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Mr. Zainal Arifin has over 43 years of experience in IT, FMCG, shared services, consulting, and leadership development across both multinational and local organisations. He held senior roles at Malaysian Tobacco Company Berhad (1983–1996), including Head of IT for South East Asia and Head of the BAT Asia Pacific Data Centre. He later served as Country Manager, Thailand at British American Tobacco (UK & Export) Ltd (1998–2000), and as Area IT Director at British American Tobacco Malaysia Berhad (2000–2008).
He was appointed a director in 2009 and since 2012 as the Managing Director of NBO Leadership Sdn. Bhd., a leading consultancy in strategic transformation, talent assessment, and leadership development for public and private sector clients.
Mr. Ruslan has been an Executive Director of the Company since his appointment to the Board on 18 October 2016. He was redesignated as Non-Independent Non-Executive Director on 1 January 2020, subsequently redesignated as Executive Vice Chairman on 2 June 2020 and subsequently redesignated as Group Managing Director on 9 March 2023.
He has more than 42 years of working experience in engineering, project management, marketing and facilities management. His previous employments include the Lembaga Letrik Negara, ABB Sdn. Bhd., Mobil Oil Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. and Propel-Johnson Controls Sdn. Bhd.
Mr. Mohammad Shahrizal has been an Executive Director of the Company since his appointment to the Board on 18 October 2016. He was redesignated as Non-Independent Non-Executive Director on 7 January 2020, subsequently redesignated as Managing Director on 1 March 2021 and subsequently redesignated as Non-Independent Non-Executive Director on 9 March 2023.
He has approximately 31 years of working experience in the field of engineering services and facilities management. He started his career in 1995 as a Technical Executive of GrahaTech Resources Sdn. Bhd. specialising in providing diagnostic engineering services. In 1998, he joined Mechanalysis Sdn. Bhd., an operation and maintenance company to manage various client accounts for the provision of facility maintenance services. Later in 2001, he joined Global Facilities Management Sdn. Bhd. (a wholly-owned subsidiary of GFM) as an Executive Director responsible for operations of facility management services.
Mr. Zainal Bin Amir has been an Executive Director of the Company since his appointment to the Board on 18 October 2016. He was subsequently redesignated as Non-Independent Non-Executive Director on 31 October 2019.
He has more than 42 years of working experience in mechanical engineering and project management. His previous employments include Malaysian Tobacco Company Bhd (Engineering Manager) and Mechanalysis Sdn. Bhd. (1998-2001: General Manager) before joining GFM as Business Development Director.
He has more than 36 years of working experience in corporate finance, business development and consultancy. His previous employments include Deloitte, Haskins and Sells, Leeds, United Kingdom (1981-1988:Manager), BDO Binder Hamlyn, England (1990-1991: Corporate Finance Senior Manager), PricewaterhouseCoopers Malaysia (previously known as Price Waterhouse) (1991-1996: Corporate Finance Director-in-Charge of Privatisation), Amsteel Capital Holdings Sdn.Bhd. (1996-1998: Head, Regional Corporate Finance), Bintai Kinden Corporation Berhad (1998-2005: Vice President (Business Development/ Special Projects) and Commonwealth Secretariat, London (2008-2014: Adviser, Public Private Partnerships). He was a Trustee and the Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee of the WorldFish, and a member of the Audit and Risk Committee of CGIAR, the Consultative Group of International Agricultural Research Centres. He was a Board member of PERKESO where he also chaired the Risk Committee.
He has more than 36 years of working experience with engineering service companies in the oilfield and healthcare sectors. His previous employments include Brown & Root (1982-1986: Initially as Management Auditor for the Far East Operations and subsequently as Finance Manager), Schlumberger Group-Sedco Forex (1986-1993: Legal Accounting and Joint Ventures Manager), Schlumberger Group-Dowell Schlumberger (1986-1993: Chief Accountant), SSP Medical Technologies Sdn. Bhd. (1995-2002: Managing Director), Healthtronics (M) Sdn. Bhd. (2002-2007: Chief Executive Officer) and Faber Group Berhad (2008-2011: Senior General Manager).
Ms. Tong Jia Wann has over 16 years of experience across the legal and financial sectors, with a primary focus on the oil and gas industry. She is currently with PETRONAS, and has previously held positions at S&P Global, Malaysia Development Bank and Albar & Partners. She brings extensive expertise in legal risk management, regulatory advisory, and high-value commercial negotiations, and provides strategic counsel on complex, multi-jurisdictional transactions and dispute resolution matters.
Dato’ Sri Zohari bin Akob began his career in 1988 at the Economic Planning Unit (EPU), Prime Minister’s Department, where he was involved in national policy planning and development. Following his studies, he returned to the EPU and later served as Director of the Privatisation Section from 1995 to 2009, specialising in public-private sector participation and national development initiatives. From 2009 to 2013, he served as Deputy Director General of the Public Private Partnership (PPP) Unit in the Prime Minister’s Department, where he played a key role in strengthening the Government’s PPP framework. He subsequently held senior leadership positions as Deputy Secretary General of the Ministry of Energy, Water and Green Technology in 2014, before being appointed Secretary General of the Ministry of Works Malaysia from 2014 to 2018. During his tenure, he oversaw major national infrastructure projects, including the Pan Borneo Highway for Sabah and Sarawak.
He later served as Chairman of the Malaysian Highway Authority from 2019 to 2020, providing strategic oversight for the nation’s highway and transport infrastructure development. Currently, Dato’ Sri Zohari is actively involved in industry and corporate leadership. He leads the Malaysian Association of Facility Management (MAFM) and Malaysian Service Providers Confederation (MSPC), advocating professional standards, industry growth, and the global competitiveness of Malaysian service providers. He also serves as Director of Central Cable Berhad, Advisor to Rafulin Sdn. Bhd., Chairman of KL-Kuala Selangor Expressway Sdn Bhd, and Independent Non-Executive Chairman of Digistar Corporation Berhad.
