KUALA LUMPUR, 17 April 2020 – Bursa Malaysia Berhad wishes to announce the retirement of Datuk Shireen Ann Zaharah Muhiudeen as Public Interest Director and Non-Executive Chairman and Datin Mariam Prudence Yusof as Public Interest Directors and Independent Non-Executive Directors of Bursa Malaysia on 30 April 2020.
Tan Sri Abdul Wahid Omar will succeed Datuk Shireen as Non-Executive Chairman of Bursa Malaysia effective 1 May 2020. This appointment is by the Minister of Finance under Section 10(1)(a) of the Capital Markets and Services Act 2007.
Tan Sri Abdul Wahid is currently the Chairman of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia since November 2018. He has extensive corporate experience leading major organisations in the areas of infrastructure development, telecommunications, financial services and investment management.
He served as Group Chairman of Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB), Malaysia’s largest fund management company, from August 2016 to June 2018 following completion of his term as a Senator and Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department in charge of Economic Planning from June 2013 to June 2016.
Prior to his cabinet appointment, Tan Sri Abdul Wahid was the President and CEO of Maybank from May 2008. He also served as the Chairman of The Association of Banks in Malaysia from May 2009 to June 2013.
Prior to joining Maybank, Tan Sri Abdul Wahid was the Group Chief Executive Officer of Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM) from July 2004 until its demerger with Axiata Group Berhad in April 2008.
Tan Sri Abdul Wahid is a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA, UK), the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales (ICAEW) and the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA).
Throughout his career, Tan Sri Abdul Wahid has served on numerous boards as a Chairman or member and has received numerous awards which include Malaysia’s CEO of the Year 2006 award from Business Times/American
Express, The Asian Banker’s 2013 Leadership Achievement Award for Malaysia and The Edge Value Creator award 2013.
In addition, Bursa Malaysia is pleased to announce the appointment of Dato’ Anad Krishnan a/l Muthusamy as a Public Interest Director and an Independent Non-Executive Director effective 23 April 2020.
Dato’ Anad Krishnan is currently the Managing Partner of Anad & Noraini. He has vast experience in corporate conveyancing, corporate banking laws as well as corporate litigation.
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