The profiles of the Directors of C.I. Holdings Berhad (“CIH”) are as follows:
YBhg Dato’ Seri Abdul Ghani Bin Abdul Aziz (Chairman)
YBhg Dato’
Seri Abdul Ghani Bin Abdul Aziz, aged 65, a Malaysian, was
appointed to the Board as an Executive Director on 25
November 1999. On 12 July 2001, he was re-designated as a
Non-Independent Non-Executive Chairman of the Company. On 1
November 2003, he qualified as an Independent Non-Executive
Chairman. Subsequently, he was appointed as s Senior
Independent Non-Executive Chairman on 25 August 2010. He is
also the Chairman of the Nomination Committee.
He holds a Master of Arts Degree in International Relations
and Strategic Studies from the University of Lancaster,
England, and a Master of Human Sciences (History and
Civilization)
from the International Islamic University, Malaysia. He had
served in the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) for 32 years
and attained the position of the Chief of the Air Force in
1993
before retiring in November 1996. Presently, he is the Chief
Executive of a joint-venture private limited company.
He is currently a Board member of Deleum Berhad. He does not
have any family relationship with any Director and/or major
shareholder of the Company and there is no business
arrangement with the Company in which he has personal
interest. He does not have any convictions for offences
within the past 10 years other than traffic offences, if
any.
YBhg Datuk Johari Bin Abdul Ghani (Managing Director)
YBhg Datuk
Johari Bin Abdul Ghani, aged 46, a Malaysian, was appointed
to the Board on 29 November 2002 as Group Managing Director.
His initial entry into the Company was mainly to undertake
and oversee a massive internal corporate restructuring of
the Company which was successfully completed in 2004. He is
a substantial shareholder of the Company since 2005.
He is a Fellow member of the Chartered Association of
Certified Accountants in England. He started his career as
an Auditor with Peat Marwick & Co, an international
accounting firm and has held senior positions in various
listed and unlisted companies; notably, one of the biggest
fast food conglomerates in Malaysia where he was the Group
Managing Director from
2002 until 2005.
As the Group Managing Director of the Company, Datuk Johari
formulates, implements and monitors the Company’s overall
corporate strategy. Apart from discharging his duties as the
Group Managing Director, he is also a member of the
Remuneration Committee and the Risk Management Committee of
the Company.
He does not have any family relationship with any Director
and/ or major shareholder of the Company and there is no
business arrangement with the Company in which he has
personal
interest. He does not have any convictions for offences
within the past 10 years other than traffic offences, if
any.
YBhg Maj Gen (R) Dato’ Mohamed Isa Bin Che Kak
YBhg Maj Gen (R) Dato’ Mohamed
Isa Bin Che Kak, aged 74, a Malaysian, was appointed to the
Board on 28 April 2003 as an Independent Non-Executive
Director. Currently, he is the
Member of the Audit Committee.
He graduated from the Malaysian Royal Military College and
was commissioned into the Royal Malay Regiment in 1958.
During his military career, he attended various military
training courses such as The Joint Services Command, the
Staff College in Willington, India where he qualified with
Pass Staff College (psc) and The Senior Officers Management
Course in Naval Staff College in Monteray, California,
United States of America.
In his more than 32 years of service in the Malaysian Army,
he had served in various capacities both Regimental and
Staff. Among his early appointments was the Regimental
Intelligence Officer serving with the United Nation forces
in the Congo. He was also appointed as the Aide De Camp
(ADC) to his Majesty Yang Di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia from
1971-1975. In recognition of his services, he was awarded
with the military honour of Pahlawan Angkatan Tentera.
He is currently a Board member of Affin Holdings Berhad and
LBS Bina Group Berhad. He does not have any family
relationship with any Director and/or major shareholder of
the Company and there is no business arrangement with the
Company in which he has personal interest. He does not have
any convictions for offences within the past 10 years other
than traffic offences, if any.
YBhg Datuk Wira Syed Ali Bin Tan Sri Syed Abbas Alhabshee
YBhg Datuk
Wira Syed Ali Bin Tan Sri Syed Abbas Alhabshee, aged 48, a
Malaysian, was appointed to the Board on 27 August 2003 as
an Independent Non-Executive Director.
He was awarded a Professional Diploma in Leadership and
Management by the New Zealand Institute of Management, New
Zealand in 2003. He ventured into business in the early
1980s and held directorships in several private and public
corporations involved in a diverse range of businesses. He
is the Chairman in Tanjung Offshore Berhad, UZMA Berhad
and Composites Technology Research Malaysia Sdn Bhd, a
company which is controlled by the Ministry of Finance.
Datuk Wira Syed Ali was a member of Dewan Negara (Senate) of
Malaysia from 2003 till 2009. He is also the Chairman of
Yayasan Pendidikan Cheras, Kuala Lumpur.
He does not have any family relationship with any Director
and/ or major shareholder of the Company and there is no
business arrangement with the Company in which he has
personal
interest. He does not have any convictions for offences
within the past 10 years other than traffic offences, if
any.
YBhg Dato’ Azmeer Bin Rashid
YBhg Dato’
Azmeer Bin Rashid, aged 70, a Malaysian, was appointed to
the Board on 27 August 2003 as an Independent Non-Executive
Director.
He holds a Bachelor of Arts and Post Graduate Diploma in
Public Administration from University Malaya and Master of
Business Administration from University of Santa Clara,
California, United States of America. He was the Deputy
Chairman of Cement Industries of Malaysia Bhd. (CIMA) and a
member of Muda Agricultural Development Authority. Since
1964, he had held various positions in government
departments including the Secretary General of the Ministry
of Lands and Cooperative Development, the State Secretary of
Perlis and the President of the Municipal Council of
Seberang Perai, Penang. He was a member of the Education
Service Commission from 1994 to 1997 and the Deputy Chairman
from 1997 to 2000.
He is not a director in any other public company. He does
not have any family relationship with any Director and/or
major shareholder of the Company and there is no business
arrangement with the Company in which he has personal
interest. He does not have any convictions for offences
within the past 10 years other than traffic offences, if
any.
Nor Hishammuddin Bin Dato’ Mohd Nordin
Nor
Hishammuddin Bin Dato’ Mohd Nordin, aged 44, a Malaysian,
was appointed to the Board as an Independent Non-Executive
Director and a member of the Audit Committee on 30 May 2001.
Currently, he is also the Chairman of the Remuneration
Committee and a member of the Nomination Committee and Risk
Management Committee.
He holds a Bachelor of Law (LLB) degree with honours and was
called to the Malaysian Bar as an Advocate and Solicitor of
the High Court of Malaya in 1994. He is presently the
Managing Partner of Messrs Hisham Yoong – K.C. Lim, a legal
firm.
He has no directorships in other public companies. He does
not have any family relationship with any Director and/or
major shareholder of the Company and there is no business
arrangement with the Company in which he has personal
interest. He does not have any convictions for offences
within the past 10 years other than traffic offences, if
any.
YBhg Datin Mariam Prudence Binti Yusof
YBhg Datin
Mariam Prudence Binti Yusof, aged 57, a Malaysian was
appointed to the Board on 27 July 2005 as Non-Independent
Non-Executive Director.
She graduated with BA (Honours), University of Malaya in
1974. She started her career in the field of human resource
and organizational development with multinational companies,
namely Motorola (M) Sdn. Bhd., Intel (M) Sdn. Bhd., Shell
Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. and Nestle (M) Sdn. Bhd. In 1984, she
entered the field of stockbroking and was the Executive
Director of Equity Market of MIDF Amanah Investment Bank Bhd,
until her retirement.
Her other previous appointments include being a Member of
the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Committee (KLSE), a Director
of Labuan International Financial Exchange Inc. (LFX), a
Director of Securities Clearing Automated Network Services
Sdn. Bhd. (SCANS) and a Director of Research Institute &
Investment Analyst Malaysia (RIIAM) and Trustee of the
Bumiputera Training Fund of the Securities Commission (SC).
She was also the Chairman of
the Membership Committee of the KLSE. She has retired from
the Board of KLSE and its subsidiaries on 10 April 2004.
In year 2002, she was elected as Chairman of the Association
of Stockbroking Companies of Malaysia (ASCM) with the
primary role of spearheading the demutualization of KLSE to
its new
entity, Bursa Malaysia Berhad.
On 26 August 2002, she was appointed as a member of the
National Economic Action Council (NEAC) by the Prime
Minister of Malaysia, and served until recently with the
election of the new Prime Minister.
She is also the Chairman of The Ayer Molek Rubber Company
Berhad. She does have family relationship with a major
shareholder of the Company. She is deemed interested in
recurrent related party transactions, of which a
Shareholders’ Mandate has been obtained in the AGM held on
12 October 2009. Detailed pertaining to these transactions
are disclosed on page 107. She does not have any convictions
for offences within the past 10 years other than traffic
offences, if any.
Ms.
Teh Bee Tein
Ms. Teh Bee Tein,
aged 54, a Malaysian, was appointed to the Board on 15 April
2009 as an Independent Non-Executive Director. Currently, she is
the Chairman of the Audit Committee and Risk Management
Committee, and also a member of the Nomination Committee and
Remuneration Committee.
Ms. Teh is a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants
(MIA) and also a Fellow of the Association of Chartered
Certified Accountants-United Kingdom. She spent 16 years in
public accounting firms which broadened her accountancy,
taxation and financial consultancy experience, both in Malaysia
and the United Kingdom. She is currently the Managing Partner of
B.T. Teh, Thiang & Co.-Chartered Accountants (Petaling Jaya), a
partner of Thiang & Co.-Chartered Accountants (Klang) and the
Managing Director of B.T. Teh Tax Services Sdn Bhd.
She is currently a Board member of LCTH Corporation Berhad. She
does not have any family relationship with any Director and/or
major shareholder of the Company and there is no business
arrangement with the Company in which she has personal interest.
She does not
have any convictions for offences within the past 10 years other
than traffic offences, if any.
Kasinathan
A/L Tulasi @ Sunther
Mr.
Kasinathan a/l Tulasi @ Sunther, aged 52, a Malaysian, was
appointed to the Board on 8 February 2011 as an Independent
Non-Executive Director. He holds a
Bachelor of Law (LL.B) degree with honours from the University
of London (external), and he is also a Barrister (Lincoln’s
Inn). He started his career as a Legal Executive in Messrs Shah
& Burke and read in the chambers of Mr Philip Waller QC in
London. Mr. Sunther returned to Malaysia and was called to the
Malaysian Bar on 27 September 1991. Upon being called to the
Bar, he joined the legal firm of Messrs Sajali, Amier &
Partners. In December 1992, Mr. Sunther resigned from Messrs
Sajali, Amier & Partners to set up the partnership of Messrs A.
Zahari Thulasi now known as Messrs Affendi Zahari.
He does not have any family
relationship with any Director and/or major shareholder of the
Company and there is no business arrangement with the Company in
which he has personal interest. He does not have any convictions
for offences within the past 10 years other than traffic
offences, if any.