Bina Darulaman names Mohd Iskandar Dzulkarnain as president and CEO, extends chairman’s tenure

KUALA LUMPUR (July 18): Bina Darulaman Bhd (BDB) has appointed Mohd Iskandar Dzulkarnain Ramli as president and chief executive officer with effect from Monday (July 18).

In a Bursa Malaysia filing, BDB said Mohd Iskandar first joined the company in 2014 as head of group corporate planning and enterprise risk management, where his primary role was to lead, monitor and coordinate the integrated business viability of the group's business strategy, assess risk on new business opportunities such as commercial development, land development and corporate exercises and their execution.

It said upon his appointment as chief operating officer in 2018, his primary role was to lead all the subsidiaries on operational matters, focusing on strategy and leading the turnaround of the company.

Prior to joining BDB, Mohd Iskandar served numerous companies including Khazanah Nasional Bhd, Kumpulan Perangsang Selangor Bhd and Sapuracrest Bhd.

BDB said his experience includes a broad range of strategic risk management, including strategic development risk in reviewing key projects, namely the Malaysia-China Kuantan Industrial Park, Kuantan Port Expansion (KPE) and the Special Water Project Restructuring Programme at a federal government statutory body.

Separately, BDB said it has extended the tenure of its executive chairman Che Had Dhali for another three months.

In a Bursa filing on Monday, BDB said the extension of the tenure was effective last Friday (July 15).

At midday break, BDB dipped 1.92% or 0.5 sen to 25.5 sen with 123,800 shares traded.