BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Datuk Ali bin Abdul Kadir
Chairman, Independant Non-Executive Director
Datuk Ali was appointed to the Board as Chairman on 1 June 2015. He is also a member of the Audit and Risk Management Committee.
He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (“ICAEW”), member of the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants (“MICPA”) and the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (“MIA”). He is also Honorary Advisor to ICAEW-KL City Chapter and Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries & Administrators (UK).
Datuk Ali is currently the Chairman of JcbNext Berhad and a Board member of Glomac Berhad, Ekuiti Nasional Berhad, Citibank Berhad, and other private companies and foundations.
Datuk Ali was appointed as Chairman of the Securities Commission of Malaysia on 1 March 1999 and served in that capacity until 29 February 2004. He also served on a number of national-level committees including the Foreign Investment Committee, the Oversight Committee of National Asset Management Company (Danaharta). Prior to his appointment to the Securities Commission, he was the Executive Chairman and Partner of Ernst & Young and its related firms. He was also the former President of the MICPA, chairing both its Executive Committee and Insolvency Practices Committee and co-chairing the Company Law Forum. He was appointed an Adjunct Professor in the Accounting and Business Faculty, University of Malaya (2008 till 2011) and was then appointed to the Advisory Board of the same Faculty.
Datuk Ali was awarded the Panglima Jasa Negara (PJN) by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong in 2001. In 2012, he was bestowed the Lifetime Achievement Award by ICAEW and the President’s Award by MICPA.
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CORPORATE INFORMATION
Tan Sri Dato' Kamaluddin bin Abdullah
President & Group Chief Executive Officer
Tan Sri Dato’ Kamaluddin was appointed to the Board on 20 April 2015 as a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director. He was redesignated as Executive Deputy Chairman of the Company on 1 June 2015 and subsequently as President & Group Chief Executive Officer on 1 December 2021. He is also the Chairman of the Executive Committee. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Law from the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom. He is also a Barrister-at-law of the Middle Temple
He started his career with the Sime Darby Group, a major multi-national company, based in Malaysia. During his 5 years term with the Group, he served in the tyre manufacturing and plantations divisions covering the areas of marketing, corporate affairs, human resources, administration and legal affairs.
After his stint in Sime Darby, he joined Dewina Berhad a diversified food group listed on Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad (“Bursa Malaysia”) and served as its Group Executive Director. He was also a major shareholder of Dewina Berhad.
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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 25 years of banking experience particularly in the areas of corporate and investment banking, private equity, finance and treasury. He also has extensive general management experience including managing a public listed company and cross border business divisions.
Prior to joining ENRA, he was Group Managing Director of Tropicana Corporation Berhad (“Tropicana”) from March 2014 to February 2016. During his tenure, he was a member of the Group Executive Committee and a board member of Tropicana Group major subsidiaries.
He was appointed as Independent Non-Executive Chairman of Pekat Group Berhad, a solar photvoltaic (PV) and earthing & lighting protection (ELP) specialist listed on the ACE Market of Bursa Malaysia on 23 June 2021. He was an independent director of Ping Petroleum Ltd, an independent upstream company focused on shallow water offshore production and development in South East Asia and the North Sea from June 2012 to June 2015.
Prior to joining Tropicana, he was with CIMB Group for over 10 years where he held several senior positions including Head of Regional Banking and Co-Head of Investment Banking.
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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 Non-Executive Director of the Company. He is also the Chairman of the Audit and Risk Management Committee and a member of the Board Nomination and Remuneration 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 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.
He is currently the Chairman of Sapura Energy Berhad and Chairman of the Board of Universiti Malaysia Terengganu.
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Loh Chen Yook
Independent Non-Executive Director
Mr. Loh was appointed to the Board on 1 June 2015 as a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director. Prior to the change in substantial shareholders of the Company following a mandatory general offer in 2015, Mr Loh was the Managing Director of the Company, then known as Perduren (M) Bhd, from the year 2007 to year 2014. He resigned from the Board on 20 April 2015 and was re-appointed as Non-Executive Director on 1 June 2015 to the new Board of the Company which had assumed the new name, ENRA Group Berhad. With effect from 29 November 2018, Mr Loh was redesignated as an Independent Non-Executive Director.
Mr Loh has over 30 years of experience in the property development, infrastructure, building construction as well as timber logging business. Currently, he is also the Chairman of Karyon Industries Berhad.
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Dato' Wee Yiaw Hin
Independent Non-Executive Director
“Dato’ Wee was appointed to the Board on 24 August 2016. He is the Chairman of the Board Nomination and Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit and Risk Management Committee. He graduated as a Civil Engineer and holds a Masters of Science Degree from Imperial College, United Kingdom.”
He has more than 30 years of experience in the Oil & Gas Industry across the Exploration & Production (“E&P”) and Gas & Liquefied Natural Gas (“LNG”) value chain. His experience spans across the technical/operational functions as well as corporate matters including senior management level and Board positions.
He spent 21 years in Shell in Malaysia and overseas where he took up a number of senior positions in countries including United Kingdom and South Africa. His last job with Shell was Vice President, Malaysia for Upstream International Asia and Managing Director of Shell Malaysia E&P Companies.
After a short period as Vice President for Talisman Energy, Malaysia where he spent some time in Canada, he joined Petroliam Nasional Berhad (“PETRONAS”) as Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of Upstream Business in May 2010. He retired from PETRONAS in April 2016.
Presently, he also sits on the board of Cagamas Berhad, Anton Oilfield Services Group, which is listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. He is also the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee, a member of the Audit Committee as well as the Nomination Committee of Anton Oilfield Services Group.
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YM Tunku Afwida binti Tunku Abdul Malek
Independent Non-Executive Director
YM Tunku Afwida was appointed to the Board on 8 March 2022. She is also a member of the Audit and Risk Management Committee and Board Nomination and Remuneration Committee.
She holds a Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Economics and Accountancy from City University, United Kingdom. She is a Chartered Accountant of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and a member of Malaysian Institute of Accountants.
Tunku Afwida has held senior roles in investment banks. From 2006 until 2008, she was the Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and Executive Director (“ED”) of Kenanga Investment Bank Berhad. Prior to that, from 2003 to 2006, she was CEO and ED of MIMB Investment Bank Berhad (now known as Hong Leong Investment Bank Berhad) and from 1995 to 2003, she was ED/Chief Investment Officer of Commerce Asset Fund Managers Sdn Bhd.
She is currently a Director of Telekom Malaysia Berhad (“TM”), DXN Holdings Berhad and SAM Engineering & Equipment (M) Berhad.
She is also a Director and shareholder of Asia Equity Research Sdn Bhd, a company licensed by the Securities Commission of Malaysia to provide advisory services in corporate finance including compliance and funding advisory related services.
She is also the Chairman of Webe Digital Sdn Bhd and Director of GITN Sdn. Bhd, subsidiaries of TM.
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