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Annual Report 2015
General Tan Sri (Dr) Mohamed Hashim bin Mohd Ali (Rtd)
80 years of age, Malaysian
Independent Non-Executive Chairman
General Tan Sri (Dr) Mohamed Hashim bin Mohd Ali (Rtd) joined the Board on 27 June 2011. He holds
a Diploma in Advance Business Management from Harvard Business School. He was conferred the
Honorary Doctorate by the University of Salford, United Kingdom in 1999 and the Honorary Doctorate by
the Malaysian National Defence University in October 2012. He is a member of the Selangor Royal Court
(Ahli Dewan DiRaja Selangor) since 1 January 2005.
Prior to his entry into the corporate world, General Tan Sri (Dr) Mohamed Hashim bin Mohd Ali (Rtd) was
the Chief of Defence Forces in the Malaysian Armed Forces where he chalked up 40 years of dedicated
service. During his tenure in the Malaysian Armed Forces, he had initiated the re-organisation and
modernisation of the Army.
He is the Chairman of Country Heights Holdings Berhad and Ajinomoto (Malaysia) Berhad. He is currently
the Chairman of the Southeast Asian Association of Glutamate Science (“SEAAGS”). The member
countries are Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam and Malaysia. He also sits on the Board of Institute
of Strategic and International Studies (“ISIS”), Borneo Highlands Hornbill Golf & Jungle Club Berhad, Mines
Resort Berhad, Mines Excellence Golf Resort Berhad as well as some other private companies.
Dato’ Wan Mohd Safiain bin Wan Hasan
68 years of age, Malaysian
Independent Non-Executive Deputy Chairman, Chairman of the Nomination Committee,
member of the Audit Committee and the Remuneration Committee
Dato’ Wan Mohd Safiain bin Wan Hasan joined the Board on 27 June 2011. He was appointed as Deputy
Chairman of the Company on 29 November 2013. He graduated from the Cambridge International
University, US, in 2004 with a Diploma in Business Administration.
He began his career in 1974 as a Government Security Officer, and held this position till 1986, while
working with the Malaysian Ministry of Home Affairs and the Prime Minister’s Department. In 1986 he
assumed the position of Deputy Chief Government Security Officer of the Prime Minister’s Department
and was promoted to Chief Government Security Officer in 1996. He left civil service in 2003 and joined
PQM Consultancy and Management Services Sdn Bhd as Chief Executive Officer. He was responsible in
overseeing the collaboration of training programmes between the Government of New South Wales,
Australia and the Open University of Malaysia. He also held the position of the Honorary Member of the
Royal Council of Terengganu (2006-2009) and the Comptroller of the Royal Household, Istana Negara
(2006-2008).
In 2010, he was made the Director of Dibena Enterprise Sdn Bhd, the promoter and substantial shareholder
of the Company.
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