01-Mar-2005

APPOINTMENT

Chairman

Independent & Non Executive

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Malaysian

Tan Sri Adam holds a Master of Laws degree, obtained in 2004, from the University of London. He had earlier obtained a Master of Science from Ohio University, USA in 1973 after graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Malaya in 1967. He completed a programme in Advance Management in Harvard University Business School, USA in 1981.

Tan Sri Adam began his illustrious career as a
Producer in the then Ministry of Broadcasting &
Information in 1967 right after his graduation. He
joined the Selangor Economic Development Corporation
(PKNS) as Assistant Secretary in 1970. He left to join
Aseambankers in 1973 as a Manager. He moved on to
PERNAS Group of Companies as General Manager and
Director from 1975 to 1981. From 1982-1986, he became
an Entrepreneur with his own business enterprise
called Wineka Group.

He sat on the Board of various companies including
Malaysia General Investments Corporation Berhad,
Federal Agricultural Marketing Authority (FAMA) and
Lembaga Kemajuan Perusahaan Pertanian Pahang. He was
elected a Member of Parliament (MP) in 1986 and made a
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Land and
Regional Development in 1987. He was subsequently
elected as a Senator and President of the Senate in
1990. Between 1994 and 1996, he also acted as
President of both the International Parliamentary
Union (IPU) Malaysia Chapter and Commonwealth
Parliamentary Association. In 1997 he returned to
Wineka Group after the expiry of his term in the
Senate.

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