Leadership

Dato’ Nik Mod Amin Bin Nik Abd Majid

Non-Independent Non-Executive Chairman

Dato’ Nik Mod Amin Bin Nik Abd Majid (“Dato’ Nik”), a Malaysian, male, aged 71, was appointed to the Board on 1 September 2009 as an Independent Non-Executive Chairman and re-designated as Non-Independent Non-Executive Chairman on 29 May 2023. He attended all four (4) Board Meetings held during the financial year. Dato’ Nik obtained his Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from Universiti Malaya in 1976.

Dato’ Nik is the Managing Director and founder of Fask Capital Sdn. Bhd. The Company’s activities include the provision of services in the area of microcredit, micropayments, retail investments, debt management and financial consultancy. He is also the Chairman of FCA Capital Sdn. Bhd. (providing corporate advisory services) and Capital Investment Bank (Labuan) Ltd. (providing investment bank and corporate finance services in Labuan).

He has more than 26 years of banking experience with various financial institutions including Malayan Banking Berhad, Affin Bank Berhad and BSN Commercial Bank Berhad. His other experiences include Perbadanan Usahawan Nasional Berhad, Perwira Affin Bank Berhad and Malaysian Franchise Association. He was previously a Board Member of Universiti Utara Malaysia, a position he stepped down from in the year 2015.

Dato’ Ahmad Kabeer Bin Mohamed Nagoor

Group Chief Executive Officer/President

Dato’ Ahmad Kabeer Bin Mohamed Nagoor (“Dato’ Ahmad Kabeer”), a Malaysian, male, aged 67, was appointed to the Board as a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director on 2 February 2005. On 22 June 2007, he was re-designated as the Non-Independent Non-Executive Deputy Chairman of the Company and subsequently as the Executive Deputy Chairman on 1 March 2012. He assumed the position of Managing Director/Group Chief Executive Officer of the Company on 29 May 2013. On 1 December 2017, he assumed the position of Group Chief Executive Officer/President. He is also the Chairman of the Employee’s Share Option Scheme Committee of the Company. He is a major shareholder of the Company. He attended three (3) out of four (4) Board Meetings held during the financial year.

Dato’ Ahmad Kabeer graduated with a Master’s Degree in Finance from the University of St. Louis, Missouri, the USA in 1986. He started his career with the Bank of Nova Scotia in 1986 in the Foreign Exchange Division before becoming a lecturer at the School of Management, Universiti Sains Malaysia from 1988 to 1994.

Datuk Hashim Bin Wahir

Independent Non-Executive Director

Datuk Hashim bin Wahir (“Datuk Hashim”), a Malaysian, male, aged 66, was appointed to the Board on 30 September 2024 as an Independent Non-Executive Director. He is also a member of the Audit and Risk Management Committee and Nomination and Remuneration Committee of the Company. Datuk Hashim was appointed on 30 September 2024, hence he did not attend any Board Meetings held during the financial year.

Datuk Hashim graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical (Hons) from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia in 1981. He has continually enriched his expertise through executive development programmes at Ashridge Management School, Hertfordshire, UK, and Johnson School of Management, Cornell University, USA.

Possessing close to 40 years of extensive experience across various sectors, Datuk Hashim has made significant contributions to the oil and gas industry, corporate planning, and property management within the Petronas Group of Companies.

Datuk Hashim’s notable appointments include serving as Group Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and Executive Director of KLCC Property Holdings Berhad (“KLCCP”) and KLCC (Holdings) Sdn Bhd from November 2007 to April 2021. He also held the CEO position at KLCC REIT Management Sdn Bhd, where he managed KLCCP Stapled Securities from May 2013 to May 2021. Earlier in his career, he was the Country Chairman of Petronas Sudan operations in Khartoum, Sudan, from December 2004 to October 2007.

Datuk Hashim’s began his career as an engineer at Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd in 1981, ascending to the role of Head of Production Technology, Baram Delta Operations in Miri, Sarawak, from 1983 to 1993. He continued to excel, holding key positions such as Head of Petroleum Engineering at Petronas E&P from 1993 to 2000 and General Manager, Planning and Resource Allocation at Petronas from September 2000 to November 2004.

Presently, Datuk Hashim holds board positions at PNB Merdeka Ventures Sdn Bhd, Damansara REIT Managers Sdn Bhd and IIUM Holdings Sdn Bhd (“IIUMH”). He is also the Chairman of Daya Bersih Sdn Bhd, a company wholly owned by IIUMH. Additionally, he serves as the Non-Executive Chairman of Enquest Petroleum Malaysia.

Notes:
1. None of the Directors have family relationship with any Directors and/or major shareholders of AWC Berhad, except for Dato’ Ahmad Kabeer Bin Mohamed Nagoor who is a Director and shareholder of K-Capital Sdn. Bhd., a major shareholder of the Company.
2. None of the Directors have any conflict of interest or potential conflict of interest, including interest in any competing business with the Company or its subsidiaries.
3. None of the Directors have been convicted of any offences in the past five (5) years or been imposed with any public sanction or penalty by relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year ended 30 June 2024, other than for traffic offences (if any).

Sureson A/L Krisnasamy

Independent Non-Executive Director

Mr. Sureson A/L Krisnasamy (“Mr. Sureson”), a Malaysian, male, aged 49, was appointed to the Board on 12 April 2017 as an Independent Non-Executive Director. He is also the Chairman of the Audit and Risk Management Committee and a member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee and Employee’s Share Option Scheme Committee of the Company. He attended all four (4) Board Meetings held during the financial year.

Mr. Sureson graduated with a Bachelor of Accountancy (Hons) from Universiti Putra Malaysia in 1999. He is currently registered as a Chartered Accountant with the Malaysian Institute of Accountants, since 2002.

Mr. Sureson started his career with Telekom Malaysia Berhad as an accountant where he was involved with finance, sales, corporate finance and investor relations. His other notable experiences with huge corporations include CLSA Securities, Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad, CIMB Investment Bank, where he was responsible for initiating and spear heading cross-border Southeast Asia, India and Sri Lanka business opportunities, RHB Investment Bank and Bioven Ltd, UK.

He was previously the Independent Director of Perbadanan Tabungan Pendidikan Tinggi Nasional (PTPTN) and a Director of Universiti Putra Malaysia and Institut Integriti Malaysia.

He is currently a Director of UPM Holdings Sdn. Bhd.

Yang Mulia Tunku Puan Sri Dato’ Hajjah Noor Hayati Binti Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj

Independent Non-Executive Director

Yang Mulia Tunku Puan Sri Dato’ Hajjah Noor Hayati Binti Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj (“YM Tunku”), a Malaysian, female, aged 57, was appointed to the Board on 12 April 2017 as an Independent Non-Executive Director. She is also the Chairperson of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit and Risk Management Committee of the Company. She attended all four (4) Board Meetings held during the financial year.

YM Tunku graduated with a Bachelor of Law, LLB (Honours) from Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London, the United Kingdom in 1991. Later, she pursued a Diploma in Psychology Counselling from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia in 2006 and her Master’s in Philosophy (MPhil) from Universiti Malaya in 2013.

As of 2018, YM Tunku holds the position as Executive Chairman of Selenggara Timur Sdn. Bhd., a road maintenance company.

Actively involved in social welfare activities, YM Tunku is one of the four Deputy Presidents of Pertubuhan Kebajikan Islam Malaysia (PERKIM) Kebangsaan, having been appointed in 2013. She was also elected as the Head of the Women Division, PERKIM Kebangsaan, a position she has held since 2010.

In 2014, YM Tunku founded a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Yayasan Noor Al Syakur (YANAS) which is involved in various social welfare activities including the provision of aid to those in need and the revival of arts and culture in Kelantan.

YM Tunku was also instrumental in developing Behaviour Intervention Modules in Development and Training, between Universiti Malaya, School of Medicine, Centre of Excellence in Research of Infectious Disease and Addiction (CERIA), with the collaboration of the University of Yale and the University of Connecticut, United States of America (2010 until 2012).

YM Tunku also held a directorship in LLC Berhad.