09 LEADERSHIP Directors’ Profile (Cont’d) KOK KONG CHIN Executive Director Mr. Kok was appointed to the Board on 26 February 2016 as a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director. He was redesignated as an Executive Director of the Company on 1 August 2016. He is a member of the Executive Committee. He graduated from the National University of Malaysia with a BBA (Hons) degree and holds an MBA from Schulich School of Business, York University, Canada. He has also completed the Advanced Leadership Programme by Judge Business School, University of Cambridge. He has over 30 years of experience in the areas of strategy, general management, private equity, corporate and investment banking. He has held several key senior positions in CIMB Group during his tenure at the banking group, and was also Independent Non-Executive Director of Ping Petroleum Ltd and Group Managing Director of Tropicana Corporation Berhad. Currently he is the Independent Non-Executive Chairman of Pekat Group Berhad. He does not have any family relationship with any director and/or major shareholder of the Company, or any conflict of interests in any business arrangement involving the Company except for the potential conflict of interest in relation to the mezzanine loan he provided to the Group on arm’s length basis. He has not been convicted for any offences within the past 5 years nor has been imposed any public sanction or penalty by the relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year under review. He attended all 6 Board meetings held during the financial year under review. TAN SRI DATO’ SERI SHAMSUL AZHAR BIN ABBAS Senior Independent Non-Executive Director Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Shamsul Azhar was appointed to the Board on 15 June 2015. He is the Senior Independent NonExecutive Director of the Company. He is also the Chairman of the Audit, Risk Management and Sustainability Committee, a member of the Board Nomination and Remuneration Committee and Employees’ Share Scheme Committee. He holds a Master’s of Science in Energy Management from the University of Pennsylvania, United States of America, a Degree in Political Science from Universiti Sains Malaysia as well as a Technical Diploma in Petroleum Economics from Institute Francaise du Petrole in France. He joined Petroliam Nasional Berhad (“PETRONAS”) in 1975 and served in various capacities during his 40 years tenure with the organisation including his last held position as President and Chief Executive Officer of PETRONAS from 2010 to 2015. During the tenure of his leadership, he guided PETRONAS in undertaking strategic landmark projects (both for PETRONAS and Malaysia), such as the Pengerang Integrated Refinery and Petrochemical Project (RAPID), the Bintulu Train 9 project, the construction of 2 PETRONAS Floating Liquified Natural Gas (“LNG”) facilities and Malaysia’s first Regasification terminal in Malacca. Tan Sri Shamsul Azhar was the President/Chief Executive Officer of MISC Berhad from 1 July 2004 until 31 December 2008 and was its Chairman from February 2010 to 1 August 2011. He also served as Pro-Chancellor of Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, a member of the Board of Trustees of the Razak School of Government and the Chairman of the National Trust Fund of Malaysia. He was the Chairman of MMC Corporation Berhad and MMC Ports Holdings Sdn Bhd from 16 July 2015 to 31 August 2020 and the Chairman of Sapura Energy Berhad from 30 July 2020 to 7 May 2022. He is currently the Chairman of the Board of Deleum Berhad. He does not have any family relationship with any director and/or major shareholder of the Company, or any conflict of interests in any business arrangement involving the Company except for the potential conflict of interest in relation to the mezzanine loan he provided to the Group on arm’s length basis. He has not been convicted for any offences within the past 5 years nor has been imposed any public sanction or penalty by the relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year under review. He attended all 6 Board meetings held during the financial year under review. Male Malaysian 58 Male Malaysian 72
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