DATUK DR SYED MUHAMAD BIN SYED ABDUL KADIR

Malaysia

Male

77

Director

1)Bachelor of Arts (Hons.), University of Malaya 2)Masters of Business Administration, University of Massachusetts, USA 3)PhD (Business Management), Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA 4)Bachelor of Jurisprudence (Hons.), University of Malaya 5)Certificate in Legal Practice, Malaysian Professional Legal Board

He started his career in 1973 as Senior Project Officer, School of Financial Management at the National Institute of Public Administration (INTAN) and held various positions before his final appointment as Deputy Director (Academic). In November 1988, he joined the Ministry of Education as Secretary of Higher Education and there after assumed the post of Deputy Secretary (Foreign and Domestic Borrowing, Debt Management), Finance Division of Federal Treasury. For 1993 to 1997, he joined the Board of Directors, Asian Development Bank, Manila, Philippines, first as Alternate Executive Director and later as Executive Director. Datuk Dr. Syed Muhamad then joined the Ministry of Finance as Secretary (Tax Division) and subsequently became the Deputy Secretary General (Operations) of Ministry of Finance. Prior to his retirement, Datuk Dr. Syed Muhamad was Secretary General, Ministry of Human Resources. During his career, he wrote and presented many papers relating to human resources development. His special achievement was that his dissertation “A Study on Board of Directors and Organizational Effectiveness” was published by Garland Publisher, Inc. of New York in 1991.

1)Director of Bumiputra Commerce Holdings Berhad 2)Director of CIMB Bank Berhad 3)Chairman of CIMB Islamic Bank Berhad 4)Director of Euro Holdings Berhad