Board and Governance

Date of Appointment as Independent Non-Executive Director: 14 November 2002

Date of Appointment as Chairman: 15 June 2011

Committee Memberships:

• Group Remuneration & Nomination Committee

• Dato' Hamzah holds a Bachelor of Science (Hons) degree in Economics from the Queen’s University of Belfast and a Master of Arts degree in Public Policy and Administration, with Development Economics, from the University of Wisconsin, USA.
• Currently, he is Chairman of Sapura Kencana Petroleum Berhad and CIMB Investment Bank Berhad. He is also an Independent Director of CIMB Group Holdings Berhad.
• He served 20 years in various senior management and Board positions in Petroliam Nasional Berhad (“Petronas”), including Senior Vice President for Refining and Marketing, Senior Vice President for Corporate Planning & Development and Main Board Director. Prior to Petronas, he was a Director of the Economic Planning Unit in the Prime Minister’s Department.

Date of Appointment: 27 May 2011

Committee Memberships:

• Investment Committee

• Group Remuneration & Nomination Committee

• Datuk Hishammudin is currently an Executive Director of Investments at Khazanah. He was formerly with Sime Darby where he served for over six years and assumed several senior positions, covering strategy and business development, healthcare, energy & utilities and special projects.
• Datuk Hishammudin also has 12 years of capital markets experience in equity research and investment banking. He started his career as a process engineer in the US. He holds two degrees in Chemical Engineering and Industrial Management from Purdue University, in the US. He has also attended the Harvard Business School's Advanced Management Programme.

Date of Appointment: 17 December 2018

Committee Memberships:

• Investment Committee

• Group Remuneration & Nomination Committee

• Azmeen is currently the Chief Investment Officer of KWAP. He has 20 years of experience in the banking and asset management industry, having covered the areas of investment, treasury, sales, and product development.
• Prior to his current position, he was the Director of KWAP's Fixed Income Department.
• Prior to joining KWAP, he the Chief Executive Officer of Maybank Islamic Asset Management Sdn. Bhd.
• He is a Member of Persatuan Pasaran Kewangan Malaysia. He obtained his BSc in Business Administration, University of Denver in Colorada, USA.

Date of Appointment: 1 January 2016

Committee Memberships:

• Group Remuneration & Nomination Committee

• Board Audit & Risk Committeee

• Mohamad Idros is presently Vice President of the Office of President and Group Chief Executive of Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB). He joined PNB in 1995 and held various positions in Corporate Services and Corporate Finance prior to assuming his current role. Encik Mohamad Idros has extensive experience in corporate strategy and the evaluation of company performance and also assumes the position of Nominee Director of PNB on the Board of Ansell Melaka Group, MIDF Property Berhad and Sime Darby Property Berhad.
• Mohamad Idros holds a Bachelor in Business Administration from the International Islamic University Malaysia, a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment from the Securities Institute, Australia and a Capital Market Services Representative License.

Date of Appointment: 1 January 2016

Date of Appointment as Investment Committee Member: 10 February 2003

Committee Memberships:

• Investment Committee (Chairman)

• Group Remuneration & Nomination Committee

• Datuk Dr. Syed is a member fellow of The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, UK.
• He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) degree from the University of Malaya in 1971 and obtained MBA degree from the University of Massachusetts in 1977 followed by a Ph.D. (BM) from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 1986.
• He started his career in 1973 as Senior Project Officer, School of Financial Management at the National Institute of Public Administration (INTAN) and in November 1988, he joined the Ministry of Education as Secretary of Higher Education and then assumed the position of Deputy Secretary (Foreign and Domestic Borrowing, Debt Management) Federal Treasury. From 1993, he joined the Board of Directors of Asian Development Bank, first as Alternate Executive Director and later as Executive Director prior to joining the Ministry of Finance as Secretary, Tax Analysis Division and later became Deputy Secretary General (Operations). Prior to his retirement, YBhg. Datuk Dr. Syed was Secretary General in the Ministry of Human Resource.

Date of Appointment: 1 January 2016

Committee Memberships:

• Board Audit & Risk Committee (Chairman)

• Investment Committee

• Prior to his retirement in November 2014, Mohd Asri was the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Bank Muamalat Malaysia with direct oversight of client relationships and revenue generating activities of the Bank. His portfolio responsibilities include Consumer Banking, Corporate and Commercial Banking, Treasury and Capital Markets, Investment Banking and Private Equity. As COO, he served as a member and Deputy Chairman of the Bank’s management committee, executive risk management committee, credit committee, investment committee and Chairman of ALCO. Previously he was the Chief Risk Officer, reporting directly to the Board Risk Management Committee. He also sat on the Board of Muamalat Ventures Sdn Bhd and Muamalat Invest Sdn Bhd, the bank’s subsidiaries involved in Private Equity and Asset Management businesses respectively.
• Before joining Bank Muamalat, Mohd Asri was the CEO of Malaysian Rating Corporation, a domestic rating agency. His previous appointments include being the Head of Corporate Planning and Business Development at Amanah-MIDF Berhad, a Malaysian financial services group overseeing the Group’s formulation of strategic plans, business acquisition, joint ventures and strategic alliance; Country Treasurer and Vice President of the then Chase Manhattan Bank Malaysia; General Manager, Treasury and Southern Region of a domestic commercial bank; CEO of a domestic finance company and Treasurer of a merchant bank.
• Mohd Asri currently assumes the role of Advisor, Capital Investment Bank Labuan and sits on the Board of a private company involved in the Oil and Gas services sector.
• He is an Economics graduate from Macquarie University, Sydney.

Date of Appointment: 17 DEcember 2018

• Zalman currently holds the position of Director, Alternative Investments Department at Kumpulan Wang Persaraan (Diperbadankan) (“KWAP”)
• He has over 20 years of experience in credit rating, equity research, corporate finance, and business development of telecommunication, property, healthcare, and commodities industry.
• Prior to joining KWAP, he was the Head of Strategy and Business Development for Sime Darby Property Berhad.
• He is a Board member of Jambatan Kedua Sdn. Bhd., Munchy Food Industries Sdn. Bhd., and an Alternate Director of Malakoff Corporation Berhad.
• He graduated with BBA Finance (Honours: Magna Cum Laude) from Eastern Michigan University, USA.

Date of Appointment as Independent Non-Executive Director: 1 January 2016

Date of Appointment as Investment Committee Member: 10 February 2003

Committee Memberships:

• Investment Committee (Chairman)

• Group Remuneration & Nomination Committee

• Datuk Dr. Syed is a member fellow of The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, UK.
• He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) degree from the University of Malaya in 1971 and obtained MBA degree from the University of Massachusetts in 1977 followed by a Ph.D. (BM) from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 1986.
• He started his career in 1973 as Senior Project Officer, School of Financial Management at the National Institute of Public Administration (INTAN) and in November 1988, he joined the Ministry of Education as Secretary of Higher Education and then assumed the position of Deputy Secretary (Foreign and Domestic Borrowing, Debt Management) Federal Treasury. From 1993, he joined the Board of Directors of Asian Development Bank, first as Alternate Executive Director and later as Executive Director prior to joining the Ministry of Finance as Secretary, Tax Analysis Division and later became Deputy Secretary General (Operations). Prior to his retirement, YBhg. Datuk Dr. Syed was Secretary General in the Ministry of Human Resource.

Date of Appointment: 27 May 2011

Committee Memberships:

• Investment Committee

• Group Remuneration & Nomination Committee

• Datuk Hishammudin is currently an Executive Director of Investments at Khazanah. He was formerly with Sime Darby where he served for over six years and assumed several senior positions, covering strategy and business development, healthcare, energy & utilities and special projects.
• Datuk Hishammudin also has 12 years of capital markets experience in equity research and investment banking. He started his career as a process engineer in the US. He holds two degrees in Chemical Engineering and Industrial Management from Purdue University, in the US. He has also attended the Harvard Business School's Advanced Management Programme.

Date of Appointment: 17 December 2018

Committee Memberships:

• Investment Committee

• Group Remuneration & Nomination Committee

• Azmeen is currently the Chief Investment Officer of KWAP. He has 20 years of experience in the banking and asset management industry, having covered the areas of investment, treasury, sales, and product development.
• Prior to his current position, he was the Director of KWAP's Fixed Income Department.
• Prior to joining KWAP, he the Chief Executive Officer of Maybank Islamic Asset Management Sdn. Bhd.
• He is a Member of Persatuan Pasaran Kewangan Malaysia. He obtained his BSc in Business Administration, University of Denver in Colorada, USA.

Date of Appointment: 1 January 2016

Committee Memberships:

• Board Audit & Risk Committee (Chairman)

• Investment Committee

• Prior to his retirement in November 2014, Mohd Asri was the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Bank Muamalat Malaysia with direct oversight of client relationships and revenue generating activities of the Bank. His portfolio responsibilities include Consumer Banking, Corporate and Commercial Banking, Treasury and Capital Markets, Investment Banking and Private Equity. As COO, he served as a member and Deputy Chairman of the Bank’s management committee, executive risk management committee, credit committee, investment committee and Chairman of ALCO. Previously he was the Chief Risk Officer, reporting directly to the Board Risk Management Committee. He also sat on the Board of Muamalat Ventures Sdn Bhd and Muamalat Invest Sdn Bhd, the bank’s subsidiaries involved in Private Equity and Asset Management businesses respectively.
• Before joining Bank Muamalat, Mohd Asri was the CEO of Malaysian Rating Corporation, a domestic rating agency. His previous appointments include being the Head of Corporate Planning and Business Development at Amanah-MIDF Berhad, a Malaysian financial services group overseeing the Group’s formulation of strategic plans, business acquisition, joint ventures and strategic alliance; Country Treasurer and Vice President of the then Chase Manhattan Bank Malaysia; General Manager, Treasury and Southern Region of a domestic commercial bank; CEO of a domestic finance company and Treasurer of a merchant bank.
• Mohd Asri currently assumes the role of Advisor, Capital Investment Bank Labuan and sits on the Board of a private company involved in the Oil and Gas services sector.
• He is an Economics graduate from Macquarie University, Sydney.

Date of Appointment as Investment Committee Member: 1 January 2017

• Dato’ Wan Roshdi started his career at PNB in 1985 in the Corporate Finance and Corporate Services Department, consequently rising to the position of Head of Department. In 2003, he was transferred to the Investment Division of PNB before becoming the Head of Investment of PNB in 2004. He was responsible for the management and delivery of outcome of unit trusts funds managed by PNB, including its proprietary funds. His duties incorporated the formulation, recommendation and oversight of investment strategies, supervision and administration of equity assessment and evaluation, market operations for both equity and fixed income, as well as the management of portfolios. He moved to head the Risk Management and Performance & Portfolio Assessment Division of PNB in late 2014, prior to his retirement in mid-2016. During his time at PNB, he served on the Board of Directors for several companies.
• Dato’ Wan Roshdi is currently a Board Member of Malaysian Industrial Development Finance Berhad (“MIDF”), Perusahaan Otomobil Kedua Sdn. Bhd and Perodua Sales Sdn. Bhd.
• Dato’ Wan Roshdi holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration, a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Northern Illinois University, and a Diploma in Accountancy from MARA Institute of Technology. He was a holder of the Capital Markets Services Representative Licence and is also a qualified Certified Financial Planner (CFP).

Date of Appointment as Independent Non-Executive Director: 14 November 2002

Date of Appointment as Chairman: 15 June 2011

Committee Memberships:

• Group Remuneration & Nomination Committee

• Dato' Hamzah holds a Bachelor of Science (Hons) degree in Economics from the Queen’s University of Belfast and a Master of Arts degree in Public Policy and Administration, with Development Economics, from the University of Wisconsin, USA.
• Currently, he is Chairman of Sapura Kencana Petroleum Berhad and CIMB Investment Bank Berhad. He is also an Independent Director of CIMB Group Holdings Berhad.
• He served 20 years in various senior management and Board positions in Petroliam Nasional Berhad (“Petronas”), including Senior Vice President for Refining and Marketing, Senior Vice President for Corporate Planning & Development and Main Board Director. Prior to Petronas, he was a Director of the Economic Planning Unit in the Prime Minister’s Department.

Date of Appointment: 17 December 2018

Committee Memberships:

• Investment Committee

• Group Remuneration & Nomination Committee

• Azmeen is currently the Chief Investment Officer of KWAP. He has 20 years of experience in the banking and asset management industry, having covered the areas of investment, treasury, sales, and product development.
• Prior to his current position, he was the Director of KWAP's Fixed Income Department.
• Prior to joining KWAP, he the Chief Executive Officer of Maybank Islamic Asset Management Sdn. Bhd.
• He is a Member of Persatuan Pasaran Kewangan Malaysia. He obtained his BSc in Business Administration, University of Denver in Colorada, USA.

Date of Appointment as Independent Non-Executive Director: 1 January 2016

Date of Appointment as Investment Committee Member: 10 February 2003

Committee Memberships:

• Investment Committee (Chairman)

• Group Remuneration & Nomination Committee

• Datuk Dr. Syed is a member fellow of The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, UK.
• He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) degree from the University of Malaya in 1971 and obtained MBA degree from the University of Massachusetts in 1977 followed by a Ph.D. (BM) from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 1986.
• He started his career in 1973 as Senior Project Officer, School of Financial Management at the National Institute of Public Administration (INTAN) and in November 1988, he joined the Ministry of Education as Secretary of Higher Education and then assumed the position of Deputy Secretary (Foreign and Domestic Borrowing, Debt Management) Federal Treasury. From 1993, he joined the Board of Directors of Asian Development Bank, first as Alternate Executive Director and later as Executive Director prior to joining the Ministry of Finance as Secretary, Tax Analysis Division and later became Deputy Secretary General (Operations). Prior to his retirement, YBhg. Datuk Dr. Syed was Secretary General in the Ministry of Human Resource.

Date of Appointment: 27 May 2011

Committee Memberships:

• Investment Committee

• Group Remuneration & Nomination Committee

• Datuk Hishammudin is currently an Executive Director of Investments at Khazanah. He was formerly with Sime Darby where he served for over six years and assumed several senior positions, covering strategy and business development, healthcare, energy & utilities and special projects.
• Datuk Hishammudin also has 12 years of capital markets experience in equity research and investment banking. He started his career as a process engineer in the US. He holds two degrees in Chemical Engineering and Industrial Management from Purdue University, in the US. He has also attended the Harvard Business School's Advanced Management Programme.

Encik Mohamad Idros is presently Vice President of the Office of President and Group Chief Executive of Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB). He joined PNB in 1995 and held various positions in Corporate Services and Corporate Finance prior to assuming his current role. Encik Mohamad Idros has extensive experience in corporate strategy and the evaluation of company performance and also assumes the position of Nominee Director of PNB on the Board of Ansell Melaka Group, MIDF Property Berhad and Sime Darby Property Berhad.

Encik Mohamad Idros holds a Bachelor in Business Administration from the International Islamic University Malaysia, a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment from the Securities Institute, Australia and a Capital Market Services Representative License.

Date of Appointment: 1 January 2016

Committee Memberships:

• Board Audit & Risk Committee (Chairman)

• Investment Committee

• Prior to his retirement in November 2014, Mohd Asri was the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Bank Muamalat Malaysia with direct oversight of client relationships and revenue generating activities of the Bank. His portfolio responsibilities include Consumer Banking, Corporate and Commercial Banking, Treasury and Capital Markets, Investment Banking and Private Equity. As COO, he served as a member and Deputy Chairman of the Bank’s management committee, executive risk management committee, credit committee, investment committee and Chairman of ALCO. Previously he was the Chief Risk Officer, reporting directly to the Board Risk Management Committee. He also sat on the Board of Muamalat Ventures Sdn Bhd and Muamalat Invest Sdn Bhd, the bank’s subsidiaries involved in Private Equity and Asset Management businesses respectively.
• Before joining Bank Muamalat, Mohd Asri was the CEO of Malaysian Rating Corporation, a domestic rating agency. His previous appointments include being the Head of Corporate Planning and Business Development at Amanah-MIDF Berhad, a Malaysian financial services group overseeing the Group’s formulation of strategic plans, business acquisition, joint ventures and strategic alliance; Country Treasurer and Vice President of the then Chase Manhattan Bank Malaysia; General Manager, Treasury and Southern Region of a domestic commercial bank; CEO of a domestic finance company and Treasurer of a merchant bank.
• Mohd Asri currently assumes the role of Advisor, Capital Investment Bank Labuan and sits on the Board of a private company involved in the Oil and Gas services sector.
• He is an Economics graduate from Macquarie University, Sydney.

Date of Appointment: 1 January 2016

Committee Memberships:

• Group Remuneration & Nomination Committee

• Board Audit & Risk Committeee

• Mohamad Idros is presently Vice President of the Office of President and Group Chief Executive of Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB). He joined PNB in 1995 and held various positions in Corporate Services and Corporate Finance prior to assuming his current role. Encik Mohamad Idros has extensive experience in corporate strategy and the evaluation of company performance and also assumes the position of Nominee Director of PNB on the Board of Ansell Melaka Group, MIDF Property Berhad and Sime Darby Property Berhad.
• Mohamad Idros holds a Bachelor in Business Administration from the International Islamic University Malaysia, a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment from the Securities Institute, Australia and a Capital Market Services Representative License.