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Profiles of Directors
Dato’ Izham bin Mahmud, a Malaysian,
aged 69, is the Executive Chairman of
Deleum Berhad and was appointed as
its director on 21 December 2005. He
holds a Bachelor of Science Degree
(Honours) in Economics from Queen’s
University Belfast, UK and a Master of
Arts (Economics Development) from
Vanderbilt University, USA. He is one
of the co-founders of Delcom Services
Sdn. Bhd. (“DSSB”) via his family
holding company, IM Holdings Sdn.
Bhd.
Datuk Vivekananthan a/l M. V. Nathan,
a Malaysian, aged 68, is the Deputy
Executive Chairman of Deleum Berhad
and was appointed as its director on
21 December 2005. He is one of the
co-founders of DSSB.
He joined ESSO Malaysia in 1962 in
the Instrumentation and Electrical
Engineering Services Department and
undertook assignments at ESSO
refineries in Malaysia and Thailand.
He then worked for Mobil Refinery,
Singapore and subsequently as Project
Datuk Ishak bin Imam Abas, a
Malaysian, aged 64, was appointed
Independent Director of Deleum
Berhad on 21 March 2007. He is a
Fellow Member of Chartered Institute
of Management Accountants (“CIMA”)
and a member of Malaysian Institute of
Accountants (“MIA”).
Prior to joining PETRONAS in 1981,
he worked, amongst others, as Finance
Director of Pfizer (M) Sdn. Bhd., Bursar
of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia,
Finance Director of Western Digital
(M) Sdn. Bhd. and as Accountant in
Pernas International Holdings Berhad.
Dato’ Izham joined the Federal
Treasury in 1965 and attained the level
of Principal Assistant Secretary before
being seconded to the Malacca State
Development Corporation as General
Manager in 1972. He embarked on
his banking career in 1974 when he
joined Aseambankers Malaysia Berhad
where he served as General Manager
and later Managing Director in 1979
until his retirement. During this period,
he also served as a Director of various
subsidiaries of the Maybank Group
and Cagamas Berhad.
Engineer with Avery Laurence (S) Pte.
Ltd. on various projects in Brunei,
Thailand and Indonesia and also
attended training in Japan with
Yokogawa Electric Works. He later
joined Teledyne Inc. and was based in
USA for training in management before
being posted as its Marketing Director
of the Far East Operations.
In 1982, together with his founding
partners he spearheaded DSSB’s
venture into the oil and gas industry
and was appointed as its Managing
During his tenure at PETRONAS,
he held various senior positions
including Deputy GM Commercial of
PETRONAS Dagangan Berhad, Senior
GM Finance of PETRONAS, Senior
VP Finance of PETRONAS, CEO of
KLCC (Holdings) Sdn. Bhd. and KLCC
Property Holdings Berhad. He was
also a member of the PETRONAS
Board of Directors and Board Member
of several of its subsidiaries. He retired
from PETRONAS as Senior VP Finance
in April 2006 but continued to be the
CEO of KLCC (Holdings) Sdn. Bhd.
and KLCC Property Holdings Berhad
until his retirement in April 2007.
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Upon his retirement in 1996, he
joined DSSB as its Chairman and was
subsequently appointed Executive
Chairman in 2000. He also served as a
Director of RHB Capital Berhad, RHB
Bank Berhad, Renong Berhad and
Opus Berhad.
Currently, Dato’ Izham sits on the
Boards of AMMB Holdings Berhad and
AmInvestment Bank Berhad.
Director and later re-designated as
President.
He sits on the Boards of WGC 2012,
Malaysia Deepwater Production
Contractors Sdn. Bhd. and Malaysia
Deepwater Floating Terminal (Kikeh)
Ltd.
Datuk Ishak is currently the nonexecutive
chairman of Putrajaya
Holdings Sdn. Bhd. and Suria KLCC
Sdn. Bhd. as well as non-executive
director of Kuala Lumpur City Park
Berhad and KLCC Property Holdings
Berhad, all of which are subsidiaries of
PETRONAS.
He also sits on the Boards of Standard
Chartered Bank Malaysia Berhad and
Standard Chartered Saadiq Berhad
as their Independent Non-Executive
Director.