14-Oct-2009

APPOINTMENT

Chairman & Director

Independent & Non Executive

62

Malaysian

Graduate of the Royal New Zealand Air Force Command and Staff College
Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration and Masters Degree in Operational Research and Systems Analysis from University of Aston in Birmingham, United Kingdom

General Dato' Sri Hj. Suleiman joined the Federation Military College in January 1965, and was commissioned into the Royal Malaysian Air Force on August 5, 1965. He did his basic flying training at the RMAF Flying Training School in Alor Setar, graduating in August 1966. He then went on to fly the Alouette III helicopters and in 1968, qualified as a helicopter instructor after completing an instructors course in the United Kingdom.

He has a vast experience as a pilot having flown helicopters, fixed wing transport and fighter aircrafts. He had served as a Squadron Commander of the Sikorsky S-61 Helicopter Squadron and the Dart Herald Transport Squadron. He also flew the C-130H Hercules, the Aermacchi MB-339, the F-5E and the CN-235-220.

Throughout his career, Dato' Sri has been assigned to several staff and operational appointments, and of importance was his appointment as the Director of Armed Forces Development Plans in the Malaysian Armed Forces Headquarters. In 1989, he was appointed the Base Commander of RMAF Base, Butterworth, a fighter Operational Air Base. Later, he was assigned as the Commander of the RMAF Air Training Command. He was then promoted to Brigadier General RMAF and took over command of No.1 Air Division, an Air Defence (and Fighter) Command. He later moved to the post of Brigadier General Staff (Operations) at the Air Force Headquarters in Kuala Lumpur. On his promotion to Major General RMAF in June 1994, he was appointed as the Chief of Staff Operations and later on, was assigned as the Chief of Staff Policy and Plans. In August 1996, he assumed the post of the Deputy Chief of Air Force, and was upgraded to the rank of Lieutenant General RMAF on the same post, in June 2000.

Dato' Sri Suleiman was promoted to the rank of General RMAF and assumed the appointment of the Chief of the Royal Malaysian Air Force on June 11, 2001. He retired on June 4, 2003 at the age of 56.

Since his retirement, he has been on the Board of Directors of several companies; amongst them are Affin Securities Bhd, Malaysian Alliance Assurance Holdings Bhd, Malaysian Alliance Assurance Bhd, Composites Technologies Research Malaysia Sdn Bhd and Ericsson (M) Bhd.

1. Malaysian Alliance Assurance Holdings Bhd
2. Malaysian Alliance Assurance Bhd
3. Ericsson (M) Bhd.

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