He has approximately 42 years of working experience in education, fast moving consumer goods, IT, management consulting and leadership development. His previous employments include Malaysian Tobacco Company Bhd (1983-1996: Head of IT South East Asia and Head of BAT Asia Pacific Data Centre), British American Tobacco (UK & Export) Ltd (1998-2000: Country Manager) and British American Tobacco Malaysia Berhad (2000-2008: IT Director). In 2009, he was appointed as a Director for NBO Leadership Sdn. Bhd., a strategic transformation leadership development company
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 41 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 30 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 41 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 35 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 35 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 approximately 15 years of working experience in the Legal and Financial field. She is currently attached at S&P Global, having previously held positions at Albar & Partners, Petronas and Bank Pembangunan Malaysia.
In addition to her extensive legal expertise, Ms. Tong is committed to serving her community as a volunteer lawyer at the Legal Aid Centre Kuala Lumpur and as a member of LEGACY: PETRONAS Young Lawyers Association.
