He graduated with a Diploma in Agriculture in 1954 from College of Agriculture, Serdang and pursued his Bachelor of Science degree in Economics with Statistics at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth in the United Kingdom in 1958 and also Diploma in Business Administration (IMEDE), Lausanne, Switzerland in 1964.
He has a distinguished career in the Malaysian Civil Service. Among the top posts he held were First Director, Mara Institute of Technology (1965-1975), Deputy Governor of Bank Negara Malaysia (1975-1977), Deputy Director-General in the Economic Planning Unit of the Prime Ministers Department (1977-1978) and Secretary-General in the Ministry of Primary Industries (1978), Ministry of Agriculture (1979-1981) and Ministry of Land and Regional Development (1981-1983). His current directorships in public companies include Kulim (Malaysia) Berhad, Tomypak Holdings Berhad, Top Glove Corporation Berhad, Bistari Johor Berhad and Karex Berhad.
Encik Azhari Arshad who is an Executive Director of the Company is his son. He has no family relationship with the other Directors and/or major shareholder of the Company.
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Ordinary Shares Direct: 24,831,925 Indirect: 15,202,000 Warrants Direct: 4,453,385 Indirect: 2,644,000