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Board of Directors

About Us

Tan Sri Dr. Azmil Khalid

Independent Non-Executive Chairman

Member of Board Investment Committee

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Syahrunizam Samsudin

Managing Director /

Chief Executive Officer

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Dato’ Mohd Izani Ghani

Non-Independent Non-Executive Director
Member of Nomination and Remuneration Committee

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Dato’ Noorazman Abd Aziz

Non-Independent Non-Executive Director

Chairman of Board Investment Committee

Member of Board Governance and Risk Committee

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Dato’ George Stewart LaBrooy

Independent Non-Executive Director
Chairman of Board Governance and Risk Committee

Member of Nomination and Remuneration Committee
Member of Board Tender Committee

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Rowina Ghazali Seth

Independent Non-Executive Director
Chairperson of Nomination and Remuneration Committee

Member of Board Governance and Risk Committee

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Shirley Goh

Independent Non-Executive Director
Chairperson of Audit Committee
Member of Board Investment Committee

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Jenifer Thien

Independent Non-Executive Director
Chairperson of Board Tender Committee

Member of Board Governance and Risk Committee

Member of Audit Committee

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Mohd Asrul Ab Rahim

Non-Independent Non-Executive Director

Member of Audit Committee
Member of Board Tender Committee

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TAN SRI DR. AZMIL KHALID

62, Male, Malaysian
Independent Non-Executive Chairman

Appointed on 24 May 2019
Member of Board Investment Committee

Tan Sri Dr. Azmil Khalid holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from University of Hertfordshire, England, and Northrop University, Los Angeles, United States of America. He also holds a Master of Business Administration from California State University, Dominguez Hills. He was conferred Doctorate of Science (Honorary) from University of Hertfordshire, England.

Tan Sri Dr. Azmil began his career with a United Kingdom company, Tarmac National Construction. Upon his return to Malaysia, he worked for Trust International Insurance and Citibank NA.

He was the President and Chief Executive Officer of both The AlloyMtd Group and ANIH Berhad from April 2011 to August 2017. He joined MTD Capital Bhd in 1993 as General Manager of Corporate Planning and held the position of Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Director in March 1996 before assuming the position as Group President and Chief Executive Officer of The MTD Group from April 2005 to April 2011. He was also the President and Chief Executive Officer of MTD Capital Bhd’s listed subsidiary namely, MTD ACPI Engineering Berhad and was also the Chairman of MTD Walkers PLC, a foreign subsidiary of MTD Capital Bhd listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange in the Republic of Sri Lanka.

He is the Chairman of the Board of Reach Energy Berhad and Cenviro Sdn. Bhd.

SYAHRUNIZAM SAMSUDIN

49, Male, Malaysian

Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer
Appointed on 1 July 2020

Syahrunizam graduated from the Australian National University with a double degree; Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting and the Bachelor of Laws (LLB) with Honours. Syahrunizam is a member of the Harvard Club of Malaysia and the Institute of Marketing Malaysia.

Prior to his appointment, Syahrunizam was the Chief Executive Officer of Touch ‘n Go Sdn. Bhd. (“TNG”). In the last 5 years with TNG, he was instrumental in transforming TNG into a mobility and digital payments champion for the country with over 13 million users across multiple platforms. He has deep industry and operational experience in manufacturing and assembly, engineering and oil and gas during his tenure as President/COO of Scomi Engineering. In addition to this role, he has also helmed the positions of Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Financial Officer at Scomi Group Berhad.

Syahrunizam began his career as a returning PETRONAS scholar serving in the Corporate Planning and Development Division and later became the founding shareholder and COO of PETRONAS’ first IT Outsourcing company. He is a passionate technophile that harnesses the power of digitalisation to improve a company’s growth trajectory, process efficiencies and cost competitiveness as a means of building sustainability and shareholder value.

DATO' MOHD IZANI GHANI

54, Male, Malaysian
Non-Independent Non-Executive Director
Appointed on 22 October 2019
Member of Nomination and Remuneration Committee

Dato' Mohd Izani Ghani is an alumnus of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), class of 1991. He subsequently obtained his professional qualification from Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and was conferred fellowship in 2000. He is a member of Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA) and Chartered Institute of Islamic Finance Professionals (CIIF).

Dato’ Mohd Izani was appointed as an Executive Director of UEM Group Berhad (“UEM Group”) on 1 January 2019 and subsequently re-designated as the Managing Director on 1 August 2019.

He has over 29 years of investment and management experience. Prior to joining UEM Group, Dato’ Mohd Izani 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.

Dato’ Mohd Izani is a member of the Board of Governors of Kolej Yayasan UEM and a Board of Trustee of Yayasan UEM. He is a Board member of Institut Jantung Negara Sdn. Bhd. and Samsung C&T Corporation UEM Construction JV Sdn. Bhd.

He is also 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.

DATO' NOORAZMAN ABD AZIZ

67, Male, Malaysian
Non-Independent Non-Executive Director
Appointed on 2 October 2018

Chairman of Board Investment Committee

Member of Board Governance and Risk Committee

Dato' Noorazman obtained his Bachelor of Science (Finance) from Louisiana State University, USA.

He is currently the Chairman of UEM Sunrise Berhad, also serves as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Yayasan UEM, the philanthropic arm of UEM Group, and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of International Centre for Education in Islamic Finance (INCEIF).

He has over 37 years of experience in banking & finance, investments and capital markets having served as Executive Director, Investments in Khazanah Nasional Berhad, Managing Director of Fajr Capital Ltd. (a Khazanah investee company) and held key positions in Citigroup, Bank Islam Malaysia Berhad, Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange and Labuan Offshore Financial Services Authority (LOFSA), to name a few.

In 2005, Dato’ Noorazman was named as the winner of the first Asian Banker Achievement Award for Islamic Finance. He is a member of the Investment Panel of Kumpulan Wang Persaraan (Diperbadankan), advisor for Vynn Capital Sdn. Bhd. and also sits on the Advisory Boards of Ancora Fund Management Co. in Indonesia and Creador Sdn. Bhd.

DATO' GEORGE STEWART LABROOY

71, Male, Malaysian
Independent Non-Executive Director
Appointed on 1 December 2017
Chairman of Board Governance and Risk Committee

Member of Nomination and Remuneration Committee

Member of Board Tender Committee

Dato' Stewart is a Member of the Institute of Engineers, Malaysia. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) and Post Graduate Diploma in Business Studies from the University of Sheffield in United Kingdom.

Dato’ Stewart currently serves as Executive Chairman of Area Management Sdn. Bhd., the manager of the AREA Industrial Development Fund 1 which develops high grade industrial projects and estates in Malaysia.

An esteemed and renowned property professional, he has over 45 years of experience in industrial design, manufacturing, operations management, property development, REIT and funds management. He is a prominent speaker on the subject of real estate investment trusts and has presented numerous papers at conferences globally.

Dato’ Stewart was the Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of Axis REIT Managers Bhd until December 2015. Axis REIT was the first Shariah compliant listed Industrial REIT in the world and the first REIT to be listed on Bursa Malaysia in August 2005. During that time, he worked to establish REITs as an important component of the capital markets in Malaysia. He spearheaded the formation of the Malaysian REIT Managers Association where he served as its Chairman
for 5 years and is currently serving as its Honorary Secretary. He is also a Board Member of the Asia Pacific Real Estate Association (APREA).

He was instrumental in the establishment of Alpha REIT, Malaysia’s first unlisted Islamic REIT focused on Education assets, where he serves as Chairman of Alpha REIT Managers Sdn. Bhd., the manager of Alpha REIT.

ROWINA GHAZALI SETH

61, Female, Malaysian
Independent Non-Executive Director
Appointed on 1 August 2018
Chairperson of Nomination and Remuneration Committee

Member of Board Governance and Risk Committee

Rowina graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science from Northern Illinois University, United States.

She began her career at SHELL in the Information Technology Division in 1985, then assumed various local and global positions in SHELL’s upstream, downstream and business operations. She rose to senior positions, including as SHELL Malaysia’s General Manager Corporate Affairs and Director of SHELL Business Services Sdn. Bhd.

As a senior member of SHELL’s management, she has more than 30 years’ experience in the Oil & Gas industry, in all aspects of strategic government relations, external and reputation management.

Her last position was Director, Government Affairs at SHELL Malaysia, building the function from inception and pioneering the lead role.

MOHD ASRUL AB RAHIM

41, Male, Malaysian
Non-Independent Non-Executive Director
Appointed on 21 January 2022
Member of Audit Committee
Member of Board Tender Committee

Asrul Rahim is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA) and holds a BSc. in Accounting and Finance (First Class Honors) from the London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom.

He is currently a Senior Vice President in the Investments division of Khazanah Nasional Berhad. His work experience spanned multiple industries including healthcare, infrastructure and automotive.

Asrul started his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in London focusing on assurance practice covering global clients in broad industries portfolio including healthcare, energy, property, and consumer retail. He later joined PwC Capital in KL specializing in corporate finance advisory. He was also a General Manager with DRB-HICOM Berhad heading its corporate strategy and business development functions.

Shirley Goh

63, Female, Malaysian
Independent Non-Executive Director
Appointed on 1 July 2021
Chairperson of Audit Committee
Member of Board Investment Committee

Shirley Goh is a Member of the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants (MICPA) and Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA).

She retired from PricewaterhouseCoopers Malaysia at the end of June 2020 after 41 years, including 24 years as a partner. During her time in the firm, she was a long serving member of the Assurance Executive Team and was elected by the Partners to the Oversight Board in 2016, which she chaired for 4 years up to June 2020.

Shirley has over 40 years of experience in providing audit and business advisory services to a diverse range of clients, which include local enterprises and conglomerates as well as multinational companies in financial services, healthcare, property development, poultry farming, retail, services and many others. She has also worked with clients with large overseas operations in countries such as China, India, Singapore, Vietnam and Indonesia.

In recent years, she has also undertaken many advisory assignments which include advising her clients on listing requirements of Initial Public Offers (IPOs) on local and overseas Exchanges, fund raising exercises, mergers and acquisitions and other corporate restructuring activities.

Jenifer Thien

55, Female, Malaysian
Independent Non-Executive Director
Appointed on 1 July 2021
Chairperson of Board Tender Committee

Member of Board Governance and Risk Committee

Member of Audit Committee

Jenifer Thien holds a Degree in Food Science & Technology from Universiti Putra Malaysia.

She is the Founder and Principal of Grit and Pace, through which she advices corporations on ESG and what it takes to drive change in supply chain, procurement and operational excellence.

She has over 30 years of international C-suite experience in the consumer packaged goods industry and had the opportunity to live and work in a number of countries across Asia and the US. This includes 25 years with Mars Incorporated where she has held leadership positions in supply chain, procurement, sustainability, regulatory and risk management. Her last role with Mars Inc. was as the Global Chief Procurement Officer. She has successfully led complex business transformation and sustainability programs through her deep understanding of the business enterprise, the ability to bring the right capability together, as well as intensive stakeholder engagement.

Prior to Mars Inc., Jenifer was attached with Cadbury Confectionery Malaysia and Sime Darby Plantation in various Manufacturing, Quality Assurance and R&D roles.

Jenifer is also an alumnus of executive programs at the Global Competent Boards, London Business School, Harvard Business School and Center for Creative Leadership.