15-Mar-2013

APPOINTMENT

Non-Executive Director

Independent & Non Executive

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MALAYSIAN

Encik Amirul Azhar bin Baharom holds a LLB Honours from Staffordshire University, United Kingdom.

He began his career with Cazenove & Co., a British based investment Bank, as a research analyst, where his portfolio includes the coverage of the property and building materials sectors. Thereafter, he joined the Securities Commission of Malaysia in 1999 where he was repsonsible in providing the advisory and interpretations on the Securities Laws.

In 2003, he joined BDO Capital Consultants Sdn. Bhd., the corporate finance arm of BDO Binder, one of the largest accounting firm in the world. He left BDO Capital Consultants Sdn. Bhd. as the Executive Director in 2006 but remained a Non-Executive Director till present. He thereafter formed a boutique corporate advisory service known as Solution Entity Sdn. Bhd.

In 2009, he joined KAF Fund Management Sdn. Bhd., overseeing certain portfolios. Whilst he was attached with KAF, he was requested to head Vastalux Energy Berhad, a company is listed on Bursa Malaysia.Vastalux Energy Berhad is involved in the provision of Hook Up and Commissioning in the Oil & Gas sector. At Vastalux Energy Berhad, he served as the Group Managing Director and CEO. He resigned from Vastalux Energy Berhad in 2011 and is currently running his own private practice.

He was commissioned to prepare a project paper entitled "Identifying issues related to the development of entrepreneurship as one of the main contributors to the economy and its role in achieving the high income economy target and formulating policy options to address these issues effectively" for the National Economic Advisory Council (NEAC) and in 2011, was selected as a member for PEMANDU on the issue of "Narrowing Disparity for Bumiputra SMEs".

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