GENERAL DATO' SERI DIRAJA TAN SRI (DR.) MOHD ZAHIDI BIN HAJI ZAINUDDIN (RETIRED)

Malaysia

Male

68

Director

Non Independent and Non Executive

Gen. Dato' Seri DiRaja Tan Sri (Dr.) Mohd Zahidi bin Haji Zainuddin (Retired) ("Gen. Tan Sri Zahidi") holds a Master of Science degree in Defence and Strategic Studies from Quaid-I-Azam University of Islamabad, Pakistan. He has attended the Senior Executive Programme in National and International Security at Harvard University, USA, and courses at the Command and General Staff College in the Philippines, Joint Warfare Centre in Australia, Joint Services Staff College in Australia and the National Defence College in Pakistan.

Gen. Tan Sri Zahidi has 39 years' experience as a professional military officer with his last appointment as Chief of Defence Forces Malaysia from January 1999 until his retirement at the end of April 2005. He is currently the Chairman of Affin Holdings Berhad and Genting Plantations Berhad and a director of Bintulu Port Holdings Berhad, Defence Technologies Sdn Bhd, Genting Malaysia Berhad and SOGO (K.L.) Department Store Sdn Bhd. Gen. Tan Sri Zahidi was made a Member of Dewan Negara Perak by DYMM Paduka Seri Sultan Perak on 25 November 2006 and is a trustee of Yayasan Sultan Azlan Shah. On 23 April 2013 he was appointed as Orang Kaya Bendahara Seri Maharaja Perak Darul Ridzuan by DYMM Paduka Seri Sultan Perak and with the consent of Dewan Negara Perak Darul Ridzuan.