Board of Directors

ADNAN BIN MOHAMMAD

DATO' IKMAL HIJAZ BIN HASHIM

Chairman/Independent Non-Executive Director
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Age: 59
Date of Appointment: 1 March 2009
Membership of Board Committees: Chairman of the Investment Committee
Qualifications:
  • Master of Philosophy in Land Management, University of Reading, United Kingdom
  • Bachelor of Arts with Honours, Universiti Malaya
Membership of Associations: None
Working Experience and Occupation:
  • 1976-1990: Served in the Administrative and Diplomatic Service of the Government in various capacities in the District Office, Regional Development Authorities, and Training Management and Administrative under the Ministries Unit.
  • 1991-1992: Joined United Engineers (M) Berhad as the General Manager of the Malaysia-Singapore Second Crossing Project.
  • 1993-1999: Appointed as the Chief Operating Officer of Projek Lebuhraya Utara-Selatan Berhad ("PLUS") on 1 January 1993 and subsequently appointed as Managing Director from 1 January 1995 to 30 June 1999. Resigned as Managing Director of PLU S in 1999, but remained as a Director until November 2001.
  • 1999: Appointed as the Managing Director of Prolink Development Sdn Bhd ("Prolink") and Acting Chairman of the Supervisory Board for the Property Division of the Renong Group in July 1999.
  • 2000: Appointed as the President of the Renong Group's Property Division in February 2000 while maintaining the position as the Managing Director of Prolink.
  • 2002: Appointed as the Managing Director of Renong Berhad until October 2003.
  • 2003-2007: Appointed as the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Pos Malaysia Berhad on 6 December 2003. Appointed as the Executive Director of Pos Malaysia & Services Holdings Berhad ("PMSHB") on 19 December 2003. Re-designated as PMSHB's Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer on 13 April 2004.
  • 2007-2009: Assumed the post of Chief Executive Officer of Iskandar Regional Development Authority on 23 February 2007.
  • 2009-present: Chairman of Faber Group Berhad.
Directorships of other public companies:
  • UEM Land Holdings Berhad
  • Nadayu Properties Berhad (formerly known as Mutiara Goodyear Development Berhad)
  • EP Manufacturing Berhad
ADNAN BIN MOHAMMAD

ADNAN BIN MOHAMMAD

Managing Director
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Age: 51
Date of Appointment: 1 April 2007
Membership of Board Committees: Member of the Investment Committee
Qualifications:
  • Bachelor of Business Administration (Finance), University of Missouri, Kansas City, United States of America
  • Diploma in Banking Studies from MARA Institute of Technology
Membership of Associations: Member of the Malaysian Institute of Management
Working Experience and Occupation:
  • 1985-1986: Served at Malayan Banking Berhad.
  • 1989: Served at Bank Rakyat Berhad.
  • 1989-1990: Joined Projek Lebuhraya Utara-Selatan Berhad ("PLUS") as a Project Finance Officer.
  • 1990-1992: Joined Bumiputera Merchant Bankers Berhad as a Corporate Banking Officer.
  • 1992-2000: Appointed as Project Finance Assistant Manager at PLU S and subsequently promoted to Senior General Manager of the Finance Division.
  • 2000-2005: Served the UEM Group in various capacities including as the Managing Director of TIMEdotNet Berhad, the Chief Operating Officer of Intria Berhad, the Managing Director of Park May Berhad and the Chief Executive Officer of E-Idaman Sdn Bhd.
  • 2005-2007: Appointed as the Chief Operating Officer of UEM Builders Berhad.
  • 2007-present: Managing Director of Faber Group Berhad.
Directorships of other public companies: None
DATUK ZAINAL ABIDIN BIN ALIAS

DATUK ZAINAL ABIDIN BIN ALIAS

Senior Independent Non-Executive Director
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Age: 68
Date of Appointment:
  • 22 October 2001 (Board of Directors)
  • 23 May 2003 (Senior Independent Non-Executive Director)
Membership of Board Committees:
  • Member of the Audit and Risk Committee
  • Member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee
Qualifications: Bachelor of Arts (History) with Honours, Universiti Malaya
Membership of Associations: None
Working Experience and Occupation:
  • 1967-1999: Served with the Malaysian Diplomatic and Administrative Service throughout his career and retired in 1999 as the Ambassador to Indonesia. Attached to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with postings to Malaysian Embassies in Washington DC, Jakarta, New Delhi, Hong Kong and Tokyo. Subsequently, he was appointed as Malaysia's Ambassador to Kuwait with concurrent accreditation as Ambassador to Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Oman. Also served as the Malaysian Ambassador to Thailand and Indonesia and was then appointed as the ASEAN Director General for Malaysia and as the Chief of Protocol.
  • 2001-present: Director of Faber Group Berhad.
Directorships of other public companies: None
DATUK MOHAMED ZAIN BIN MOHAMED YUSUF

DATUK MOHAMED ZAIN BIN MOHAMED YUSUF

Independent Non-Executive Director
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Age: 72
Date of Appointment: 22 October 2001
Membership of Board Committees:
  • Chairman of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee
  • Member of the Audit and Risk Committee
  • Member of the Investment Committee
Qualifications:
  • Bachelor of Economics with Honours, University of Western Australia
  • Harvard Senior Management Programme
Membership of Associations: Chairman of Malaysia Australia Business Council
Working Experience and Occupation:
  • 1986-1996: Marketing Consultant to Shell International, based in London before being appointed as the first Malaysian Marketing Director of Shell Marketing Companies in Malaysia in 1989. Subsequently, he was elevated to the Board of Directors of the Shell Group as Executive Director, both in the upstream and downstream companies as well as 18 other Shell joint-venture companies. Resigned in 1996 as Director of Shell Refining Company (Federation of Malaya) Berhad.
  • 1997-2000: Director of Insas Berhad from March 1997 to January 2000 and Director of PJBumi Berhad from May 2003 to March 2008.
  • 1999-2001: Director of MBf Finance Berhad from May 1999 to December 2001.
  • 2001-present: Director of Faber Group Berhad. Presently, he is the Chairman of both Confoil (M) Sdn Bhd and Malacca Securities Sdn Bhd.
Directorships of other public companies: Mission NewEnergy Ltd. (Listed on the Australian Stock Exchange)
DATO' ROSLI BIN SHARIF

DATO' MOHD IZZADDIN BIN IDRIS

Non-Independent Non-Executive Director
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Age: 49
Date of Appointment: 05 August 2010
Membership of Board Committees: None
Qualifications:
  • Bachelor of Commerce Degree (First Class Honours in Finance) from University of New South Wales, Australia
Membership of Associations
  • Fellow of CPA Australia
  • Member of Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA)
Working Experience and Occupation:
  • 1985-1996: Served at Malaysian International Merchant Bankers Berhad which included a 3-year secondment in the late 1980s to Barclays de Zoete Wedd Limited, a London-based investment bank and a subsidiary of then Barclays Bank PLC.
  • 1996 – 2004:   Joined Southern Bank Berhad as the Senior Vice President (Corporate Finance) and the Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) of Ranhill Berhad. He also held the position of the Chief Operating Officer of Malaysian Resources Corporation Berhad.
  • 2004 – 2009: Joined Tenaga Nasional Berhad as the CFO/Senior Vice President (Group Finance).
  • 2009 – Present: Appointed as the Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of UEM Group Berhad and also the Non-Executive Deputy Chairman of PLUS Expressways Berhad.
Directorships of other public companies:
  • Cement Industries of Malaysia Berhad
  • OPUS Group Berhad
  • PLUS Expressways Berhad
  • Projek Lebuhraya Utara-Selatan Berhad
  • Projek Lebuhraya Usahasama Berhad
  • TIME Engineering Berhad
  • Sunrise Berhad
  • UEM Builders Berhad
  • UEM Group Berhad
  • UEM Land Holdings Berhad
OH KIM SUN

OH KIM SUN

Independent Non-Executive Director
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Age: 63
Date of Appointment: 28 September 2007
Membership of Board Committees: Chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee
Qualifications: Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW)
Membership of Associations: Member of the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Working Experience and Occupation:
  • 1972-1994: Began his career with Coopers & Lybrand in London. He also held positions as the Finance Director of Taiko Plantations Sdn Bhd, the Financial Controller of ICI Malaysia, and the Finance Manager (Secondment) at the ICI Headquarters in London responsible for Northern Europe. He led a successful management buyout of ICI's Malaysian operations in 1994.
  • 1994-2003: Appointed Group Executive Director of Chemical Company of Malaysia Berhad.
  • 2004-present: Appointed as a Director on the Board of several Public Listed Companies.
Directorships of other public companies:
  • UEM Land Holdings Berhad
  • Pharmaniaga Berhad
  • Nikko Electronics Berhad
  • IMPAX Laboratories Inc. (Listed on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ)
ELAKUMARI A/P KANTILAL

ELAKUMARI A/P KANTILAL

Non-Independent Non-Executive Director
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Age: 55
Date of Appointment: 22 October 2001
Membership of Board Committees: Member of the Audit and Risk Committee
Qualifications:
  • Masters of Science in Finance and Accounting, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom
  • Bachelor of Accounting, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
Membership of Associations: Member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants
Working Experience and Occupation:
  • 1981-1994: Served in various senior positions with the Government in the Accountant General's Office and the Ministry of Finance.
  • 1994-current: Director of the Investment Division at Khazanah Nasional Berhad.
Directorships of other public companies:
  • TIME dotCom Berhad
  • TIME Engineering Berhad
PUASA BIN OSMAN

PUASA BIN OSMAN

Independent Non-Executive Director
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Age: 67
Date of Appointment: 19 June 2003
Membership of Board Committees: None
Qualifications: Master in Business Administration, Ohio University, United States of America
Membership of Associations: None
Working Experience and Occupation:
  • 1973-1999: Joined Bank Pertanian Malaysia from August 1973 to September 1999, serving in various managerial positions in the Department of Personnel and Training, Branch Operations, Retail Banking and Credit Operations.
  • 2003-present: Director of Faber Group Berhad.
Directorships of other public companies: None
ANNUAR MARZUKI BIN ABDUL AZIZ

SUHAIMI BIN HALIM

Non-Independent Non-Executive Director
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Age: 56
Date of Appointment: 1 September 2010
Membership of Board Committees: None
Qualifications:
  • Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, University of Glasgow, Scotland.

Membership of Associations: None
Working Experience and Occupation:

En. Suhaimi bin Halim was appointed as the Managing Director ("MD") of Opus Group Berhad on 5 October 2007.

In 1988, En. Suhaimi bin Halim joined Opus International (M) Berhad, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Opus Group Berhad. Subsequently, in 1996, he was appointed Chief Operating Officer of Kinta Kellas Plc. The following year, he assumed the position of MD at Linkedua (Malaysia) Berhad and was then transferred to Expressway Lingkaran Tengah Sdn Bhd where he held the post of MD from May 2000 to July 2002. Thereafter, on 1 August 2002, he was appointed the MD of Kinta Kellas Plc, which later changed its name to Opus International Group Plc ("Opus Plc") in 2005. In 2007, through an internal reorganisation, Opus Plc (now known as Opus International Limited) was replaced by Opus Group Berhad as the holding company of Opus Group where he continued as the MD of Opus Group Berhad.

Directorships of other public companies:
  • Opus Group Berhad
  • Opus International (M) Berhad
  • Project Penyelenggaraan Lebuhraya Berhad
ANNUAR MARZUKI BIN ABDUL AZIZ

ANNUAR MARZUKI BIN ABDUL AZIZ

Non-Independent Non-Executive Director
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Age: 41
Date of Appointment: 3 September 2009
Membership of Board Committees:
  • Member of the Investment Committee
  • Member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee
Qualifications:
  • Honours Degree in Accountancy and Master Degree in Business Administration (Finance), International Islamic University of Malaysia
  • Diploma in Comparative Law, Institute of Islamic Studies
Membership of Associations:
  • Fellow of the Chartered Public Accountants, Australia
  • Malaysian Institute of Accountants
Working Experience and Occupation:
  • 1993-1994: Served at the Audit & Business Advisory Services division of Pricewaterhouse.
  • 1994-1995: Moved to the Audit Department of UMW Corporation Sdn Bhd.
  • 1995-1996: Served at the Internal Audit Department of Renong Berhad (now part of the UEM Group).
  • 1996-1999: Moved to the Corporate Finance Department of Commerce International Merchant Bankers Berhad.
  • 1999-2003: Joined the Corporate Finance Department of Renong Berhad.
  • 2003-2004: Appointed as the General Manager of Corporate Finance at Time Engineering Berhad.
  • 2004-May 2006: Transferred to UEM Group as the General Manager in the office of the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer.
  • June 2006-August 2009: Appointed as the Chief Financial Officer ("CFO") at Plus Expressways Berhad.
  • Sept 2009-Present: Appointed as the Group CFO of UEM Group Berhad.
Directorships of other public companies:
  • Projek Penyelenggaraan Lebuhraya Berhad
  • United Growth Berhad
  • Time Engineering Berhad

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