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Tan Sri Mohamad Salim Fateh Din (Photo by Chu Juck Seng/The Edge)

KUALA LUMPUR (July 25): The interim chairman of Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC), Tan Sri Mohamad Salim Fateh Din, has joined Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd as its independent and non-executive director, together with former Deloitte Southeast Asia's director, Cheryl Khor Hui Peng.

Their appointments were announced via the airport operator's Bursa filing on Monday.

Mohamad Salim, 64, previously served as a commission member of the MCMC (2010-2014). He was reappointed to the same position on Jan 1 and then redesignated as its interim chairman on June 10.

He is also a member of the consultation and corruption prevention panel under the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission, as well as the current executive vice chairman of Malaysian Resources Corp Bhd (MRCB), where he was previously the group managing director from September 2013 to July 2018.

Prior to joining MRCB, he was the founder and group managing director of Gapurna Sdn Bhd.

He also previously held the non-executive chairmanships at Giant Malaysia and British American Tobacco (Malaysia) Bhd, and chaired the Malaysia-Pakistan Business Council.

Meanwhile, Khor, 48, has over 24 years of experience in financial, operational and internal audits as well as governance, controls, sustainability, internal audit and risk assessments for clients across a broad range of industries.

Khor began her career in 1998 as a financial auditor and chartered accountant at Ernst & Young, before joining Deloitte in 2013 where she led the risk advisory practice, complementing her chartered accountant experience with sustainability, governance and risk expertise.

"She was appointed as its managing director in 2014 and held the position until 2021. Whilst in Deloitte, she held numerous leadership positions culminating her career as the Asia Pacific accounting and internal control leader and was also elected onto the Deloitte Southeast Asia board of directors," added MAHB.

Khor also holds directorships in public companies and listed issuers, namely Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd, Alliance Bank Malaysia Bhd, Hong Leong Industries Bhd and Chubb Insurance Bhd.

MAHB's share price finished eight sen or 1.24% lower at RM6.35 on Monday, bringing the group a market capitalisation of RM10.5 billion.