DATUK MOHAMED ZAIN BIN MOHAMED YUSUF
Independent Non-Executive Director
Datuk Mohamed Zain was appointed to the Board of Directors of FGB on 22 October 2001. He is also a Member of the Audit and Risk Committee, the Nomination and Remuneration Committee and Investment Committee of FGB.
Datuk Mohamed Zain holds a Bachelor of Economics with Honours from University of Western Australia. He was with the Shell Group of Companies and during this time, had attended various Senior Management Courses overseas as well as the Harvard Senior Management Programme in the mid-80s.
From 1986 to 1988, he was the Marketing Consultant to Shell International based in London, United Kingdom. He was the first person of Malaysian nationality to be appointed as Marketing Director of Shell Marketing Companies in Malaysia at the end of 1989. He was subsequently 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. In 1996, he resigned as Director of Shell Refining Company (Federation of Malaya) Berhad, a company listed on the Main Board of the Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad. He also served as a Director on the Board of Directors of Insas Berhad from March 1997 to January 2000 and PJ Bumi Berhad from May 2003 to March 2008. He was also a Director of MBF Finance Berhad ("MBF Finance") from May 1999 to December 2001. He resigned on the completion of the restructuring of MBF Finance with the take over by AmFinance Berhad. He is presently the Chairman of Confoil (M) Sdn Bhd and Malacca Securities Sdn Bhd. He is also currently the Chairman of Malaysia Australia Business Council. His directorship in other public companies includes Mission NewEnergy Ltd, a company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange.
Datuk Mohamed Zain does not have any family relationship with any Director and/or major shareholder of FGB. He does not have any conflict of interest with FGB. He has had no convictions for any offences within the past 10 years other than traffic offences, if any.