Dato’ Rizal Rickman Ramli is the Chairman of the Group’s Board of Directors effective 7 May 2021. He is the Chief Investment Officer, Private & Strategic Investments for Permodalan Nasional Berhad (“PNB”). In his current role, he oversees several key areas within PNB, namely, real estate, private equity, infrastructure, strategic investments and investment stewardship.

Prior to joining PNB, he was the Country Managing Partner for Boston Consulting Group (“BCG”) in Malaysia. During his time at BCG, he has worked on client assignments in more than 10 countries around the world and was also based out of BCG’s London office. His area of expertise includes strategy development (business model innovation and growth) and also corporate and industry-level transformations.

He was also on the board of Velesto Energy Berhad, Pelaburan Hartanah Nasional Berhad, MIDF Property Berhad and Villea Rompin Berhad.

Dato’ Azmir Merican is currently the Group Managing Director of Sime Darby Property, a role he assumed in April 2020.

Dato’ Azmir has a wealth of cross-functional experience from his background in corporate advisory and as a senior business leader. Prior to his current role, Dato’ Azmir was previously the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of UEM Edgenta Berhad ("UEM Edgenta"), one of the largest Asset Management & Infrastructure Solutions companies in Asia. He led the merger & acquisition as well as integration of five companies involved in Healthcare Services, Infrastructure, Real Estate and Consultancy with operations in Malaysia, Singapore, UAE, India, Indonesia, Taiwan, New Zealand and Australia as part of the creation of UEM Edgenta.

Dato’ Azmir is recognised for transforming UEM Edgenta into an award-winning services company offering proprietary systems and solutions, pioneering the use of IoT, data analytics, machine learning and AI for the asset management industry. The company became a digital powerhouse and regional market leader in the asset management and infrastructure solutions realm. Prior to UEM Edgenta, Dato’ Azmir was Group Chief Operating Officer (Business Units) at its parent company, UEM Group Berhad, Malaysia’s leading engineering & infrastructure services conglomerate.

He started his career as an investment analyst with Maybank Group and later worked as a manager in the financial advisory arm of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). He then joined CIMB Investment Bank Berhad and was part of the team that established the bank's private equity business. He was involved in various aspects of its operations including fund structuring and fund raising, investment evaluation and structuring, monitoring and execution of divestment plans.

Dato’ Azmir then took the helm at AWC Berhad as Group Chief Executive Officer/Managing Director where he led the successful restructuring and transformation of the company into a leading provider of engineering services and solutions, as well as integrated facilities management in Malaysia, Singapore and the Middle East.

He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration (Finance) from Haworth College of Business, Western Michigan University, United States of America.

Dato' Soam is our Senior Independent Non-Executive Director. He also serves as a member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee, Risk Management Committee and Board Tender Committee. Dato' Soam started his career in 1979 with the Ministry of Works and held position as an Executive Engineer from year 1983 to 1989. Subsequently, he joined Road Builder (M) Holdings Berhad Group from 1989 to 2003 and his last held position was as Executive Director.

In year 2004, he was appointed as an Executive Director of RB Land Holdings Berhad (now known as IJM Land Berhad) to lead the whole property division in the Road Builder group. In year 2006, he assumed the position as Managing Director of IJM Land Berhad. Subsequently, he was redesignated as Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of IJM Land Berhad in year 2010. 

In year 2015, Dato' Soam was appointed as Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of IJM Corporation Berhad and aggressively expanded various divisions in the IJM Group. He retired from his position in year 2019. Dato' Soam was also the President of Real Estate and Housing Developer's Association (REHDA) Malaysia from 2018 to 2022 and a Board member of Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) Malaysia from 2020 to 2022. He was also the Chairman of Construction Research Institute of Malaysia (CREAM) from 2022 to 2023.

Dato' Soam is an experienced business leader with extensive experience in construction and property development. He currently sits on the board of Amanat Lebuhraya Rakyat Berhad and Construction Labour Exchange Centre Berhad Malaysia.

YAM Tengku Datuk Seri Ahmad Shah Alhaj ibni Almarhum Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Alhaj is one of our Non-Independent Non-Executive Directors. He also serves as Chairman of the Board Tender Committee and a member of the Risk Management Committee. He holds a Diploma in Business Administration from the Universiti Teknologi MARA. 

YAM Tengku Datuk Seri Ahmad Shah Alhaj ibni Almarhum Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Alhaj began his career with Charles Bradburne (1930) Sdn Bhd as a broker from 1974 to 1981. He was appointed as a director of various listed and private companies including Dutaland Berhad from 2009 to 2023, TTDI Development Sdn Bhd from 1978 to 2000, Sime UEP Properties Berhad from 1983 to 1987, Tractors Malaysia Holdings Berhad from 1987 to 2007 and Sime Darby Medical Centre Subang Jaya Sdn Bhd from 1987 to 2013. He was also a member of the Supervisory Committee and Audit Committee of the property division of Sime Darby Berhad from 2008 to 2010.

YAM Tengku Datuk Seri Ahmad Shah Alhaj ibni Almarhum Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Alhaj is currently the Chairman of Global Oriental Berhad, Titas Holding Sdn Bhd and Titas Realty Sdn Bhd.  He is also a director of Mycron Steel Berhad and serving on the board of directors of several companies involved in the property development business such as City Properties Sdn Bhd and M.A. Development Sdn Bhd. He sits on the Board of Trustee of the Cancer Research Malaysia.

Tan Sri Jaganath Derek Steven Sabapathy is one of our Non-Independent Non-Executive Directors. He also serves as a member of the Risk Management Committee, Audit Committee and Board Tender Committee. He holds a Master of Arts majoring in Corporate Finance and International Trade from Edinburgh University, United Kingdom in 1981. Upon graduation, he joined a leading London firm of chartered accountants, Price Waterhouse.

In 1984, Tan Sri Jagan returned to Malaysia and joined KPMG Peat Marwick as a Manager. He was appointed as a Partner of KPMG Malaysia in 1990. Whilst at KPMG Malaysia, he was involved in a wide range of assignments covering audit, investigations, management consultancy and corporate finance, in Malaysia, the ASEAN countries, North America and Europe. He sat on a variety of KPMG International Committees including committees for Mergers and Acquisitions, Privatisation and Management Consultancy. He was also an examiner for the professional examinations of the Malaysian Association of Certified Public Accountants (“MACPA”).

Tan Sri Jagan left KPMG Malaysia in late 1994 to join Benta Plantation Berhad as an Executive Director. In 1995, he left Benta Plantation Berhad and was appointed as Director of Austral Lao Power Co. Ltd. He joined Prime Utilities Berhad and Indah Water Konsortium Sdn. Bhd., Malaysia's privatised national wastewater utility, in 1997 as Managing Director of both the companies, a position he held up to late 1999. From 1999 until his retirement in end 2013, Tan Sri Jagan served as the Chief Executive Officer / Director of Bandar Raya Developments Berhad Group and Director of Mieco Chipboard Berhad. From 2017 to January 2024, he was a Director / Deputy Chairman of Microlink Solutions Berhad.

Tan Sri Jagan is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer / Director of Tribeca Real Estate Asset Management Sdn Bhd, a niche property development company.

Dato' Seri Ahmad Johan Mohammad Raslan is one of our Independent Non-Executive Directors. He also serves as Chairman of the Audit Committee and Board Sustainability Committee, and a member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee. He holds a Bachelor of Economics (Honours) degree in Economics and Accountancy from the University of Hull, United Kingdom in 1981. He qualified as a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales in 1984. He became a Fellow of that Institute in 2009. He has been a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants since 2001 and was its Council Member from 2007 to 2012. He has been a member of the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants since 2002 and was its President from 2011 to 2012. 

During his career, Dato' Seri Ahmad Johan Mohammad Raslan was mainly involved in providing audit and advisory services to his clients. He began his career with Robson Rhodes Chartered Accountants in 1981. He joined Price Waterhouse London, United Kingdom in 1990 as a Manager and thereafter returned to Malaysia in 1992 and joined Price Waterhouse in Kuala Lumpur as an Executive Chairman. He was admitted as a Partner of the firm in 1993. Price Waterhouse merged with the firm of Coopers & Lybrand in 1998 and was subsequently known as PricewaterhouseCoopers ("PwC"). He was elected as the Executive Chairman of PwC Malaysia in 2004. In 2008, he became the Joint Executive Chairman for the PwC Southeast Asia Peninsular Region (the combination of PwC firms in Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos). 

As Executive Chairman of PwC Malaysia, Dato' Seri Ahmad Johan Mohammad Raslan's work involved extensive engagement with boards of directors and business leaders, as well as with the regulatory community. He was a member of the Global Public Policy Committee of the 'Big 6' accounting firms from 2010 to 2012. The Committee coordinated the Big 6 accounting firms' engagement with worldwide regulators and governments. He was also a Council Member of PwC's Global Diversity & Inclusion Council from 2011 to 2012. He served two 4-year terms as Executive Chairman until his retirement from PwC in 2012. 

Outside PwC, he was given several responsibilities by the Government. He was appointed by the Minister of Finance to serve as Chairman of the Financial Reporting Foundation (the organisation which oversees the work of the Malaysian Accounting Standards Board) from 2003 to 2009. He was appointed by the Minister of Finance to serve as a Board member of KWAP from 2010 to 2012. He also served as a Board member and Audit Committee Chairman of Putrajaya Corporation, an appointment by the Federal Territories Minister, from 2005 to 2012. 

In addition, Dato' Seri Ahmad Johan Mohammad Raslan has worked with regulators in relation to the development of the financial markets in Malaysia. For example, under the Securities Commission he was involved in the committee which established the Audit Oversight Board and the Corporate Governance Consultative Committee. Under Central Bank of Malaysia, he served as a member of the Financial Stability Executive Committee from 2009 to 2012, and as a member of the International Advisory Panel of the Labuan Financial Services Authority from 2004 to 2012. He was a member of the Faculty of the Financial Institutions Directors Education ("FIDE") programme, which provides development for directors of financial institutions in Malaysia. He was an Independent Non-Executive Director of Prima Ekuiti (UK) Limited (a subsidiary of KWAP), and a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of OPR Holdings Ltd, both of which are private companies in the United Kingdom. Dato' Seri Ahmad Johan Mohammad Raslan also served as a Non—Executive Director of Eco World International from 2014 till 2019 and at AMMB Holdings Bhd from 2016 till 2017. He is currently a board member of Institute of Corporate Directors Malaysia.  

Datin Norazah Mohamed Razali is our Independent Non-Executive Director. She also serves as Chairman of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit Committee and Board Sustainability Committee. She graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (LLB Hons) degree from the International Islamic University Malaysia in 1993. She was admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya and became a member of the Malaysian Bar in 1994. She has also received a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Management from The Imperial College Business School, University of London, United Kingdom and a Diploma of the Imperial College in Management from Imperial College, United Kingdom in 1998. 

Datin Norazah Mohamed Razali began her career with Sidek, Teoh, Wong & Dennis as a solicitor in 1994 before leaving to further her studies in the United Kingdom in 1997. After obtaining her MBA in 1998, she returned to Southeast Asia and joined the management consulting firm of Booz, Allen & Hamilton in Singapore where she served the firm for a year. She then joined the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) in 2000 as a consultant based in Kuala Lumpur. At BCG, Datin Norazah Mohamed Razali was promoted to Principal in 2007. Just prior to that, she was in the role of Project Leader as well as alternating as the Asia Pacific Recruiting Head. 

She was elected as Partner and Managing Director of BCG in 2010 as well as a member of its Executive Leadership team for Southeast Asia. As a Partner, she undertook a range of leadership roles within the firm including, leading BCG Malaysia from 2011 to 2014, the Public Sector Practice in Malaysia from 2012 to 2017 as well as the Women's Initiative Programme in Southeast Asia to encourage women participation in senior leadership roles. She was also a core member of BCG’s Global Economic Development team. 

While no longer a Partner and Managing Director at BCG, Datin Norazah remained as a Senior Advisor (Public Sector Practice, BCG Malaysia), a role she took on from August 2017 up to December 2022. She has more than 20 years of experience advising private and public sector clients on transformation and growth, restructuring as well as talent development. 

Datin Norazah is also an Independent Non-Executive Director of Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB) and MISC Berhad, where she is also the Chairman of its Board Governance and Risk Committee. 

Mohamed Ridza is one of our Independent Non-Executive Directors. He also serves as Chairman of the Risk Management Committee and a member of the Audit Committee and Board Tender Committee. Mohamed Ridza is now the Managing Partner of Mohamed Ridza & Co (MRCO), a boutique law firm internationally recognised by Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners Asia. MRCO is a member of LAWorld, an international body of boutique law firms based in the United Kingdom and Spain.

Prior to that, Ridza was a partner in Zaid Ibrahim & Co. Ridza began his career at Rashid & Lee. He then joined Arab Malaysian Corporation Berhad as the Group Legal Adviser. Ridza later joined Technip Asia Pacific based in Kuala Lumpur and Paris, France as the General Legal Counsel.

Ridza has advised on a wide variety of corporate, telecommunication, financing including mergers and acquisitions, listings of public companies, joint venture and consortium agreements involving foreign and multinational companies, venture capitalist transactions, capital markets and real estate projects.

Ridza also advises clients locally and internationally on various aspects of Islamic banking and finance. On projects, Ridza has extensive experience negotiating local and international contract for employers and contractors in construction law specialising in oil, gas and petrochemical related contracts. Ridza has also advised clients on light railway transit system, road projects, building contracts, tunnel contracts, cement plant and factories. His international experience ranges from Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East and USA.

He is also the author of several publications including The Law and Practice of Islamic Banking & Finance and The Life and Law of Fintech published by Sweet & Maxwell. Ridza was named as one of worlds leading Islamic Finance lawyers as voted by his peers in the industry, AsiaLaw leading lawyers and the top 100 lawyers in Malaysia by Asia Business Journal.

Dato’ Hamidah Naziadin is our Independent Non-Executive Director with effect from 1 October 2021. She also serves as a member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee and Board Sustainability Committee. She holds a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Wolverhampton and a Certificate in Personnel Management, Malaysian Institute of Personnel Management.

Dato' Hamidah Naziadin has more than 31 years of extensive strategic human resources (HR) and leadership experience in the financial services sectors across Malaysia and ASEAN.

Dato' Hamidah was formerly the Group Chief People Officer of the CIMB Group, a position she held up to October 2020. During her tenure with CIMB Group, she led people strategies to attract, develop and retain talent, cultivated an agile workforce to prepare for the future of work, and enhanced the end-to-end employee experience via technology innovation. Her key achievements included strategising the resource integration in successful mergers and acquisitions over the years, within Malaysia and across ASEAN and APAC regions, and implementing strategic HR programmes that had earned peer and industry recognition through numerous awards.

Dato’ Hamidah was also the CEO of CIMB Foundation from May 2016 to October 2020. As the CEO of CIMB Foundation, she has led the corporate social responsibility agenda of CIMB Group branding CIMB as an organisation with a heart both with its internal and external stakeholders, focusing on enhancing community development, sports and education including advocating financial literacy amongst the youth. She was also a member of the Board of Commissioner, PT Bank CIMB Niaga, Indonesia from 2010 to September 2014.

Dato' Hamidah is currently an Independent Non-Executive Director of Maxis Berhad and Nestle (Malaysia) Berhad. She also sits on the Board of Majlis Sukan Negara Malaysia. Dato' Hamidah is active in mentoring and coaching young talent and women at various formal and informal settings.

Dr. Lisa is our Independent Non-Executive Director with effect from 1 October 2021. She also serves as a member of the Risk Management Committee and Board Sustainability Committee. She has over 20 years of global experience in management consulting, academic research and investment management.

Dr Lisa was a Partner and a Portfolio Manager at Prusik Investment Management where she was instrumental in setting up and leading Prusik’s sustainable investing capabilities. Prior to that, Dr. Lisa was a Fund Manager at Columbia Threadneedle in London for over a decade where she managed a number of institutional portfolios. She also held the role as the Head of Global Telecoms research. Before joining the Investment Management industry, Dr. Lisa was an Assistant Professor at the National University of Singapore. Dr. Lisa currently serves on the Investment Committee of Foundation Scotland and is also a member of CFA UK Investment Committee, advising the respective committees on sustainability matters. Her interests in her Board and advisor roles are in the areas of best practice corporate governance and sustainability. She is a member of Chapter Zero in the UK. She is also a former Independent Non-Executive Director of Axiata Group.

Dr. Lisa holds a BA, M.Eng and a Ph.D in Engineering from University of Cambridge. She was a recipient of the Malaysian Public Services Department scholarship and the Cambridge Commonwealth Trust Full scholarships. She is also a CFA Charter holder and is currently an Investment Committee member of the CFA UK and Foundation Scotland. She is also a former Board Member of Axiata Group.

Nur Farahbi Shaari is our Non-Independent Non-Executive Director with effect from 1 September 2023. She also serves as a member of the Board Sustainability Committee. She holds a Bachelor of Science (Economics) from University of Warwick. She also has a Certificate Shariah from International Islamic University Malaysia.

Farahbi is currently the Head of Global Real Estate & Asset Management at Permodalan Nasional Berhad (“PNB”) and has over thirteen years of experience in spearheading, developing and implementing value-creation strategies for various investment portfolios with a special focus on real estate and strategic investments.

Farahbi has served PNB since 2009 and has worked in multiple roles within different divisions, including Investment Evaluation, Office of President & Group Chief Executive, Risk Management, Strategic Investments, and Real Estate. Her work experience encompasses managing investment transactions, handling cross-border deals and corporate finance, enhancing the returns of PNB’s private REIT, and overseeing a multifaceted real estate portfolio that covers investment strategies, commercial leasing, and facilities management.

Khalid Mohammed Noor is an Alternate Director to Nur Farahbi Shaari, our Non-Independent Non-Executive Director with effect from 1 September 2023. He holds a Bachelor of Accounting and Finance from London School of Economics & Political Science. He is also a Member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.

Khalid has more than 15 years of experience in finance and investment management. He started his career at Permodalan Nasional Berhad (“PNB”) as a Management Trainee in 2007 and later, as an Executive in the Corporate Finance Department in 2008. Throughout his career at PNB, he has held various positions, including a secondment to Chemical Company of Malaysia Berhad and UMW Holdings Berhad for a period of two years as well as five months, respectively. After returning to PNB, Khalid continued to serve as a Senior Manager and then as Assistant Vice President of Public Equity and later, Strategic Investments.

Khalid is currently the Vice President of Strategic Investments at PNB, responsible for the monitoring of PNB’s investments in selected strategic and core companies, with a focus on value enhancements.