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Datasonic Group Berhad
(Company No. 809759-X)
Dato’ Abu Hanifah bin Noordin
63 years of age, Malaysian
Managing Director
Dato’ Hanifah bin Noordin is the Managing Director/Chief Executive Director of the Company and
has been on the Board since 13 March 2008. He graduated from University Malaya with an Honours
Degree in Economics in 1973 and subsequently qualified as a Chartered Accountant and Certified Public
Accountant in 1976. He was a practising accountant for more than 20 years and was the Chairman and
Managing Partner of Ernst & Whinney (now known as Ernst & Young) for 9 years.
He also served as the President of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (“MIA”) in 1987 and led the
Institute for 13 years until 2000. In that capacity, he also served as a Board member of the International
Accounting Standards Committee (“IASC”).
He had also served on the boards of several public limited companies and government-linked companies.
Currently, he is an Independent Non-Executive Deputy Chairman of Mega First Corporation Berhad.
Mr. Chew Ben Ben
58 years of age, Malaysian
Deputy Managing Director, member of the Remuneration Committee
Mr. Chew Ben Ben joined the Board since 27 June 2011. He served as a teacher between 1980 and 1983.
He graduated from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia in 1988 with a Bachelor of Business Administration
(Hons).
He began his career when he joined KL Mutual Fund Berhad as an Investment Officer and a member of
the Fund Management Committee in 1989. In 1990, he became a dealer’s representative in TA Securities
Sdn Bhd and subsequently joined Inter-Pacific Securities Sdn Bhd as dealer’s representative from 1991 to
2002.
He joined Mentiga Corporation Berhad as a Non-Executive Director in 2003 and was later promoted to
Executive Director in 2004. He joined Dibena Enterprise Sdn Bhd, the promoter and substantial shareholder
of the Company as a Consultant in 2005, and was later appointed as a Director of Datasonic Corporation
Sdn Bhd (“Datasonic Corporation”) which was the subsidiary of the Company, in 2006. Subsequently,
he assumed the position of Executive Director in Datasonic Corporation in 2008 and later became its
Managing Director in June 2011. He involves in the corporate planning and strategic development and is
assisting the Managing Director in the overall management and business development of the Company.
Mr. Chew is a substantial shareholder of the Company.
Encik Handrianov Putra bin Abu Hanifah
27 years of age, Malaysian
Executive Director
Encik Handrianov Putra bin Abu Hanifah joined the Board on 27 June 2011. He graduated from Limkokwing
University in 2010 with a Diploma in Multimedia, Advertising and Broadcasting. He has also obtained his
Bachelor of Communication from HELP University.
He began his career when he joined Dibena Enterprise Sdn Bhd, the promoter and substantial shareholder
of the Company in 2008 as a Director of Public Relations. Subsequently in 2010, he assumed the position
of Executive Director in Dibena Enterprise Sdn Bhd and Dibena Technologies Sdn Bhd as well as several
subsidiary companies of the Group. He also holds directorships in several private limited companies.
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