Dato' Mohd Hanafiah Bin Omar

YBhg Dato' Mohd Hanafiah Omar, aged 65, a Malaysian, was appointed as the Independent Non-Executive Chairman on 7 November 2007. He holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from the University of Malaya, a Diploma in Economics from the University of Boulder, United States of America (USA) and a Masters in Business Administration (Finance) from the Michigan State University, USA.

YBhg Dato' Mohd Hanafiah is the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee, Nomination Committee as well as the Tender Committee. He is also a member of the Audit Committee and Risk Management Committee.

He began his career in the Government of Malaysia as an officer in the Finance Division (External), Minstry of Finance, in 1968 and held several senior positions thereafter. He was appointed the first Director of the Bumiputra Coordination and Participation Unit, Prime Minister's Department, Penang in 1977. In 1983, he was appointed as the first General Manager of Penang Regional Development Authority and was subsequently appointed as the Head of Task Force on Privatization, Economic Planning Unit of the Prime Minister's Department in 1986. He became the Deputy Secretary General of the Ministry of Land and Regional Development, from 1989 to 1991. In 1991, he joined Arab Malaysian Development Berhad ("AMDB") as a Senior General Manager (Corporate) and was subsequently promoted as an Executive Director of AMDB. He was an Executive Director of Indah Water Konsortium Sdn Bhd from 1998 to 2000.

YBhg Dato' Mohd Hanafiah was a Director of Berjuntai Tin Dredging Berhad ("Berjuntai Tin") in 2000 and was subsequently appointed as Chairman of Berjuntai Tin from 2002 to 2004. The Company subsequently changed its name to Integrated Rubber Corporation Berhad in 2004.

YBhg Dato' Mohd Hanafiah was a Director of Tradewinds (M) Berhad from 2003 until 2005 and joined the United Malayan Land Berhad as an Independent Non-Executive Director on January 2005 till January 2007.