1) MASTER OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN STATISTICS AND OPERATIONAL RESEARCH - ESSEX UNIVERSITY, UNITED KINGDOM 2) POST-GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN OPERATIONAL RESEARCH FROM THE WOOLWICH POLYTECHNIC, LONDON 3) BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE FROM UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA
Working Experience
HE JOINED BANK NEGARA MALAYSIA ("BNM") IN 1970 AND INITIALLY SERVED IN THE ECONOMIC RESEARCH AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, BEFORE RISING TO THE POSITION OF ASSISTANT CHIEF ECONOMIST. HE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY PROMOTED TO THE POST OF SECRETARY OF BNM IN 1977, A POSITION HELD UNTIL 1980 WHEN HE WAS APPOINTED MANAGER, BANK REGULATIONS DEPARTMENT. IN ADDITION TO HIS DUTIES AS MANAGER, BANK REGULATIONS DEPARTMENT HE WAS PROMOTED TO THE POST OF ADVISER IN 1983 AND WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR OVERSEEING A NUMBER OF DEPARTMENTS IN BNM. HE LEFT BNM IN DECEMBER 1984 AND JOINT BANK BUMIPUTRA MALAYSIA BERHAD IN JANUARY 1985, ON SECONDMENT FROM BNM, AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, A POSITION HE HELD UNTIL MAY 1989. HE LATER JOINED UNITED ASIAN BANK BERHAD (NOW KNOWN AS BANK OF COMMERCE (M) BERHAD) IN THE SAME YEAR AS DIRECTOR/CHIEF EXECUTIVE, WHERE HE REMAINED UNTIL JUNE 1991. HE HAS BEEN A FELLOW MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTE OF BANKERS MALAYSIA SINCE 1986. HE SITS ON THE BOARD OF VARIOUS PRIVATE AND PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANIES INCLUDING MALAYSIAN NASIONAL REINSURANCE BERHAD (SINCE 23 MAY 1989) AND SMPC METAL INDUSTRIES BERHAD (SINCE 25 OCTOBER 1994). HE WAS APPOINTED THE EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN OF JOHOR PORT BERHAD ON 22 SEPTEMBER 1995, THE POSITION HE STILL ASSUMES TODAY.
Directorship of Public Companies
1) MALAYSIAN NATIONAL REINSURANCE BERHAD 2) JOHOR PORT BERHAD
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