 65% owned subsidiary of UEM Group and Chairman of the Board of Unipati Concrete Sdn Bhd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cement Industries of Malaysia Berhad.

Other Current Appointments/Directorship In Public Companies

LISTED ENTITY
• UEM Edgenta Berhad
OTHER PUBLIC COMPANIES
• UEM Group Berhad
• UEM Builders Berhad
• Cement Industries of Malaysia Berhad
• PLUS Expressways International Berhad
• PLUS Malaysia Berhad
• Projek Lebuhraya Usahasama Berhad
• Yayasan UEM
• International Centre for Education in Islamic Finance (INCEIF)

No. of Board Meetings attended in the financial year 9/9 (100%)

Age: 55
Gender: Female
Nationality: Malaysian
Length of Service (as at 20 March 2023): 6 years 11½ months
Date of Last Re-election: 23 June 2022

Date of Appointment

• 8 April 2016

Board Committee Memberships

• Chairperson, Board Development Committee
• Member, Board Tender Committee
• Member, Board Governance & Risk Committee

Academic/Professional Qualification/Membership

• LLB (Honours), University of Warwick, United Kingdom
• Master of Business Administration, University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom
• Barrister-at-law and a member of the Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn, London

Skills & Experience

• She began legal practice in 1991 with Messrs Zain & Co.
• She joined Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB) in 1997 as legal advisor to the corporate finance group and moved on to head the Legal and Compliance Department. In 2006, she was appointed as Company Secretary of PNB.
• She joined the Investments Divisions of Khazanah Nasional Berhad (Khazanah) in 2007 and served until January 2019 when she was Executive Director, Investments, overseeing the real estate and education investments of Khazanah.
• Presently, she is advisor of Yayasan AMIR, a non-profit organisation working with the Ministry of Education on the implementation of the Trust Schools Programme, as part of the initiatives of transforming public schools.
• She is also an advisor to Me.reka, an alternative education space that aims to teach the skills of the future, in order to build a talent pool that is resourceful, engaged and informed enough to take on the challenges of the future.

Other Current Appointments/Directorship In Public Companies

LISTED ENTITIES
• MNRB Holdings Berhad
• AEON Co. (M) Bhd.
OTHER PUBLIC COMPANIES
• Cement Industries of Malaysia Berhad
• Pelaburan Hartanah Nasional Berhad

No. of Board Meetings attended in the financial year 9/9 (100%)

Age: 41
Gender: Male
Nationality: Malaysian
Length of Service (as at 20 March 2023): N/A
Date of Last Re-election: N/A

Date of Appointment

• 1 July 2023 (Non-Independent Non-Executive Director)

Board Committee Memberships

• Member of Board Development Committee
• Member of Board Governance & Risk Committee

Academic/Professional Qualification/Membership

• Bachelor of Science (First Class Honours) in Actuarial Science from London School of Economics, United Kingdom
• CFA® Charterholder, CFA Institute

Skills & Experience

• He is currently a Senior Vice President of Investments at Khazanah Nasional Berhad (Khazanah). His professional experience includes undertaking investments, corporate strategies, business planning, corporate finance and restructuring projects encompassing both strategic and financial elements.
• He joined Khazanah in 2012 and is currently overseeing its Real Assets & Property portfolio, having previously covered inter alia Iskandar Malaysia and Technology portfolios of Khazanah.
• Prior to Khazanah, he was a Vice President in a regional private equity house. He was then involved in managing venture capital and private equity investments mainly in Malaysia and China.

Other Current Appointments/Directorship In Public Companies

LISTED ENTITY
• NIL
OTHER PUBLIC COMPANIES
• NIL

No. of Board Meetings attended in the financial year N/A

Age: 66
Gender: Male
Nationality: Indian
Length of Service (as at 20 March 2023): 2 years 4½ months
Date of Last Re-election: 21 June 2021

Date of Appointment

• 5 November 2020

Board Committee Memberships

• Chairman, Board Governance & Risk Committee
• Member, Audit Committee

Academic/Professional Qualification/Membership

• Fellow, Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, United Kingdom
• Member, Chartered Accountants of India
• Masters of Business Administration, University of Buffalo, New York, United States of America
• Post Graduate Diploma in Digital Business, Digital Transformation and Digital Marketing, Emeritus Institute of Management in collaboration with MIT and Columbia Business School

Skills & Experience

• After spending 20 years in Asia (Hong Kong, Thailand, Singapore, India) with Hewlett Packard in Senior Sales & Marketing, Business Management and Finance roles and 9 years with Axiata Group as Group Chief Financial Officer of Celcom Axiata Berhad and Axiata Group Berhad, he is currently serving as independent consultant to a national Telco infrastructure provider and a global forensics & valuation company.
• He has also consulted for a large listed company in the aviation industry and a semiconductor fabrication company.
• He continues to deliver a range of talks at local and international conferences, on topics like the Importance of Analytics, Digital Disruptions, Digital Transformation, Technology Risk Assessment, Purpose Driven Leadership and Investment Portfolio Management etc.
• He is an advisory member of a subcommittee of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants. He is also a mentor for entrepreneurs under Endeavor Malaysia. He sits on the advisory Boards of Centre for Advanced Analytics and Data Sciences and a plastic recycling company.
• He is a Board member and Board Audit Committee member of a subsidiary of Axiata Group Berhad, Ncell Axiata Limited in Nepal.

Other Current Appointments/Directorship In Public Companies

LISTED ENTITY
• NIL
OTHER PUBLIC COMPANIES
• Red One Holdings Berhad

No. of Board Meetings attended in the financial year 9/9 (100%)

Age: 61
Gender: Male
Nationality: Malaysian
Length of Service (as at 20 March 2023): 2 years 4½ months
Date of Last Re-election: 21 June 2021

Date of Appointment

• 5 November 2020

Board Committee Memberships

• Member, Audit Committee
• Member, Board Tender Committee
• Member, Board Governance & Risk Committee

Academic/Professional Qualification/Membership

• Fellow, Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
• Fellow, Institute of Corporate Directors Malaysia
• Member, Chartered Global Management Accountants
• Member, Malaysian Institute of Accountants
• Certified Expert in ESG and Impact Investing, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
• Qualified Risk Director, Institute of Enterprise Risk Practitioners
• Global Master of Business Administration in Digital Business

Skills & Experience

• He has more than 35 years’ working experience across a diverse set of industries from auditing, manufacturing and trading, before joining the retail industry.
• He began his career as an auditor in Ong Boon Bah & Co in 1986 and joined Dreamland Holdings Berhad as an Accounts Executive in February 1988. He joined CPC/AJI (M) Sdn Bhd as Assistant Accountant in January 1989 and served as the Senior Accountant until June 1996.
• In July 1996, he joined AEON Co.(M) Bhd. (AEON) as Finance Manager and was promoted as Financial Controller in 2002. He was the Senior General Manager in charge of Business Support in January 2008 and Senior General Manager in charge of Corporate Finance and Investor Relations in February 2010. As the Chief Financial Officer and part of the senior management of AEON and Executive Director in charge of corporate management, he has oversight on the company’s total businesses, strategies, operations and business developments. He retired from AEON on 24 June 2020 as Executive Director, a position he had held since May 2011.
• He was previously a director of Malaysian Investor Relations Association Berhad, a company limited by guarantee.

Other Current Appointments/Directorship In Public Companies

LISTED ENTITY
• Sports Toto Berhad (formerly known as Berjaya Sports Toto Berhad)
OTHER PUBLIC COMPANIES
• MST Golf Group Berhad

No. of Board Meetings attended in the financial year 9/9 (100%)

Age: 63
Gender: Female
Nationality: Malaysian
Length of Service (as at 20 March 2023): 1 year 9 months
Date of Last Re-election: 23 June 2022

Date of Appointment

• 21 June 2021

Board Committee Memberships

• Chairperson, Nominations & Remuneration Committee

Academic/Professional Qualification/Membership

• Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Biochemistry and Pharmacology, University of Aston, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Skills & Experience

• She began her career with Shell in Malaysia in 1982 and served for 25 years with the first half focusing on Information Technology software application and the second half in Human Resources (HR), where her last position was as one of the global job evaluation advisors, being part of a global team in Shell Group HR serving regional businesses.
• She joined Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM) as General Manager, Leadership Development & Talent Management in Group HR in 2007.
• Upon the demerger of TM Group in early 2008, she was appointed as Head, Group HR of Axiata Group Berhad (Axiata). Following the split of Axiata’s HR function into Talent Management and HR in 2011, she was appointed as the Group Chief Talent Officer of Axiata, focusing on Talent Management across the group, including being responsible for its highly successful flagship Corporate Social Responsibility programme, the Axiata Young Talent Programme that builds young talents into future CEOs of the nation.
• In March 2020, she retired from Axiata as Group Chief of Axiata Learning, a position she assumed in 2019 which focused on a sustained, modern, agile and digital way of capability building for the Axiata Group, through the setup of a Group-wide Applied University.
• She continued to be responsible for the Axiata Young Talent Programme even after retirement by being subsequently appointed as the CEO of Axiata Foundation, a non-profit organisation whose main focus is to oversee the programme, a position she held until May 2021.
• Presently, she is the Chief Talent Officer of QSR Brands (M) Holdings Berhad since October 2021.

Other Current Appointments/Directorship In Public Companies

LISTED ENTITY
• NIL
OTHER PUBLIC COMPANIES
• Red One Holdings Berhad

No. of Board Meetings attended in the financial year 8/9 (88%)

Age: 58
Gender: Male
Nationality: Malaysian
Length of Service (as at 20 March 2023): 1 year 9 months
Date of Last Re-election: 23 June 2022

Date of Appointment

• 21 June 2021

Board Committee Memberships

• Member, Board Development Committee

Academic/Professional Qualification/Membership

• Master in Business Administration (MBA) in Finance (Distinction) from University of Hull, United Kingdom
• Bachelor of Industrial Engineering (First Class Honour) from University Technology of Malaysia
• Executive Program, Leadership from University of Chicago, United States of America
• Executive Program, Market Approach from INSEAD, France
• Executive Program, Mini-MBA from INSEAD, France

Skills & Experience

• He has significant professional and management experience across a wide spectrum of industries. His notable working experience covered senior management roles in multinational and conglomerates such as Malayan Cement Berhad, Hong Leong Group and Hap Seng Consolidated Berhad.
• He was a consultant in McKinsey & Company Inc which set the ground for his early involvement in the corporate world serving top management of various corporate clients as well as Government Link Companies (GLCs) in Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore.
• He has served as director in a few public listed companies including the roles as the Group Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of Tropicana Corporation Berhad, Non-Executive Director of Hafary Holdings Limited, Managing Director and Executive Director of Guocoland (Malaysia) Berhad and Executive Director of Tower Real Estate Investment Trust.
• Presently, he is the Group Chief Executive Officer of Star Media Group Berhad since March 2021.

Other Current Appointments/Directorship In Public Companies

LISTED ENTITIES
• NIL
OTHER PUBLIC COMPANIES
• NIL

No. of Board Meetings attended in the financial year 9/9 (100%)