Leadership

Dato Nik Mod Amin Bin Nik Abd Majid

Independent Non-Executive Chairman

Dato’ Nik Mod Amin Bin Nik Abd Majid, a Malaysian, male was appointed to the Board on 1 September 2009 as an Independent Non-Executive Chairman. He is also a member of the Audit and Risk Management Committee and Remuneration Committee of the Company. He attended all five (5) Board Meetings held in the financial year.

Dato’ Nik Mod Amin obtained his Degree in Economics from Universiti Malaya in 1976.

He 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 the Chairman of 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 the 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, a Malaysian, male 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. On 29 May 2013, Dato’ Ahmad Kabeer assumed the position of Managing Director/ Group Chief Executive Officer of the Company. 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 (“ESOS”) Committee of the Company. He is a major shareholder of the Company. He attended all five (5) Board Meetings held in the financial year.

He graduated with a Master’s Degree in Finance from University of St. Louis, Missouri, 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.

Encik Ahri Bin Hashim

Independent Non-Executive Director

Dato’ Ahri Bin Hashim, a Malaysian, male was appointed to the Board on 12 April 2017 as an Independent Non-Executive Director. He is also the Chairman of Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit and Risk Management Committee and Nomination Committee of the Company. He graduated with a Diploma in Investment Analysis from Universiti Teknologi Mara in 1989. He attended all five (5) Board Meetings held in the financial year.

He thereafter obtained a Bachelor of Science Marketing and Computer Science from Tri-State University, Angola, Indiana in 1997 and subsequently a Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) from Columbia University, New York, United States of America in 2001.

He started his career in 1989, as an Equity Analyst with Baring Securities Pte. Ltd.. Later on, he joined K&N Kenanga as an Institutional Securities Dealer and followed by Dresdner Kleinwort Benson, New York as an Institutional Dealer in charge of Far East Equity Sales.

His other ventures include the co-founding of AWZ Computer LLC, Angola, Indiana, Globex LLC, New York
and The Datestone Group LLC, Palm Beach Florida which is a Shariah compliant private equity investment and financial advisory firm with global exposure including Liberia, Africa as well as Chile, South America.

He was appointed as a Board Member of Ministry of Finance Incorporated’s Syarikat Perumahan Negara Berhad (SPNB) in 2013. In May 2015, he was appointed as Chairman of SPNB Aspirasi Sdn. Bhd. as well as Director of SPNB Edar Sdn. Bhd. and SPNB Dana Sdn. Bhd., positions which he holds to till September 2018.

Sureson Krisnasamy

Independent Non-Executive Director

Sureson A/ L Krisnasamy, a Malaysian, male 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 Committee, Remuneration Committee and Employee’s Share Option Scheme Committee of the Company. He attended four (4) out of five (5) Board Meetings held in 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.

He started his career with Telekom Malaysia Bhd. 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 crossborder South East Asia, India and Sri Lanka business opportunities and RHB Investment Bank.

He was the Independent Director of Perbadanan Tabungan Pendidikan Tinggi Nasional from 2018 to July 2019 and was also a Director of Universiti Putra Malaysia since October 2018 to September 2019.

He is currently a Director of UPM Holdings Sdn. Bhd. since January 2019.

Dato’ Tunku Noor Hayati Binti Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra

Independent Non-Executive Director

YM Tunku Puan Sri Dato’ Hajjah Noor Hayati, a Malaysian, female was appointed to the Board on 12 April 2017 as an Independent Non-Executive Director. She is also the Chairman of the Nomination Committee and a member of the Remuneration Committee of the Company. She attended three (3) out of five (5) Board Meetings held in the financial year.

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

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 President of Pertubuhan Kebajikan Islam Malaysia (PERKIM) Kebangsaan, having been appointed in 2013. She was also elected as the Head of 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 University of Yale and University of Connecticut, United States of America (2010 until 2012).

YM Tunku started her career with legal advisory work before joining Berjaya Corporation Berhad (construction) and Dunham Bush (Malaysia Manufacturing) as an Executive Director from 2007 until 2008.

YM Tunku also held directorship in LLC Berhad.