Tan Sri Dr Ahmad Tajuddin Ali (Chairman) was appointed to the Board on 15 September 2008 as a nominee of UEM Group Berhad (“UEM Group”). He was appointed as the Chairman of UEM Group on 1 April 2007. He was previously the Director-General of SIRIM, the Chairman and Chief Executive of Tenaga Nasional Berhad, Chairman of Zelan Berhad, Tricubes Berhad, Opus Group Berhad, Opus International Limited and Sime Engineering Services Berhad. He is currently the Chairman of Malaysian Oxygen Berhad and also sits on the boards of Sime Darby Berhad, Bangi Golf Berhad and several other private limited companies. He is a Registered Professional Engineer with the Board of Engineers, a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers Malaysia and a Foundation Fellow of the Academy of Science, Malaysia.

He is the Chairman of the Malaysian Standards and Accreditation Council, a member of the Governing Council of the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO), Geneva and a member of the Governing Council for the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers. He holds a B.Sc (Engineering) First Class Honours from King’s College, University of London in 1973, and a Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering from Queen Mary College, University of London in 1977. He is a graduate of Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Programme and was conferred the Honorary Doctor of Science from Universiti Putra Malaysia in 2000 and in 2008 he was conferred the Honorary Doctor of Engineering degree by Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN).

Wan Abdullah Wan Ibrahim (Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer) was appointed to the Board on 15 September 2008. He is also a member of the Board Development Committee. He joined UEM Land Berhad (“UEM Land”) on 1 January 2006 as the Managing Director. Prior to joining UEM Land, he was the Group Chief Executive Officer of United Malayan Land Bhd, a property company listed on Bursa Securities. From 1996 to 2004, he was with Kumpulan Guthrie Berhad, where his last position held was the Director of Property Division. In that capacity, he was tasked to lead the property development activities of the group, which covers three listed companies namely, Kumpulan Guthrie Berhad, Highlands & Lowlands Berhad and Guthrie Ropel Berhad.

He was also responsible for the conceptualisation and submission of plans for the Guthrie Corridor Planned Communities that covered an area of 11,650 acres linked and accessed by the Guthrie Corridor Expressway. Prior to this, he spent 10 years with the Emkay Group of companies, whose core activity was property development, and has held several positions including Group Executive Director. He holds a degree in Business Administration (majoring in Accounting) from the Bolton Institute of Technology, United Kingdom.

Dato' Mohd Izzaddin Bin Idris (Non-Executive Director) has over 20 years' experience in investment banking, financial and general management and was previously the Chief Financial Officer/Senior Vice President (Group Finance) of Tenaga Nasional Berhad, a position he held from September 2004 to June 2009.

He was formerly a Senior Vice President (Corporate Finance) of Southern Bank Berhad and the Chief Financial Officer of Ranhill Berhad . He also held the position of Chief Operating Officer of Malaysian Resources Corporation Berhad in the late 1990s.

After graduating in June 1985, YBhg Dato' Mohd Izzaddin served with Malaysian International Merchant Bankers Berhad for almost 11 years which included a 3-year secondment in the late 1980s to Barclays de Zoete Wedd Limited, a London-based investment bank and a subsidiary of Barclays Bank PLC then.

YBhg Dato' Mohd Izzaddin has served on the Board of Proton Holdings Berhad and is currently a Director of Kumpulan Wang Persaraan (Diperbadankan). He was voted as 2nd Best CFO in Malaysia by Finance Asia in 2007.

He holds a Bachelor of Commerce Degree (First Class Honours in Finance) from University of New South Wales, Australia is a Member of CPA Australia and a Member of Malaysian Institute of Accountants ("MIA")

Md Ali Md Dewal was appointed to our Board on 15 September 2008. He was appointed as the Senior Independent Non-Executive Director of UEM World on 22 September 2003. He is currently the Chairman of Madon Sdn Bhd, President Komisaris/Chairman of PT Bank Lippo Tbk in Indonesia and sits on the Boards of Institut Jantung Negara Sdn Bhd, Valuecap Sdn Bhd, Proton Edar Sdn Bhd, Proton Cars (UK) Limited and several other private limited companies.  He holds a Master of Business Administration Degree from Tulane University, New Orleans, US.

Abdul Kadir bin Md Kassim was appointed to our Board on 15 September 2008 as a nominee of UEMG. He was appointed as a Director of UEMG on 27 September 2001 and a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of UEM World on 22 September 2003. He is also a Director of Proton Holdings Berhad, Suria Capital Holdings Berhad, TIME dotcom Berhad, Sino Hua-An International Berhad, Petroliam Nasional Berhad and Chairman of the Committee of Labuan International Financial Exchange Inc. He is currently the managing partner of Messrs. Kadir, Andri & Partners and has previously worked in the Judicial and Legal Service between 1966 and 1973.  He holds a degree in Law from the University of Singapore.

Oh Kim Sun was appointed to our Board on 15 September 2008. He was appointed as the Independent Non-Executive Director of UEM World on 22 September 2003.  He is also a director for Pharmaniaga, Faber, Linkedua (Malaysia) Berhad, Nikko Electronics Berhad and IMPAX Laboratories Inc., USA, a company listed on the NASDAQ. He has previously worked as Group Executive Director of Chemical Company of Malaysia Berhad, as a Finance Director of Taiko Plantations Sdn Bhd, Financial Controller of ICI Malaysia and Finance Manager (Secondment) of ICI Headquarters in London. He is a member of the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Dato' Ikmal Hijaz bin Hashim was appointed to the Board of our Company on 1 March 2009. He previously served as the Chief Executive Officer of Iskandar Regional Development Authority (IRDA) from February 2007 until end of February 2009.

ior to his appointment to IRDA, Dato' Ikmal joined Pos Malaysia Berhad on 6 December 2003 and his last position was the Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer.

Dato' Ikmal began his career by serving in the Administrative and Diplomatic Service of the Government from 1976 to 1990. He then joined United Engineers (Malaysia) Berhad as the General Manager of the Malaysian-Singapore Second Crossing Project.

On 1 January 1993, Dato' Ikmal became the Chief Operating Officer of Projek Lebuhraya Utara-Selatan Berhad and subsequently as its Managing Director in 1999 and remained as a Director until November 2001. Dato' Ikmal was appointed as the Managing Director of Prolink Development Sdn Bhd ("Prolink") and Acting Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Property Division of Renong Group in July 1999.

In February 2000, Dato' Ikmal was appointed President of the Property Division of the Renong Group while maintaining his position as Managing Director of Prolink. He held the position of Managing Director at Renong Berhad from 2002 until October 2003.

Omar Siddiq Amin Noer Rashid (Non-Independent Non-Executive Director) was appointed to the Board on 1 April 2009. He currently holds the post of Director, Investments at Khazanah Nasional Berhad.

He was previously a Director in Investment Banking at CIMB Investment Bank Berhad. Prior to that, he was an Executive Director in the Corporate Finance Practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers in Kuala Lumpur. He joined the firm in London in 1996 before moving to Kuala Lumpur in 2001.

Omar holds a BSc (Econ) from the London School of Economics and Political Science, London (1996). He is also an Associate member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants England & Wales since 1999 and a CFA charter holder as awarded by the CFA Institute since 2002.

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