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The founder and group chairman of boutique Shariah advisory firm Amanie Group, Datuk Dr Mohd Daud Bakar has been appointed as the board member of Sime Darby Property Bhd recently.
Dr Mohd Daud, who is also the Editor-in-Chief of the Malaysian Business, Malaysia’s premier and oldest business magazine, joins nine other prominent members on the board.
Dr Daud, one of Malaysia’s prominent Shariah scholars, is also chairman of the Shariah Advisory Council of Bank Negara Malaysia, Securities Commission Malaysia and the Labuan Financial Services Authority.
On Monday, Sime Darby Bhd, via a press statement, has announced the board of directors’ line-up for its pure plays, Sime Darby Plantation Bhd and Sime Darby Property Bhd, which will comprise 11 directors to each board upon the listing of the units.
Sime Darby Property will be chaired by Tan Sri Abdul Wahid Omar, with Datuk Seri Amrin Awaluddin as managing director and Datuk Tong Poh Keow as executive director and chief financial officer.
Other board directors of the property unit are: Datuk Rohana Tan Sri Mahmood, Tengku Datuk Seri Ahmad Shah Alhaj ibni Almarhum Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Alhaj, Datuk Johan Ariffin, Datuk Jaganath Derek Steven Sabapathy, , Datuk Seri Ahmad Johan Mohammad Raslan and Datin Nor Azah Mohamed Razali.
The senior management of Sime Darby Property will be led by Datuk Wan Hashimi Albakri Wan Ahmad Amin Jaffri as chief operating/transformation officer, and Dr Tan Kok Heng as CEO of Sime Darby Real Estate Management and head of property investment.
Also part of senior management are Zaharudin Sa'at as senior general manager — township development, Chong Chee On as senior general manager — development services, and Clare Louise Kenny Tipton as chief marketing and sales officer.
"Sime Darby Property has the potential to become one of the leading players in the region. With the right leadership at the helm, it will be able to realise this potential and grow to new heights," said current Sime Darby chairman Tan Sri Abdul Ghani Othman in the statement.