Board and Governance

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

Date of Appointment as Chairman: 22 July 2019

Committee Memberships:

• Group Investment 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.
• Datuk Dr. Syed currently serves as an Independent Non-Executive Director of i-VCAP Management Sdn. Bhd. (“i-VCAP”), ValueCAP’s wholly-owned asset management subsidiary.
• 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 as Non-Independent Non-Executive Director: 27 May 2011

Committee Memberships:

• Group Investment 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.

• Tengku Dato’ Sri Azmil Zahruddin bin Raja Abdul Aziz has been appointed as a Deputy Managing Director at Khazanah effective from January 2018. His main role is overseeing the Commercial Fund within Khazanah’s portfolio. 
• Prior to joining Khazanah, he was the Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer of Malaysia Airlines. He joined Malaysia Airlines as Executive Director / Chief Financial Officer in August 2005 after having served as a Non-Executive Board Director since August 2004. Before that, he was the Chief Financial Officer and then Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer of Penerbangan Malaysia Berhad. He was also with PricewaterhouseCoopers in their London and Hong Kong offices where he was in the Audit and Business Advisory Services division, specializing in financial services.
• He holds a first class degree in Economics from the University of Cambridge. He is a Chartered Accountant and an associate member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. He is also an Associate of the Association of Corporate Treasurers, United Kingdom.

Date of Appointment as Non-Independent Non-Executive Director: 24 December 2018

Committee Memberships:

• Group Investment 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 Colorado, USA.

• Senior Director of Alternative Investment Department, KWAP.
• He has over 20 years of experience in credit rating, equity research, corporate finance, business development and investments in both public and private markets.
• Prior to joining KWAP, he was the Head of Strategy and Business Development for Sime Darby Property. He was also the Head of Value Management and Head of Investor Relation for the Sime Darby Group.
• He is a Board member of Tap Crunch Sdn. Bhd., Tap Crunch International Sdn. Bhd., Harta Integra Berkat Sdn. Bhd., and Capsquare Tower Sdn. Bhd. 
• He graduated with BBA Finance (Honours: Magna Cum Laude) from Eastern Michigan University, USA.

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

Committee Memberships:

• Group 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 as Independent Non-Executive Director: 1 January 2016

Committee Memberships:

• Group Investment Committee (Chairman)

• Group Board Audit & Risk Committee (Chairman)

• 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 serves as an Independent Non-Executive Director of i-VCAP Management Sdn. Bhd. (“i-VCAP”), ValueCAP’s wholly-owned asset management subsidiary.
• He is an Economics graduate from Macquarie University, Sydney.

Date of Appointment as Non-Independent Non-Executive Director: 1 August 2018

Date of Appointment as Non-Independent Managing Director: 11 January 2019

• Roslina Abdul Rahman was appointed to the Board of Directors of ValueCAP Sdn. Bhd. (“ValueCAP”) as Non-Independent Non-Executive Director on 1st August 2018. She was appointed as Managing Director on 11th January 2019. She is the Group Chief Executive Officer of ValueCAP.
• Prior to joining ValueCAP, Roslina was the Managing Director of Amundi Malaysia and Director of Amundi Islamic Malaysia. Roslina joined Amundi Malaysia in 2008, prior to which she held fund management roles at CIMB-Principal Asset Management from 2004 to 2008 and served across various units of AMMB Holdings Berhad – namely AmInvestment Management, Arab-Malaysian Merchant Bank/Arab-Malaysian Asset Management Berhad, and Arab-Malaysian Unit Trusts Berhad – from 1990 to 2004.
• Roslina currently serves as Chairman of the respective Boards of Directors of VCAP Asset Managers Sdn. Bhd. (“VCAM”) and i-VCAP Management Sdn. Bhd. (“i-VCAP”), ValueCAP’s two wholly-owned asset management subsidiaries.
• She holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles and a Master of Business Administration from the Australia Graduate School of Management, University of New South Wales and the University of Sydney.

Date of Appointment as Group Investment Committee Member: 1 January 2017

Date of Appointment as Group Investment Committee Chairman: 22 July 2019

Committee Memberships:

• Group Investment Committee (Chairman)

• Group Board Audit & Risk Committee (Chairman)

• 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 serves as an Independent Non-Executive Director of i-VCAP Management Sdn. Bhd. (“i-VCAP”), ValueCAP’s wholly-owned asset management subsidiary.
• He is an Economics graduate from Macquarie University, Sydney.

Date of Appointment as Group Investment Committee Member: 10 February 2003

Committee Memberships:

• Group Investment Committee (Chairman)

• 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.
• Datuk Dr. Syed currently serves as an Independent Non-Executive Director of i-VCAP Management Sdn. Bhd. (“i-VCAP”), ValueCAP’s wholly-owned asset management subsidiary.
• 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 as Investment Committee Member: 27 May 2011

Committee Memberships:

• Group Investment 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 as Investment Committee Member: 24 December 2018

Committee Memberships:

• Group Investment 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 Colorado, USA.

Date of Appointment as Investment Committee Member: 1 January 2017

Committee Memberships:

• Group Investment Committee

• 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 Group Board Audit and Risk Committee Member: 1 January 2017

Date of Appointment as Group Board Audit and Risk Committee Chairman: 1 July 2018

Committee Memberships:

• Group Investment Committee (Chairman)

• Group Board Audit & Risk Committee (Chairman)

• 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 serves as an Independent Non-Executive Director of i-VCAP Management Sdn. Bhd. (“i-VCAP”), ValueCAP’s wholly-owned asset management subsidiary.
• He is an Economics graduate from Macquarie University, Sydney.

Date of Appointment as Audit and Risk Committee Member: 1 January 2016

Committee Memberships:

• Group 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 as Audit and Risk Committee Member: 1 January 2019

Committee Memberships:

• Board Audit & Risk Committee

• 32 years of experience in middle and back office operations, with 25 years in a leadership role within the financial services / asset management industries.
• Harinder started his career within the financial services sector under two regulatory bodies – Bank Negara and Securities Commission, after which he joined the Arab Malaysia Group as Director of Operations for the Group’s stockbroking subsidiary based in Indonesia. Subsequently he returned to Malaysia and served in Senior Management capacity under Arab Malaysian Investment Bank as well as AmFunds Management Berhad.
• Harinder’s last position was as Advisor to the Federation of Investment Managers Malaysia where he played a key role in providing sound advice and recommendations on corporate and industry development as well as regulatory matters.
• Harinder currently sits on the Board of Directors of VCAP Asset Managers Sdn. Bhd. (“VCAM”) and is a member of ValueCAP Sdn. Bhd.’s Group Board Audit & Risk Committee.
• He holds a Bachelor in Accounting from University Malaya in 1986.