DATUK WIRA AZHAR BIN ABDUL HAMID

Malaysia

Male

62

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A Fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, United Kingdom and a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants.

Datuk Wira Azhar bin Abdul Hamid began his early career in the United Kingdom where he served British Telecom Plc as an Internal Audit Manager from 1989 to 1991. He then joined Malaysian Co-Operative Insurance Society Ltd as Head of Internal Audit prior to joining Sime Darby Berhad ("Sime Darby") in 1994. In November 2001, he was appointed as Group Chief Executive of PERNAS International Holdings Berhad (now known as Tradewinds Corporation Berhad ["Tradewinds"]), a post he held until October 2002. Subsequently, in 2003, he returned to the Sime Darby group of companies ("Sime Darby Group") and since then, held various key positions within the Sime Darby Group including as Managing Director of Sime Darby Plantation Sdn Bhd and Acting President and Group Chief Executive of Sime Darby, overseeing the entire Sime Darby Group’s operations. In September 2011, YBhg Datuk Wira Azhar was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Mass Rapid Transit Corporation Sdn Bhd, a position he held until December 2014. Currently he is the Group Managing Director of Tradewinds.

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