TAN SRI DATO’ SERI
VINCENT TAN CHEE YIOUN
Founder and Advisor, Berjaya Corporation Berhad, Founder and advisor YMFH
Biography
YANG AMAT MULIA TUNKU TUN AMINAH BINTI SULTAN IBRAHIM ISMAIL
Chairperson
Biography
Yang Amat Mulia Tunku Tun Aminah Binti Sultan Ibrahim Ismail, the daughter of the Sultan of Johor, is a prominent figure known for her dedication to philanthropic endeavours.
Her philanthropic work is notably marked by her commitment to improving the lives of women and children. Tunku Tun Aminah has been actively involved in initiatives that focus on education, health, and welfare, working closely with organizations to provide support and resources to those in need. She is also a strong advocate for animal welfare, contributing to causes that promote the ethical treatment of animals.
Tunku Tun Aminah’s dedication to philanthropy reflects her deep sense of responsibility towards society, and she continues to inspire others with her compassionate leadership and charitable contributions.
DATO’ SRI ROBIN TAN YEONG CHING
Non-Independent Non-executive Deputy Chairman, Berjaya Land (Bland)
Biography
He was appointed to the Board of Berjaya Corporation Berhad on 21 December 2006 as an Executive Director. He was later appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) of the Company on 1 January 2011 and subsequently as the Chairman/CEO on 23 February 2012. Subsequently on 1 November 2017, he relinquished his position as the Chairman of the Company and remained as the CEO of the Company.
On 16 March 2021, Dato’ Sri Robin Tan Yeong Ching relinquished his position as the CEO of the Company and was designated as the Executive Deputy Chairman. Subsequently, on 1 June 2021, he was redesignated as the Non-Independent Non-Executive Deputy Chairman of the Company.
He graduated with a Bachelor of Social Science degree in Accounting/Law from the University of Southampton, United Kingdom, in 1995. He joined Berjaya Group Berhad in 1995 as an Executive and subsequently became the General Manager, Corporate Affairs in 1997.
Currently, he is the Executive Chairman of Berjaya Sports Toto Berhad, the Chairman of 7-Eleven Malaysia Holdings Berhad, Berjaya Media Berhad and Informatics Education Ltd, Singapore and a Director of Atlan Holdings Bhd and KDE Recreation Berhad. He is also an Executive Director of Berjaya Hartanah Berhad (formerly known as Berjaya Golf Resort Berhad), Bukit Kiara Resort Berhad and Staffield Country Resort Berhad. He also holds directorships in several other private limited companies in the Berjaya Corporation group of companies.
TAN SRI DATO’ SERI PANGLIMA
MOHD ANNUAR BIN ZAINI
Chairman, UDA Holdings Berhad
Biography
DATIN SERI SUNITA RAJAKUMAR
Chairperson, Climate Governance Malaysia Berhad, Deputy Chair, YMFH
Biography
Datin Seri Sunita Mei-Lin Rajakumar is a professional independent director and a strong advocate of the importance of governance in general and risk management in particular. She founded Climate Governance Malaysia Berhad which is the country chapter of the World Economic Forum’s Climate Governance Initiative. She is a Fellow of the Institute of Corporate Directors Malaysia, promotes gender diversity on boards with the 30% Club, is also a member of the Global Advisory Board of Nottingham University’s School of Business, the Advisory Panel of the UN Global Compact Malaysia’s Sustainability Center of Excellence and Workstream Lead for Government Policy at the CEO Action Network, an industry-led initiative to increase sustainability and climate resilience.
She is an independent director of Bursa-listed Dutch Lady Milk Industries Berhad (Chairman), MCIS Insurance Berhad (a member of the Sanlam group) and Zurich General Insurance Malaysia Berhad, and serves as trustee of 5 charitable foundations.
Her Legal Degree from the University of Bristol and professional qualification as a Chartered Accountant (England and Wales), led on to a career in investment banking. After 6 years in investment banking, she was invited by the Ministry of Finance to manage the first government-owned foreign technology venture capital fund. She has also advised on national innovation ecosystems.
Datin Seri Sunita Mei-Lin Rajakumar is the member of the Independent Non-Executive Director, Risk Management Committee and Sustainability Committee of Berjaya Corporation.
SYED ALI SHAHUL HAMEED
Group CEO, Berjaya Land (BLand), Committee Member, YMFH
Biography
Mr Syed Ali is the Chief Executive Officer of Berjaya Land since 8 August 2019. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree from the Institute of Road & Transport Technology, Bharathiar University at Coimbatore.
During his 24 years stint in BLand Group, he has a myriad of exposure in the area of due diligence and technical involvement with Inter-Continental and Sheraton Hotels in Hanoi as well as Four Seasons and Ritz Carlton projects. Besides, he was also actively involved in the Four Seasons project at Kyoto, and Ritz Carlton Residences in Kuala Lumpur.
Currently, he is responsible for overseeing all aspects of engineering relating to BLand Group’s properties in Malaysia and overseas, leading the operations in Okinawa Four Seasons Resort and Four Seasons Yokohama besides managing all the local and overseas property development projects as well as complexes besides being a Director in several BerjayaCorporation group of companies
DATUK JAMALUDDIN NASIR
Chairman Kotra Industries Bhd
Independent Non-Executive Director, Swift Haulage Berhad
Former Group CEO of Malaysian Rating Corporate Berhad
Committee Member, YMFH
Biography
Datuk Jamaludin is the Group Chief Executive Officer of Malaysian Rating Corporation Berhad (MARC). He has wide experience and exposure in financial services, gained over 30 years in business origination and syndicate, credit and risk management, capital markets and banking group leadership management in the commercial, corporate and investment banking sector. Over the course of his career in local and international banks, Datuk Jamaludin has held senior leadership roles notably in Maybank Group, Dresdner Bank AG and Dresdner Kleinwort Benson. He was also a Board member of Maybank Investment Bank Berhad and Bank Pembangunan Malaysia Berhad. During his tenure at Maybank Investment Bank, he served as a member of the Board’s Credit & Underwriting Review Committee.
Datuk Jamaludin is experienced in credit & project management and project related fund raising. Amongst his notable lead as Transaction Director was the Deutschemark 640 million structured project finance for an offshore patrol vessel project with the Malaysian Navy, Ministry of Defense; Deutschemark 665 million Hermes export credit facility for the Express Rail Link project, YTL Corporation £1.2 billion acquisition of Wessex Water, UK and notable power and highway projects in Malaysia and the Philippines.
Datuk Jamaludin is an Independent Non-Executive Chairman of Bursa-listed Kotra Industries Berhad and sits on its Audit Committee. He also sits on the Board of MARC Ratings Bhd, MARC Data Sdn Bhd and MARC Solutions Sdn Bhd. Datuk Jamaludin was a member of the Technical Committee of the Finance Accreditation Agency (FAA), an independent accreditation body for the financial services industry.
Datuk Jamaludin holds an MBA from Texas A&M International University, USA and a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance & Business Economics as well as a Bachelor of Economics degree from Southern Illinois University, USA.
DATUK LOO TOOK GEE
Renewable Energy Advisor
Committee Member, YMFH
Biography
Datuk Loo Took Gee graduated from the University of Malaya with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree in 1978 and a Masters degree in Policy Science from Saitama University, Japan in 1990. She had served 38 years in the government sector and culminated her years in public service as the Secretary-General of the Ministry of Energy, Green Technology and Water, Malaysia from August 2010 until her retirement in August 2016.
Datuk Loo was responsible for the formulation and implementation of the Renewable Energy Policy and Action Plan which was approved by the government in 2011. While in public service , she was also the Chairman of MyPower Corporation , a company entrusted to undertake reform in the power sector.
Currently, she sits on the Boards of YTL Power International Berhad and Hartalega Holdings Berhad. She is also the Chairman of the Malaysia-Kazakhstan Business Council.
MAZLI ZAKUAN MOHD NOOR
Independent Non Executive Director, UZMA Group Berhad / Committee Member, YMFH
Biography
Mazli is a Fellow of the Institute of Corporate Directors Malaysia (ICDM). He sits in a few Board of Directors of a public listed and private limited companies. Being an entrepreneur himself through few of his business ventures, Mazli was formerly heading a state strategic investment arm, with an asset value of more than RM1.5 billion. An engineer by training, he is a Professional Member for Society of Petroleum Engineers International (SPE) and Registered with Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM). Mazli also an Industrial Advisory Panel for an engineering faculty of a public university and actively volunteering to promote home ownership among B40 in Malaysia.
YAP FAR LOON
Information and Market Research Advisor
Committee Member, YMFH
Biography
Far Loon is Managing Director and team lead in Aleevar Consulting, a business advisory company. He has 25+ years of practice and in sales, project delivery and brand health assessment providing management advisory service to Public Sector, ICT/ Telecommunication, Financial Services and Healthcare sector.
He co-creates and delivers growth and sustainable business advisory to public and private sector. Previous attachments to Hewlett-Packard, Texas Instruments, Lucent Technologies and Siemens Communications. He has an MBA in Finance (with Merit) from University of Nottingham, and Bachelor (Honours) of Electrical and Computing from Monash University.
TEY JUN REN
Founder & Principal
JR Tey Advocates & Solicitors
Committee Member, YMFH
Biography
JR was called to the Malaysian Bar in 2013. He obtained LLB (Hons) from the National University of Malaysia and Master of Business Administration from Monash University, Australia.