Annual Reports & Corporate Governance Reports

Academic/Professional Qualifications:

• Master of Science Degree, University of Kentucky, United States
• Bachelor of Arts Degree, California State University Chico, United States

Working Experience:

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.

Academic/Professional Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical & Electronic), Plymouth Polytechnic, United Kingdom
• Diploma in Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Working Experience:

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.

Academic/Professional Qualifications:

• Master of Science in Facilities Management, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
• Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
• Certified, Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management, United Kingdom

Working Experience:

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.

Academic/Professional Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Sunderland University, United Kingdom

Working Experience:

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.

Academic/Professional Qualifications:

• Masters in Business Admin, University of Bradford, England
• Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) (Civil and Structural Engineering), University of Bradford, England
• Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales (ICAEW)
• Diploma in Corporate Treasury, Association of Corporate Treasurers, United Kingdom
• Postgraduate Diploma in Islamic Studies, International Islamic University, Malaysia

Working Experience:

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.

Academic/Professional Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Commerce (Hons) from Bombay University, India
• Member of Chartered Accountants of India
• Member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA)
• Fellow Member of Singapore Society of Accountants

Working Experience:

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).

Academic/Professional Qualifications:

• Master of Law (LLM) from Inns of Court School of Law, City University of London, UK
• Master of Business Administration Global Programs from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT Sloan School of Management, US
• Master of Business Administration from Asia School of Business in collaboration with MIT Sloan, US
• Bachelor of Law from University of Manchester, UK

Working Experience:

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.