04-Nov-2009

RESIGNATION

Member of Audit Committee

Independent & Non Executive

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Malaysian

He completed his high school studies at the Royal Military College of Malaysia in 1969 and graduated from the University of Malaya in economics, in 1972. He is also a holder of Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School, USA.

From 1973 to 1982, he served with the Economics Planning Unit of Malaysia in positions relating to human resource development, econometrics, macroeconomic planning and application of IT to development planning. Subsequently from 1983 to 1988, he was the corporate planner, company secretary and assistant to the chairman of Guthrie group of companies. From 1983 to 1992, he served as the managing director for Batu Lintang Rubber Company Berhad ("Batu Lintang"), overseeing its turnaround and subsequent re-listing on Bursa Securities. Concurrently with his tenure at Batu Lintang, he also served as a director of Arthur D Little Malaysia, providing consultancy services in privatisation, telecommunications and IT within the ASEAN region.

From 1993 to 1997, he served as director, research and development of the Securities Commission of Malaysia where he oversaw law and regulatory reform, market development, IT, economic research and the development of the Islamic Capital Market. He also served on the board of the Labuan Offshore Financial Services Authority. During this time, he also served as a consultant to the governments of Vietnam and Bahrain in relation to the development of their capital markets.

From 1997 to 2002, he served as the founding chairman of MESDAQ where he laid the foundations of the market prior to its merging with Bursa Securities.

Currently he served on the board of a number of public companies. He is chairman of VisDynamics Holdings Berhad and BCT Technology Berhad, and is an independent director of Symphony House Berhad, Kuwait Finance House (M) Berhad and Apollo Hospital Enterprise Ltd (Chennai).

He is a fellow of the Malaysian Institute of Banks and a life member of the Malaysian Economic Association.

Symphony House Berhad
Kuwait Finance House (M) Berhad
VisDynamics Holdings Berhad
BCT Technology Berhad

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Direct - 153,000 ordinary shares of RM0.10 each

Ong Boon Kee - Chairman, Independent Non-Executive Director

Dr Tay Chuan Hui - Member, Independent Non-Executive Director