Tengku Tan Sri Dr. Mahaleel Bin Tengku Ariff

Malaysia

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Tengku Tan Sri Dr. Mahaleel Bin Tengku Ariff graduated with a Bachelor of Arts [Honours] from the University of Malaya in 1970 and has attended courses conducted by Harvard University, London School of Economics and Manchester Business School on Strategy, Strategic Management and Marketing.

He has had a very diverse career background, having commenced his career in the Marketing and Sales Department of the Company, then in 1974 he joined Shell Malaysia for 20 years before leaving to serve New Toyo, Mofaz, with his last position as the Group Chief Executive Officer of Proton Holdings Berhad. Currently he is also the Chairman of Tien Wah Press Holdings Berhad and a Director of the Graduate School of Business Advisory Board, University Sains Malaysia. He was in the London Business School’s Regional Advisory Board and is now in the office of its Distinguished Friends. He was appointed as a Trustee of Perdana Global Peace Foundation [“PGPF”] in March 2011. He was also one of three of Malaysia’s Representatives on Asian Pacific Economic Community [“APEC”] and ASEAN Business Advisory Council [“ABAC”]. He was awarded Malaysia’s CEO of the Year by Business Times and American Express Corporate Services in year 2001 and an Honorary Doctorate in Engineering by University Teknologi Malaysia [“UTM”] for his contributions to Malaysia’s engineering capacity, and Automotive Man of the Year at the New Straits Times-Mastercard Car of the Year awards 2004.

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