Group Corporate Structure 14 Corporate Data 15 Board of Directors 16 Profile of the Directors 18 Senior Management 22 Profile of the Senior Management 23 Profile of Directors for Major Operating Units of the Group 24 Corporate
Group Corporate Structure 14
Corporate Data 15
Board of Directors 16
Profile of the Directors 18
Senior Management 22
Profile of the Senior Management 23
Profile of Directors for MajorOperating Units of the Group 24 Corporate
CAV Private Equity Management Sdn Bhd• Commerce-Meridian Capital Sdn Bhd (Jointly controlled entity)
Commerce Technology Ventures Sdn Bhd• Tacara Sdn Bhd• Dbix Systems Sdn Bhd• Explorium (M) Sdn BhdTitan Setup Sdn Bhd• Goodmaid Chemical Corporation Sdn Bhd• Goodmaid Marketing Sdn Bhd• EQ Industry Supplies Sdn BhdFortlab Holdings Sdn Bhd• Fortune Laboratories Sdn Bhd
• Fortune Organics (F.E.) Sdn Bhd• Polyscience Manufacturing Sdn BhdScan Associates Sdn BhdSesama Medical College Management Sdn Bhd (Associate company)
Hicks-Woode Corporate Services Sdn Bhd (Associate company)
IHS Innovations Sdn Bhd (Associate company)
Meru Utama Sdn Bhd (Associate company)
Evermal Resources Sdn Bhd (Associate company)
Upeca Engineering Sdn Bhd (Associate company)
Commerce International Merchant Bankers Berhad• CIMB Holdings Sdn Bhd
• CIMB Securities Sdn Bhd• CIMSEC Nominees Sdn Bhd• CIMSEC Nominees (Asing) Sdn Bhd• CIMSEC Nominees (Tempatan) Sdn Bhd
• CIMB Securities (Hong Kong) Limited• CIMB Futures Sdn Bhd• CIMB Nominees (Tempatan) Sdn Bhd• CIMB Nominees (Asing) Sdn Bhd• CIMB Discount House Berhad• CIMB (L) Limited
• Halyconia Asia Fund Limited (British Virgin Islands)• PT CIMB Niaga Securities (Indonesia)
• CIMB Private Equity General Partner Limited• CIMB Mezzanine General Partner Limited• Navis-CIMB General Partner Ltd (Associate company)
CIMB Private Equity Sdn Bhd• CIMB PE 1 Sdn Bhd• CIMB Mezzanine 1 Sdn Bhd (Associate company)
• Sesama Medical College Management Sdn Bhd (Associate company)
CIMB ShareTech Sdn Bhd• ShareTech Nominees (Asing) Sdn Bhd• ShareTech Nominees (Tempatan) Sdn BhdCommerce Asset Fund Managers Sdn BhdCIMB-Principal Asset Management Berhad (formerly known as Commerce TrustBerhad)
CIMB Real Estate Sdn Bhd• CIMB-Mapletree Management Sdn Bhd• CMREF 1 Sdn Bhd (formerly known as First Century Dynamics Sdn Bhd)
(Associate Company)
CIMB Group Sdn BhdCIMB-GK Pte Ltd (Singapore)• CIMB-GK Securities Pte Ltd (Singapore)
• CIMB-GK Research Pte Ltd (Singapore)• CIMB-GK Securities (UK) Ltd (United Kingdom)• CIMB-GK Securities (HK) Ltd (Hong Kong)
• CIMB-GK Securities (HK) Nominees Ltd (Hong Kong)• PT CIMB-GK Securities Indonesia (Indonesia)
(formerly known as PT GK Goh Indonesia)
Bumiputra-Commerce Bank BerhadCIMB BerhadCommerce Asset Ventures Sdn BhdCommerce Asset Realty Sdn BhdCommerce Capital (Labuan) LtdCommerce Asset Nominees Sdn BhdCommerce International Group BerhadCommerce Assurance BerhadCommerce Life Assurance BerhadCommerce Takaful BerhadPT Bank Niaga Tbk (Indonesia)
PT Commerce Kapital (Indonesia)
Rangkaian Segar Sdn Bhd (Associate company)
PT Niaga Aset ManajemenPT Saseka Gelora FinancePT Asuransi Cigna (Associate company)
Bumiputra-Commerce Holdings Berhad
Group Corporate Structure
BOC Nominees Sdn BhdBOC Nominees (Tempatan) Sdn BhdBOC Nominees (Asing) Sdn BhdBumiputra-Commerce Nominees Sdn BhdBumiputra-Commerce Nominees (Tempatan) Sdn BhdBumiputra-Commerce Nominees (Asing) Sdn BhdBumiputra-Commerce Finance Berhad• I-Prestige Sdn Bhd• Proton Commerce Sdn Bhd (Jointly controlled entity)
Bumiputra-Commerce Trustee BerhadBumiputra-Commerce Trust Limited• Bumiputra-Commerce Corporate Services LimitedBBMB Unit Trust Management BerhadBumiputra-Commerce FactorsLease BerhadBumiputra-Commerce Bank (L) LimitedSemerak Services Sdn BhdBBMB Securities (Holdings) Sdn BhdEPIC-I Sdn BhdSouth East Asian Bank Ltd (Mauritius)
Bumiputra-Commerce International Trust (Labuan) BerhadCommerce TIJARI Bank Berhad
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* The above corporate structure excludes dormant companies.
as at 31 December 2005
Corporate Data
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Tan Sri Dato’ Mohd Desa PachiChairman
Dr. Rozali Mohamed AliExecutive Director/
Group Chief Executive Officer
(Retired on 1 January 2006)
Dato’ Anwar Aji
Tan Sri Datuk Asmat Kamaludin
Dato’ Mohd Salleh Mahmud
Dr. Roslan A. Ghaffar
En Izlan Izhab
En Mohd Shukri HussinManaging Director/
Group Chief Executive Officer
(Appointed on 3 January 2006)
Dato’ Mohamed Nazir Razak(Appointed on 27 January 2006)
R EG I ST R A R S
Tenaga Koperat Sdn Bhd
Tingkat 20, Plaza Permata
Jalan Kampar
Off Jalan Tun Razak
50400 Kuala Lumpur
Tel: 03-4041 6522
Fax: 03-4042 6352
STOCK EXCHANGE LISTING
Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad
(Bumiputra-Commerce Holdings Berhad
was listed on Main Board on
3 November 1987)
REGI STERED OFFICE
12th Floor, Commerce Square
Jalan Semantan
Damansara Heights
50490 Kuala Lumpur
Tel: 03-2093 5333
Fax: 03-2093 3335
www.commerz.com.my
JOINT COMPANY SECRETARIE S
En Jamil Hajar Abdul Muttalib
(LS. 000656)
En Idrus Ismail(Appointed as Joint Company Secretary
on 1 August 2005)
(LS 0008400)
AUDITORS
PricewaterhouseCoopers
11th Floor, Wisma Sime Darby
Jalan Raja Laut
50350 Kuala Lumpur
Tel: 03-2693 1077
Fax: 03-2693 0997
Major Shareholders
as at 28 February 2006
19%
24%
57%
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DirectorsBoard of
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Tan Sri Dato’ Mohd Desa Pachi (Chairman)
Dr. Rozali Mohamed Ali • Dato’ Anwar Aji • Dato’ Mohamed Nazir Razak • En Mohd Shukri Hussin
Dato’ Mohd Salleh Mahmud • Dr. Roslan A. Ghaffar • En Izlan Izhab • Tan Sri Datuk Asmat Kamaludin
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Tan Sri Dato’ Mohd Desa Pachi
Aged 71, Tan Sri Dato’ Mohd Desa was appointed to the Board of BCHB on 3 September 1982 as Chairman andIndependent Non-Executive Director. He is also the Chairman of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee.Tan Sri Dato’ Mohd Desa has been identified as the Senior Independent Non-Executive Director to whomconcerns can be conveyed. Tan Sri Dato’ Mohd Desa attended all of the 12 Board Meetings held during theyear ended 31 December 2005.
He is a Chartered Accountant and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia. He studiedaccountancy in Melbourne, Australia under a Colombo Plan Scholarship. He joined Shell Group of companies in1962 and served in various capacities in Finance/Administration. From 1970 to 1976, he was in public practiceas a Chartered Accountant and was a partner of Desa Megat & Co and KPMG Peat Marwick. Subsequently, hewas appointed as the first CEO of Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB) and later served as Chairman/CEO ofMalaysia Mining Corporation Bhd, Executive Chairman of Fleet Group Sdn Bhd, Chairman/MD of The NewStraits Times Press (Malaysia) Berhad and Chairman of Sistem Televisyen Malaysia Berhad (TV3).
He sits on the Board of several private companies and the following public companies:-
YA Horng Electronic (M) Berhad, Petaling Garden Berhad, Leader Steel Holdings Berhad (Chairman), SaujanaConsolidated Berhad (Chairman), Xian Leng Holdings Berhad (Chairman), Amanah Saham Nasional Berhad,Tracoma Holdings Berhad (Chairman) and Eonmetall Group Berhad (Chairman).
Dr. Rozali Mohamed Ali
Aged 57, Dr. Rozali was appointed as a Director of the Company on 6 July 1993 and assumed the post ofExecutive Director/Group CEO in September 2004. He was the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer ofBumiputra-Commerce Bank Berhad from June 2000 to August 2004. He was also the Chairman of CIMBBerhad. He was appointed as President-Commissioner, PT Bank Niaga Tbk in November 2002. Dr. Rozali attended8 out of the 12 Board meetings held during the year ended 31 December 2005.
Dr. Rozali graduated from Brighton Polytechnic in the United Kingdom in Mechanical Engineering in 1970.He also holds MSc and Ph.D degrees from the Imperial College of Science and Technology, University ofLondon. Prior to joining Bumiputra-Commerce Holdings Berhad, Dr. Rozali was Assistant Director-General atthe Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia from 1990-1995; from 1970 – 1990 he heldvarious engineering positions with the National Electricity Board, Malaysia.
He is a member of the MIDA Council and the Malaysian Energy Commission. He also serves on the Asia PacificAdvisory Council of INSEAD, and on the Board of the International Centre for Leadership in Finance (ICLIF).
Dr. Rozali was a member of the Group Risk Management Committee and Building Committee and Chairman ofthe ESOS Committee.
Dr. Rozali retired from the Company on 1 January 2006.
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PROFILE OF THE DIRECTORS
Dato’ Anwar Aji
Aged 55, Dato’ Anwar was appointed as a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company on 1 June1999. He graduated from University Malaya with Honours in Economics in 1973 and obtained his Masters inInternational Studies from Ohio University, USA in 1982. He started his career with the Government and hasheld various posts in the Ministry of Trade and Industry, the Prime Minister’s Department and the Ministry ofFinance. He joined Khazanah Nasional Bhd in 1994 and left the company in May 2004 where his last post wasas Managing Director.
Dato’ Anwar is currently the Chairman of Faber Group Bhd and Inter Heritage (M) Sdn Bhd. He also sits on theBoard of Commerce Tijari Bank Berhad. He also sits on the Board of STLR Sdn Bhd, Sistem Transit AliranRingan Sdn Bhd and Bakun Hydro Electric Corporation Sdn Bhd.
Dato’ Anwar is a member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee. He attended 10 out of 12 BoardMeetings held during the year ended 31 December 2005.
Tan Sri Datuk Asmat Kamaludin
Tan Sri Datuk Asmat Kamaludin, aged 62, was appointed to the Board as an Independent Non-Executive Directoron 14 June 2001.
Tan Sri Datuk Asmat obtained a Bachelor of Economics (Honours) degree from the University of Malaya andlater attended a special programme on the European Economic Community in Amsterdam. Tan Sri DatukAsmat served in the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) for 35 years, and retired as its SecretaryGeneral, a position he had held for 9 years. Dealing with both domestic and international trade sectors at MITI,he has also worked with several international bodies such as ASEAN, WTO and APEC, representing Malaysiain relevant negotiations and agreements. Tan Sri Datuk Asmat has also served on the Boards of various companiesas MITI’s representative including MATRADE, SMIDEC and Perbadanan Johor.
Currently, Tan Sri Datuk Asmat is the Chairman of UMW Holdings Berhad, PANASONIC Manufacturing MalaysiaBerhad (formerly known as Matsushita Electric Company (Malaysia) Berhad), Symphony House Berhad andSCOMI Group Berhad. He also sits on the board of directors of the following public companies: MalaysianPacific Industries Berhad, Carlsberg Brewery Malaysia Berhad, Lion Industries Corporation Berhad, YTL CementBerhad (as Vice Chairman) and Permodalan Nasional Berhad. Tan Sri Datuk Asmat is also the Chairman ofSalwan Corporation Berhad, Trans-Asia Shipping Corporation Berhad and Compugates Holdings Berhad.
Tan Sri Datuk Asmat is the Chairman of the Audit Committee and the Group Risk Management Committee.He is also a member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee. Tan Sri Datuk Asmat attended 10 out ofthe 12 Board Meetings held during the year ended 31 December 2005.
Dato’ Mohd Salleh Mahmud
Aged 54, Dato’ Mohd Salleh was appointed as a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company on27 February 2001. He graduated from University of Malaya with Honours in Accounting in 1976 and obtainedhis Master in Business Administration in 1991. He started his career in 1976 in the Foreign Investment Committee,Economic Planning Unit, Prime Minister’s Department and was made the Chief Accountant of Pension Division,Public Services Department in 1981. He has served in the Accountant General Department since 1996 and wasappointed as the Accountant General Malaysia in May 2005. Currently, Dato’ Mohd Salleh sits on the Board ofTime dotCom Berhad and Syarikat Ladang Rakyat Trengganu Sdn Bhd. Dato’ Mohd Salleh is a member of theAudit Committee, Group Risk Management Committee and Chairman of the Building Committee.
Dato’ Mohd Salleh attended 10 of the 12 Board Meetings held during the year ended 31 December 2005.
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PROFILE OF THE DIRECTORS
Dr. Roslan A. Ghaffar
Dr. Roslan A. Ghaffar, 53, was appointed as a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company on3 November 2003. Dr Roslan is currently the Deputy Chief Executive Officer (Investments) of the EmployeesProvident Fund (EPF) a post he has held since July 2002.
Dr. Roslan holds a Ph.D from University of Kentucky, Lexington. He began his career as a lecturer in UniversityPutra Malaysia before his secondment to the EPF in 1994 as a Senior Director. Commencing from 1999,he was transferred permanently to the EPF.
Dr. Roslan sits on the Board of Directors of several private companies in the EPF Group and Malaysian ResourcesCorporation Berhad. Dr. Roslan also sits on the Board of Commissioners of P.T Bank Niaga Tbk. He has attended11 out of the 12 Board Meetings held during the year ended 31 December 2005.
En Izlan Izhab
En Izlan Izhab, aged 60, was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director of BCHB on 26 July 2004.En Izlan is also appointed as a member of the Audit Committee and chairs the Building Tender Committee forthe year ended 31 December 2005.
En Izlan holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of London and attended the Advanced ManagementProgram of the University of Hawaii. He began his career as an Assistant Legal Officer at Majlis AmanahRakyat. He was Company Secretary of Kompleks Kewangan Malaysia Berhad (1 April 1975 - 31 July 1978) andof Permodalan Nasional Berhad (1978 - 31 December 1984).
From 1985 to 2000, En Izlan was attached with the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange, with his last post as ExecutiveVice President, Corporate and Legal Affairs. He sits on the Board of Directors of the following public companies:Apex Equity Holdings Berhad, Nexnews Berhad, OSK-UOB Unit Trust Management Berhad, Ramunia HoldingsBerhad, Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad and N2N Connect Berhad (as Chairman). En Izlan is also Chairmanof Commerce Takaful Berhad. He is a member of Bursa Malaysia Berhad’s Appeals Committee. En Izlan attendedall 12 Board meetings held during the year.
En Mohd Shukri Hussin
En Mohd Shukri, aged 51, has been the Chief Operating Officer of BCHB since February 2003. He was appointedas Managing Director/Group CEO on 3 January 2006. He holds a Bachelor of Economics (Hons) Degree fromthe University of Malaya and qualified as a Chartered Accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants inEngland and Wales (ICAEW).
He is also a Director of Commerce Capital (Labuan) Limited since 2 August 2004 and was appointed as aDirector of Commerce Tijari Bank Berhad on 2 November 2004. He has held various senior positions withinBCHB Group including as Chief Executive Officer of Bank Muamalat Malaysia Berhad from 1999 to 2003 andChief Executive Officer of CIMB Securities Sdn Bhd from 1992 to 1999.
He is a member of Group Risk Management Committee and Building Committee and Chairman of the ESOSCommittee since 27 January 2006.
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PROFILE OF THE DIRECTORS
Dato’ Mohamed Nazir Razak
Dato’ Mohamed Nazir Razak, aged 39, is the Group Chief Executive/Managing Director of CIMB Group. He wasappointed as a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company on 27 January 2006.
Dato’ Mohamed Nazir graduated from University of Bristol with a BSc (Hons) and obtained a Master of Philosophyfrom the University of Cambridge. He joined CIMB’s Corporate Advisory department in 1989 and managedvarious fund raising, privatisations, listings and corporate restructuring exercises. In 1993, he was transferredto CIMB’s wholly-owned subsidiary CIMB Securities where he rose to Executive Director with responsibility forits institutional business comprising equities research, sales and dealing. He moved back to CIMB as DeputyChief Executive on 1 June 1996 and was appointed as a Director on 15 November 1996. He became ChiefExecutive on 1 June 1999.
Dato’ Mohamed Nazir is a member of the Investment Panel of the Employees Provident Fund, the SecuritiesCommission’s Capital Market Advisory Council and the Asia Business Council. He is also a director of CIMB-GKPte Ltd, Bumiputra-Commerce Bank Berhad, the Multimedia Development Corporation and the Kuala LumpurBusiness Club. He was Chairman of the Industry Action Committee to set up MESDAQ, the stock exchange forhigh growth companies and a member of the Advisory Panel for Bank Negara’s Financial Services Master Plan.He is President of University of Bristol Alumni Association and a trustee of the Rahah Foundation.
In 2005, Dato’ Mohamed Nazir was named the “Visionaries & Leaders Series” honoree for Southeast Asia.He was the winner of the Malaysia’s CEO of the Year Award 2004 organised by Business Times and AmericanExpress Global Corporate Services. He was also named one of the “25 Stars of Asia” by BusinessWeekmagazine and one of the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders.
Note to Profile of Directors:-
1) All members of the BCHB Board are Malaysians.
2) None of the Directors has:-
– Any family relationship with any Director and/or major shareholder of BCHB.
– Any conflict of interest with BCHB.
– Any conviction of offences within the past 10 years other than traffic offences.
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from left to right
En Mohd Shukri Hussin
Managing Director/Group Chief Executive Officer (appointed on 3 January 2006)
Dr. Rozali Mohamed Ali
Executive Director/
Group Chief Executive Officer (retired on 1 January 2006)
En Jamil Hajar Abdul Muttalib
Executive Vice President/Company Secretary
Dato’ Halim Muhamat
Group Corporate Advisor (resigned on 31 January 2006)
En Idrus Ismail
Senior Vice President (Legal & Secretarial)/Joint Company Secretary
En Aznam Shahuddin
Senior Vice President (Planning and Risk Management)
En Zamri Mohd Radzi
Senior Vice President (Corporate Services)
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Senior Management
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Profile of the Senior Management
Dr. Rozali Mohamed Ali
Executive Director/Group Chief Executive Officer (Retired on 1 January 2006)
(Profile as per Bumiputra-Commerce Holdings Berhad’s Board of
Directors)
En Mohd Shukri Hussin
Managing Director/Group Chief Executive Officer (Appointed on 3 January 2006)
(Profile as per Bumiputra-Commerce Holdings Berhad’s Board of
Directors)
En Jamil Hajar Abdul Muttalib
Executive Vice President/Company Secretary
En Jamil, aged 55, holds a Bachelor of Laws Degree (University
of London) and is a Barrister-at-Law (Lincoln’s Inn, London). He is
currently the Executive Vice President/Company Secretary of
BCHB. He served in the Malaysian Government’s judicial and legal
service for nine years as a magistrate, sessions judge, deputy
public prosecutor and senior federal counsel before joining Fleet
Group Sdn Bhd in 1985 as its Legal Advisor and Company
Secretary. He was also the Legal Advisor and Company Secretary
of Renong Berhad from 1990 to 1992. He has spent more than
14 years with BCHB Group. He is presently the Chairman of
Commerce Asset Ventures Sdn Bhd, a Director of Commerce
Assurance Berhad, Commerce Life Assurance Berhad, Commerce
Takaful Berhad, Commerce International Group Berhad and
Commerce Capital (Labuan) Limited.
Dato’ Halim Muhamat
Group Corporate Advisor (Resigned on 31 January 2006)
Dato’ Halim, aged 58, was appointed as Group Corporate Advisor
in February 2004. Dato’ Halim had a long and distinguished career
at Bank Bumiputra Malaysia Berhad which he joined in 1967.
He served as Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer of
BCB before his appointment as Group Corporate Advisor at BCHB.
He is at present the Chairman of Commerce International Group
Berhad and a Director of Commerce Assurance Berhad,
Commerce Life Assurance Berhad, Commerce Takaful Berhad
and a member of the Board of Commissioners of PT Bank Niaga.
En Idrus Ismail
Senior Vice President, Legal & Secretarial/Joint Company Secretary
En Idrus, aged 52, graduated in law from the National University
of Singapore in 1987, and in economics from Universiti Malaya in
1977. Starting out as a management executive with PETRONAS
Berhad, he had a stint with Business Times as a journalist before
taking up law. Since 1988, he was company secretary/In House
Counsel to two financial institutions (Ban Hin Lee Bank Berhad
and Bank Muamalat Malaysia Berhad) prior to joining BCHB in
August 2005.
En Aznam Shahuddin
Senior Vice President, Planning & Risk Management
En Aznam, aged 41, joined BCHB in May 2001. He graduated in
accountancy from University of Central England, Birmingham and
qualified as a Chartered Accountant with the Institute of Chartered
Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW). Prior to joining BCHB,
he served at Perbadanan Nasional Berhad and Scomi Engineering
Berhad (formerly known as Bell & Order Berhad).
En Zamri Mohd Radzi
Senior Vice President, Corporate Services
En Zamri, aged 35, holds a Bachelor of Accountancy (Hons) degree
from International Islamic University, Malaysia. He is a qualified
Chartered Accountant and is a member of the Malaysian Institute
of Accountants. Prior to joining BCHB in August 1998, he was an
auditor with a public accounting firm, Coopers & Lybrand.
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF BUMIPUTR A-COMMERCE BANK BERHAD
Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Haidar Mohamed Nor
Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Haidar, aged 66, was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Chairman of
BCB on 3 May 2005, taking over from Tan Sri Radin Soenarno Al-Haj who retired on 12 April 2005.
He is the Chairman of the Risk Management Committee and the Nominating Committee.
Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Haidar was the Chief Judge of Malaya from December 2002 until November
2004, and has a long and distinguished record of service with the Malaysian judiciary.
Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Haidar, qualified as a Barrister-at-Law from Lincoln’s Inn, United Kingdom in 1966,
began his service with the Magistrate Court in Kuala Lumpur in February 1967. He then became
Senior Federal Counsel with the Attorney General’s Chambers in Kuala Lumpur and this was followed
with appointments as Senior President at the Sessions Court in Pulau Pinang, Alor Setar and Kuala
Lumpur between 1974 and 1980. Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Haidar had also held the position as State Legal
Adviser in Pulau Pinang and Perak.
After becoming Chief Registrar at the Supreme Court in Kuala Lumpur in 1983, he served as Judge
at the High Courts in Kuching, Johor Bahru and Kuala Lumpur until January 1998. He was Judge at
the Court of Appeal and the Federal Court of Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur before being appointed
Chief Judge of Malaya from 2002 until his retirement in November 2004.
Prior to his appointment as Chairman of BCB’s Board of Directors, Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Haidar was the
Chairman of the Financial Mediation Bureau, an independent body with members from the financial
institutions and financial services providers. The Bureau helps to settle certain financial disputes as
an alternative to the courts.
Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Haidar is also Chairman of Bumiputra-Commerce Trustee Berhad and Bumiputra-
Commerce Trust Limited, subsidiary companies of BCB. He is also a Trustee of the Perdana Leadership
Foundation.
Tan Sri G.K. Rama Iyer
Aged 73, Tan Sri G.K. Rama Iyer has been an Independent Non-Executive Director of BCB since
June 1987. He is Chairman of the Audit Committees of BCB and Bumiputra-Commerce Bank (L)
Limited, a subsidiary of BCB. In addition, he is Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a
member of the Nominating Committee and the Risk Management Committee.
Tan Sri Rama holds a Master’s degree in Public Administration from Harvard University, USA and a
B.A. Hons. (Econs) degree from University of Malaya (Singapore). He has also completed the
Advanced Management Programme course at Harvard Business School.
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During his 30 years’ career in the civil service, he had been Secretary-General of the Ministry of
General Planning and Social Economic Research, the Ministry of Works and Utilities and the Ministry
of Primary Industries. He was also the first Chairman of Malaysian Airline System and a Director of
Malaysian International Shipping Corporation.
Tan Sri Rama is also a Director of Bumiputra-Commerce Bank (L) Limited, YTR Harta Sdn Bhd and
Maritime Institute of Malaysia.
Dato’ Dr. Mohamad Zawawi Ismail
Dato’ Dr. Mohamad Zawawi Ismail, aged 59, joined the Board as an Independent Non-Executive
Director in October 2001. He is also a member of the Remuneration Committee, the Nominating
Committee, the Audit Committee and the Risk Management Committee.
Dato’ Dr. Zawawi gained both his degree and doctorate in electronic engineering from Leeds
University, England, in 1969 and 1972 respectively. In 1996, he received the honorary degree of
Doctor of Engineering from Leeds University, England. He is a Foundation Fellow of the Academy
of Sciences Malaysia, a Professional Engineer and a Member of the Institute of Engineers Malaysia,
and a Fellow of The Institute of Physics Malaysia for which he served as its President for many
years.
Dato’ Dr. Zawawi was Professor of Electronic Engineering and the founding Vice-Chancellor of
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas), a position he held from October 1992 until December 2000.
Other previous appointments include Deputy Director-General, Mimos, Dean of Engineering, and
Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. He still maintains links with academia
through being an adjunct Professor of the Department of S&T University of Malaya, Chairman Board
of Governors Inti College, and a member of the Board of Governors of International Medical University.
Dato’ Dr. Zawawi had served several national bodies including National Information Technology
Council, National Aerospace Council, National Scientific Research and Development Council, and
National Higher Education Council. He was once advisor to both the National Science Centre and
National Planetarium. He is currently a Council Member of the Academy of Sciences Malaysia and
Chairman of the IRPA Strategic Research Committee of the Ministry of Science, Technology and
Innovation.
He is currently Chairman of EPIC-I Sdn. Bhd. He is also a Director of Commerce Asset Ventures
Sdn. Bhd., a subsidiary of BCHB. In addition, Dato’ Dr. Zawawi is the Chairman of Mesiniaga Berhad
and of Inti Universal Holdings Berhad, both listed companies, and also sits on the Boards of several
other private companies.
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Datuk Dr. Syed Muhamad Syed Abdul Kadir
Aged 59, Datuk Dr. Syed Muhamad Syed Abdul Kadir was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive
Director of BCB on 8 April 2004. Datuk Dr. Syed is a member of the Remuneration Committee,
the Nominating Committee and the Audit Committee.
Datuk Dr. Syed graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) from the University of Malaya in 1971.
He obtained a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Massachussets, USA in
1977 and proceeded to obtain a Ph.D (Business Management) from Virginia Polytechnic Institute
and State University, USA in 1986. In 2005, he obtained a Bachelor of Jurisprudence (Hons) from
the University of Malaya.
He started his career in 1973 as Senior Project Officer, School of Financial Management at the
National Institute of Public Administration (INTAN) and held various positions before his final
appointment as Deputy Director (Academic). In November 1988 he joined the Ministry of Education
as Secretary of Higher Education and thereafter assumed the post of Deputy Secretary (Foreign
and Domestic Borrowing, Debt Management) Finance Division Federal Treasury. From 1993 to
1997, he joined the Board of Directors Asian Development Bank, Manila, Philippines first as Alternate
Executive Director and later as Executive Director. Datuk Dr. Syed then joined the Ministry of Finance
as Secretary, Tax Analysis Division and later became Deputy Secretary General (Operations).
Prior to his retirement, Datuk Dr. Syed was Secretary General, Ministry of Human Resource.
During his career, he wrote and presented many papers relating to Human Resources Development.
His special achievement was that his dissertation “A Study on Board of Directors and Organisational
Effectiveness” was published by Garland Publisher, Inc. of New York in 1991.
Datuk Dr. Syed is a Director of Bumiputra-Commerce Bank (L) Limited. In addition he is Chairman of
Commerce Tijari Bank Berhad, the Islamic Banking subsidiary of BCB. He is also a Director of
Export-Import Bank of Malaysia Berhad, Euro Holdings Berhad and Solutions Engineering Holdings
Berhad. In addition he holds directorship in a number of private companies.
Dato’ Mohamed Nazir Razak
(As per Bumiputra-Commerce Holdings Berhad‘s Profile of Directors)
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CIMBDr. Rozali Mohamed Ali
Retired on 1 January 2006
Dato’ Halim Muhamat
Resigned on 31 January 2006
Dato’ Hamzah Bakar
Dato’ Hamzah Bakar, aged 62, was appointed as a Director of CIMB Berhad on 28 November 2002and a Director of CIMB on 26 September 2000. He is also Chairman of the Remuneration Committeeand a member of the Audit and Nomination Committees of CIMB Berhad. Presently, he is theChairman of SapuraCrest Petroleum Berhad (formerly known as Crest Petroleum Berhad) and itssubsidiary, Sapura Energy Sdn Bhd, a Director of Scomi Group Berhad and its subsidiaries, KotaMinerals & Chemicals Sdn Bhd and KMC Oiltools Bermuda Ltd. He is also a member of the Boardof Commissioners of PT Bank Niaga Tbk and the Board of UEM World Berhad. He served for 20years in various senior management and Board positions in Petroliam Nasional Berhad (“Petronas”),including Senior Vice President for Refining and Marketing, Senior Vice President for CorporatePlanning & Development and Main Board Director. Prior to Petronas, he was a Director of theEconomic Planning Unit in the Prime Minister’s Department. He holds a BSc (Hons) in Economicsfrom the Queen’s University of Belfast and an MA in Public Policy and Administration, withDevelopment Economics, from the University of Wisconsin.
Dato’ Zainal Abidin Putih
Dato’ Zainal Abidin Putih, aged 60, was appointed as a Director of CIMB Berhad on 11 July 2003. Healso sits on the Board of CIMB, and is the Chairman of the Audit and Nomination Committees, anda member of the Remuneration Committee. He has extensive experience in audit, managementconsulting and taxation, having been involved as a practising accountant throughout his career. Hewas the Chairman of Pengurusan Danaharta Nasional Berhad up to 31 December 2005. He is currentlythe Chairman of the Malaysian Accounting Standards Board and sits on the Boards of Esso MalaysiaBerhad and Tenaga Nasional Berhad. He is also a Trustee of the National Heart Institute. He was anAdviser with Ernst & Young Malaysia until his retirement on 31 December 2004 and was formerlythe Managing Partner of Hanafiah Raslan & Mohamad, past President of the Malaysian Institute ofCertified Public Accountants and previously served as a member of the Malaysian Communication& Multimedia Commission. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant from the Institute of CharteredAccountants of England and Wales and is a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants andthe Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
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Dato’ Mohamed Nazir Razak
(As per Bumiputra-Commerce Holdings Berhad‘s Profile of Directors)
Robert Cheim Dau Meng
Robert Cheim Dau Meng, aged 54, was appointed as a Director of CIMB Berhad on 11 June 2002and CIMB on 17 January 1992. He is presently the Executive Director of CIMB and Chairman ofCIMB Securities Sdn Bhd and CIMB Futures Sdn Bhd. He joined CIMB in 1984 and held the positionof Head of Corporate Finance, General Manager and Executive Director, before assuming the positionof Chief Executive Officer from 1993 to 1999. Prior to joining CIMB, he served in various capacitieswith the former United Asian Bank Berhad (now known as Bumiputra-Commerce Bank Berhad)between 1977 to 1984, holding the positions of Operations Manager, Audit Manager, Branch Managerand Senior Manager of the Planning and Accounts division. He has also worked in several accountingfirms in London. He is also a Director of CIMB-GK Pte Ltd and is currently the Chairman andIndependent Non-Executive Director of Tanjong Plc. He is a Fellow of the Institute of CharteredAccountants of England and Wales and a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants.
Zahardin Omardin
Zahardin Omardin, aged 61, was appointed as a Director of CIMB Berhad and CIMB on 5 May 2004.He also sits on the Boards of CIMB Discount House Berhad, CIMB (L) Limited and CIMB SecuritiesSdn Bhd. He is presently a Partner of Messrs. Chew Kar Meng, Zahardin & Partners and has previouslyserved on the Boards of various companies including Rakyat First Merchant Bankers Berhad.He was formerly the Head of Legal and Secretarial Department/Company Secretary of Rothmans ofPall Mall (Malaysia) Berhad (now known as British American Tobacco (M) Berhad). He qualified as aBarrister-at-Law from the Inns of Court School of Law, United Kingdom in 1973. Upon graduation,he worked at The Royal Courts of Justice and the Tax Office in London, after which he returned toMalaysia to practise law.
Cezar P. Consing
Cezar P. Consing, aged 45, a Philippine national, was appointed as an Independent Non-ExecutiveDirector of CIMB Berhad on 5 October 2004. Mr. Consing is one of the most experienced Asianinternational investment bankers. He was with JP Morgan for 19 years and headed its InvestmentBanking Division for Asia Pacific until May 2004. He is currently a partner of The Rohatyn Group,a New York based funds management company specialising in emerging markets, where heco-heads its Asian operations from Hong Kong.
Mr. Consing is a graduate in Economics (Magna Cum Laude) of De La Salle University and holdsa M.A. in Applied Economics from The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, U.S.A.
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BOARD OF COMMI SSIONERS OF PT BANK NIAGA TBK
Dr. Rozali Mohamed Ali – President Commissioner (Retired on1 January 2006)
(As per Bumiputra-Commerce Holdings Berhad‘s Profile ofDirectors)
Gunarni Soeworo – Vice President Commissioner
Vice President Commissioner of PT Bank Niaga Tbk since June2000. Since 1987 Ms Gunarni Soeworo has held a number ofsenior management positions in her career at Bank Niagaculminating in serving as President Director from June 1994 toMarch 1999, at which point she joined the Board ofCommissioners.
Ms. Soeworo serves as a Commissioner at Bank Mandiri Tbk,Chairperson of National Private Sector Bank AssociationCounselors (Perbanas) and member of National Board of theIndonesian Bankers’ Institute (IBI). Ms Soeworo was formerChairperson of the Banking Compartment of the IndonesianChamber of Trade and Commerce (Kadin Indonesia) and ViceChairperson of National Committee for Corporate Governance.
Sigid Moerkardjono
Commissioner of PT Bank Niaga Tbk since June 2000. Formerlyserved as Compliance Director (March 1999 – June 2000) andComptroller (February 1999 – March 1999). Before he joined theBoard of Directors in 1999, Mr. Moerkardjono served since 1976in a variety of senior positions at the bank including Head of InternalAudit (Comptroller), Area Manager and Branch Manager.
Dato’ Hamzah Bakar
(As per CIMB’s Profile of Directors)
Prof. Roy Hendra Michael Sembel
Commissioner of PT Bank Niaga Tbk since December 2005. Heis Program Director of Universitas Bina Nusantara’s Master’sDegree Program in Financial and Investment Management.
Mr. Sembel’s qualifications include a degree from the InstitutPertanian Bogor (IPB), master degree from the Erasmus University,Rotterdam, an MBA in Finance and Banking from the Universityof Pennsylvania, USA and a Ph.D in Corporate Finance(Econometrics) from the University of Pittsburgh, USA where hewas granted professorship in Financial Economy in May 2005.
Dato’ Halim Muhamat
(As per Bumiputra-Commerce Holdings Berhad‘s Profile of SeniorManagement)
Ananda Barata
Commissioner of PT Bank Niaga Tbk since December 2003. Heis currently serving as Director at PT Perusahaan Pengelola Aset(“PPA”) (Persero), a state owned asset management company.Various executive positions were held prior to this, including thoseat the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (“IBRA”), PT BankUniversal, PT Bank Nusa Nasional, and The Chase ManhattanBank, Jakarta. He holds BSBA degree in Finance from theAmerican University, Washington DC, USA.
Dr. Roslan A. Ghaffar
(As per Bumiputra-Commerce Holdings Berhad‘s Profile ofDirectors)