28-Aug-2008

REDESIGNATION

Deputy Chairman

Chairman

Chairman

Executive

47

Malaysian

Tunku Dato' Ya'acob graduated with a Bachelor of Science (Hons) Degree in Economics and Accounting from The City University, London. An accountant by training, he is a Fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales and a member of Malaysian Institute of Accountants.

Tunku Dato' Ya'acob started his career as an Auditor with Price Waterhouse in London from 1982 to 1985 and subsequently joined Price Waterhouse Kuala Lumpur from 1986 to 1987. He joined Malaysian Assurance Alliance Berhad ("MAAB") as Chief General Manager in 1987 and was appointed as director on 19 December 1990 and became the principal officer and managing director of MAAB from 28 April 1995 to 1 May 2000. He then, was redesignated as Chairman on 1 May 2000 and subsequently resigned as Director in December 2007. He currently holds the position of Executive Chairman of Melewar Industrial Group Berhad and Chairman of Mycron Steel Berhad.

Tunku Dato’ Ya’acob sits on the executive board of several trade associations, specifically, the Federation of Public Listed Companies (FPLC) as Vice President and the Federation of Malaysia Unit Trust Managers (FMUTM) as Chairman.

He is also a member of the Board of Trustees for MAA Medicare Kidney Charity Fund and The Budimas Charitable Foundation.

Tunku Dato' Ya'acob is a Board Member of Mycron Steel Berhad, Melewar Industrial Group Berhad, Toyochem Corporation Berhad, Melewar Group Berhad, Khyra Legacy Berhad, MAAKL Mutual Berhad, Gindalbie Metals Ltd (listed on the Australian Stock Exchange), Maveric Ltd (listed on the Singapore Exchange Ltd) and Ithmaar Bank (listed on the Bahrain Stock Exchange).

Tunku Dato' Ya'acob is the brother to Tunku Yahaya @ Yahya bin Almarhum Tunku Tan Sri Abdullah who is a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company.

Direct Interest: 1,237,500 shares (0.41%)
Indirect Interest: 104,201,384 shares (34.24%)