DATO' RICHARD ALEXANDER JOHN CURTIS

Malaysia

Male

73

Member of Remuneration Committee

Independent and Non Executive

1. Bachelor of Law (LL.B) (Honours) from University of Bristol, United Kingdom. 2. Sloan Fellow of London Business School, United Kingdom.

Dato' Richard Alexander John Curtis ("Dato' Richard Curtis") commenced his career in legal practice as a solicitor in Norton Rose (1974-1979) in London and progressively advanced his career by joining Jardine Matheson & Co. (1979-1983) in Hong Kong after which he joined the Jardine Offshore Group (1983-1986) with postings to Singapore and Indonesia. Dato Richard Curtis, subsequently, pursued his own businesses (1988-1997) in retail, consultancy and construction before helming The Melium Group (1997-2004), a leading Malaysian retail company and F&B chain operator as its Chief Executive Officer.
Dato' Richard Curtis was formerly the Group Managing Director of Cahya Mata Sarawak Berhad ("CMS"), a conglomerate listed on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad with cement, construction materials, infrastructure and property development as its core businesses until his retirement on 31 December 2017. He was then appointed as a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of CMS until his resignation on 31 December 2018. He was also appointed as an Adviser to CMS after his retirement as its Group Managing Director and ceased to hold the position on 1 January 2021.
Dato' Richard Curtis was also a Non-Independent, Non-Executive Director, member of Group Board Risk Committee and member of Group Board Digital Innovation & Technology Committee of Kenanga Investment Bank Berhad. He ceased to be the member of Group Board Risk Committee and Non-Independent, Non-Executive Director on 11 June 2021.

1. Cahya Mata Sarawak Berhad. 2. Utama Banking Group Berhad 3. Yayasan Raja Muda Selangor