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Aged 74, a Malaysian, appointed as the Chairman and Independent Non-Executive Director since 23 October 2000. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics with Honours from University of Malaya (now National University of Singapore) and Diploma in Economics and Social Administration from London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London. He attended a Senior Management Programme conducted by Harvard University. He started as a civil servant in the Kelantan State Government in 1958 and his last position in that service was the Assistant State Secretary before joining Majlis Amanah Rakyat (MARA) in 1967 as Head of Planning and Evaluation Unit. From 1969 until his retirement in 1997, he then worked in the Federal Land Development Authority (FELDA) serving in various posts including Finance Director, Group Managing Director and finally as Business Advisor.

Dato' Nasir is also a director of Royal and Sun Alliance (M) Berhad.

Dato' Nasir serves as the Chairman of the Audit and Nomination Committees of the Company.

Save as disclosed on page 144, Dato' Nasir does not hold any securities in the subsidiaries and none of his family members have direct or indirect relationship with any director and/ or major shareholder of the Company. He has not entered into any transaction, whether directly or indirectly, which has a conflict of interest with the Company and has not been convicted of any criminal offences within the past 10 years. He attended all of the seven Board Meetings held during the year.

Aged 61, a Malaysian, appointed as the Executive Vice- Chairman and Non-Independent Executive Director since 23 October 2000. He holds a Bachelor of Telecommunications Engineering and a Master in Microwave Communications both from the University of Sheffield, United Kingdom. He started as a lecturer in electronics and microwave telecommunications at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia in 1972. He left Universiti Teknologi Malaysia in 1975 to work with Pernas NEC Telecommunications Sdn Bhd, where he worked from 1976 to 1980 before joining Sapura Holdings Sdn Bhd rising to the post of Executive Vice-Chairman. In 1997, he joined Tap Resources Berhad as its Executive Chairman before his resignation in 1998. He currently sits on the Board of several other private limited companies.

Datuk Rameli is a member of the Remuneration Committee of the Company.

Aged 57, a Malaysian appointed as an Independent Non- Executive Director since 23 October 2000. He has 26 years of experience in the financial sector. He has a Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Master in Business Administration as well as Specialised Masters in Consulting and Coaching and is currently pursuing a Doctoral Research at the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam.

He is currently the Chairman of Unicorn International Islamic Bank Malaysia Berhad, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Unicorn Investment Bank B.S.C. (c), Kingdom of Bahrain. His directorship in other public company is UBG Berhad (formerly known as Utama Banking Group Berhad). He also sits on the Board of several other private limited companies.

He is the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit Committee of the Company.

Save as disclosed on page 144, Dato' Vaseehar does not hold any securities in the subsidiaries and none of his family members have direct or indirect relationship with any director and/or major shareholder of the Company. He has not entered into any transaction, whether directly or indirectly, which has a conflict of interest with the Company and has not been convicted of any criminal offences within the past 10 years. He attended five out of the seven Board Meetings held during the year.

Aged 61, a Malaysian, appointed as an Independent Non- Executive Director since 2 November 2001. He holds a Bachelor of Economics from University of Malaya and a Master in Public and International Affairs (MPIA) from University of Pittsburg, USA. He commenced his career in 1970 in the Public Service and in 2000 was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of the Small and Medium Industries Development Corporation (SMIDEC) until his retirement in 2001.

He also sits on Boards of Century Logistics Holdings Berhad, Supermax Corporation Berhad, Kinsteel Berhad, Boon Koon Group Berhad, Impressive Edge Group Berhad, BHS Industries Berhad, WinSun Technologies Berhad and HDisplays (MSC) Berhad. He also sits on the Board of several other private limited companies.

He is a member of the Audit, Remuneration and Nomination Committees of the Company.

Save as disclosed on page 144, Samad does not hold any securities in the Company and its subsidiaries and none of his family members have direct or indirect relationship with any director and/or major shareholder of the Company. He has not entered into any transaction, whether directly or indirectly, which has a conflict of interest with the Company and has not been convicted of any criminal offences within the past 10 years. He attended all of the seven Board Meetings held during the year.

Aged 54, a Malaysian appointed as the Non-Independent Executive Director since 23 October 2000. He is a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (UK). He holds a Master in Business Administration from Ohio University (USA), in collaboration with Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM). His previous work experience was with Pernas NEC Telecommunications Sdn Bhd in 1980. In 1981, he joined Sapura Holdings Sdn Bhd and held several positions before being promoted to Group General Manager, Finance & Accounting in 1989. In 1995 he joined Time Telecommunications Sdn Bhd and in 1997, he joined Tap Resources Berhad as Executive Director Finance before resigning in 1998. He joined Ingress Engineering Sdn Bhd as a Director in 1998. He currently sits on the Board of several other private limited companies.

He is a member of the Audit Committee of the Company.

Save as disclosed on page 144, Ungku Farid does not hold any securities in the subsidiaries. None of his family members have direct or indirect relationship with any director and/or major shareholder of the Company save and except by virtue of his directorship in Ramdawi Sdn Bhd. He has not entered into any transaction, whether directly or indirectly, which has a conflict of interest with the Company and has not been convicted of any criminal offences within the past 10 years. He attended all of the seven Board Meetings held during the year.

Aged 51, a Malaysian appointed as a Non-Independent Executive Director since 23 October 2000. He holds a Bachelor in Business Administration in 1980 from Ohio University (USA), in collaboration with Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM). He worked in Petroliam Nasional Berhad from 1980 to 1984 before joining Proton and held various positions with his last being the Deputy General Manager of Procurement and Vendor Development. He joined Ingress Engineering Sdn Bhd as a Director in 1996. He currently sits on the Board of several other private limited companies.

He is a member of the Nomination Committee of the Company.

Save as disclosed on page 144, Ab Rahim does not hold any securities in the subsidiaries and none of his family members have direct or indirect relationship with any director and/ or major shareholder of the Company. He has not entered into any transaction, whether directly or indirectly, which has a conflict of interest with the Company and has not been convicted of any criminal offences within the past 10 years. He attended six out of the seven Board Meetings held during the year.

Aged 55, a Malaysian appointed as a Non-Independent Executive Director since 4 October 2001. He holds a Bachelor Degree of Engineering with Honours in Mechanical & Management Sciences from University of Sheffield, United Kingdom. He started working as a Technical Assistant in 1973 in Jabatan Kerja Raya, Melaka. In 1979, he was a Trainee Manager in Heightsway Limited, United Kingdom. He left Heightsway Limited in 1981 to work in KARA Establishment, Saudi Arabia as an Assistant Operations Manager until 1982. From 1982, he worked for several years in Pernas NEC Kedah Sdn Bhd, serving in various managerial positions prior to joining Ingress Engineering Sdn Bhd in 1991 as a Director. He currently sits on the Board of several other private limited companies.

Save as disclosed on page 144, Ramli does not hold any securities in the subsidiaries. None of his family members have direct or indirect relationship with any director and/ or major shareholder of the Company. He has not entered into any transaction, whether directly or indirectly, which has a conflict of interest with the Company and has not been convicted of any criminal offences within the past 10 years. He attended all of the seven Board Meetings held during the year.

Aged 60, a Malaysian appointed as an Independent Non- Executive Director since 17 December 2007. He has over 35 years of experience in the administrative and diplomatic service. He has a Bachelor of Art (Hons) from University of Malaya and Diploma in Foreign Service from University of Oxford, United Kingdom.

His career started as Assistant Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 7 April 1971 and later served as a Second Secretary, Embassy of Malaysia in Manila, Philippines on 12 November 1973. In 1977, he was appointed as First Secretary, Embassy of Malaysia in Yangon, Myanmar. On 16 March 1979 he took up the position of Principal Assistant Secretary (Administration) at Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He later joined Embassy of Malaysia in Cairo, Egypt on 17 June 1981 as a Counsellor. In 1987 he was appointed as Deputy Chief of Protocol, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was then posted as the Consul General of Malaysia in Medan, Indonesia in 1989 and in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on May 1992. He was later appointed as the Ambassador/High Commissioner of Malaysia to several countries such as in 1993 to Kuwait and concurrently accredited as an Ambassador to Bahrain, Qatar, Oman and UAE and then to Bangladesh in 1997. He was also the High Commissioner to New Zealand and concurrently accredited as High Commissioner to Cook Islands and Niue in 2000 and later held the same position to New Delhi, India from August 2004 to December 2006. Dato' Zulkifly is a member of the Nomination and Audit Committee of the Company.

Save as disclosed on page 144, Dato' Zulkifly does not hold any securities in the subsidiaries and none of his family members have direct or indirect relationship with any director and/or major shareholder of the Company. He has not entered into any transaction, whether directly or indirectly, which has a conflict of interest with the Company and has not been convicted of any criminal offences within the past 10 years. He attended one out of the seven Board Meetings held during the year.