28-Oct-2008

APPOINTMENT

Non-Executive Director

Independent & Non Executive

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Malaysian/Malay

B.Sc. (Accountancy) from University of Missouri, Colombia, USA;
Master of Business Administration MBA from Greenwich University, Australia

Dato’ Ahmad Shukri Tajuddin has over 23 years of experience in various capacities in the private and government sectors and has accumulated vast experience in the areas of property, construction, business and technology development.

He was appointed to the Kulim Technology Park Corporation’s (KTPC) Board of Directors in 1996 and had served as Managing Director until 2000, when he was then appointed the Group Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer of KTPC Group of Companies.

In 1991, Dato’ Ahmad Shukri Tajuddin was one of the pioneering members in the joint feasibility study team working with the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for the establishment of the Kulim Hi-Tech Park.

As a co-founder of KTPC, he was responsible for the overall implementation of the Kulim Hi-Tech Park (KHTP) development Master Plan. Together with his team of professionals at KTPC, he has built KHTP from the ground up into one of Asia’s best science and technological parks.

Besides traveling extensively worldwide and locally to market KHTP to high tech companies, Dato’ Ahmad Shukri Tajuddin has also created upstream and downstream industrial/technological activities that are complementary towards the further development of KHTP. He enjoys strong rapport with all the multinational and local companies present in KHTP.

He is a council member of the Kulim Hi-Tech Park local authority, a member of Technology Resources Group on ICT and enabling Technology Committee. He also sits as a member in the Technical Committee to prepare and formulate the Malaysian Industrial Master Plan 3 (IMP3). Dato’ Ahmad Shukri Tajuddin is now a Technical Advisor and Head of Study Team to the Government of Zambia for the setting up of an Industrial Park in Zambia.

Dato’ Ahmad Shukri Tajuddin is a member of International Association Science Park, Asian Science Park Association and a life member of International Association of Business Leaders.

Earlier, he had served in various capacities in Kedah State Development Corporation and Darulaman Realty Sdn Bhd, the latter of which he was involved in the planning and development of the new 1200 acre Bandar Darulaman township from 1986 – 1989.

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