31-Dec-2011

RESIGNATION

Director

Independent & Non Executive

46

MALAYSIAN

ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants)

Abdul Hamid bin Sh Mohamed, aged 46, was appointed as Independent Non-Executive Director on May 7, 2007. Abdul Hamid is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. He is presently Executive Director of Symphony House Berhad, a listed business process outsourcing company, a post he has held since December 2003. Prior to that, he was Chief Financial Officer of the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (“KLSE”) now known as Bursa Malaysia. He joined the KLSE in 1998 as Senior Vice President in charge of Strategic Planning & International Affairs and was promoted to Deputy President (Strategy & Development) in 2002 and was re-designated to Chief Financial Officer in 2003. During his five years with the KLSE Group, he had diverse roles and experience in strategy, corporate finance, business transformation, finance and administration, treasury, external affairs and public relations. He led KLSE’s acquisitions of Kuala Lumpur Options and Financial Futures Exchange (KLOFFE) and Commodity and Monetary Exchange of Malaysia (COMMEX) and their merger to form the Malaysia Derivatives Exchange (MDEX), and the acquisition of MESDAQ. He also led the KLSE’s demutualisation exercise. He started his career in the accounting firm Messrs Arthur Yong, before moving on to merchant banking with Bumiputra Merchant Bankers Berhad. He later moved on to the Amanah Capital Malaysia Berhad Group, an investment banking and finance group, where he oversaw the corporate planning and finance functions until 1998 when he joined the KLSE. He also serves on the Boards of Pos Malaysia Berhad and Genesis Malaysia Maju Fund Limited as Independent Non-Executive Director and Co-Chairman of Outsourcing Malaysia, an industry trade association.

Genesis Malaysia Maju Fund Limited
Pos Malaysia Berhad
Symphony House Berhad

NIL

NIL

He holds 800,000 direct ordinary shares representing approximately 0.22% equity and 16,363,500 indirect ordinary shares representing approximately 4.5% equity in Hartalega Holdings Berhad.