Change - S P Setia Berhad

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Annual report 2008
PROFILE OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Datuk Ismail bin Adam
(Independent Non-Executive Director)
Malaysian, 63 years of age
Master in Public Administration (MPA)
(Pennsylvania State University, U.S.A.)
Diploma in Public Administration (University of Malaya)
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) (University of Malaya)
Mr Ng Soon Lai @ Ng Siek Chuan
(Independent Non-Executive Director)
Malaysian, 54 years of age
Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants
in England and Wales
Datuk Ismail started his career in 1969 as an Assistant Director
of Public Services Department. After a short posting in the
Ministry of Defence from 1981 to 1983, he was made Deputy
Director Service Division of Public Services Department from
1983 until 1988. In 1988, he was with the Ministry of Culture,
Arts and Tourism as a Deputy Secretary General and as Secretary
General in 1995. He then assumed his last position as Secretary
General of Ministry of Health Malaysia from 1999 until 2000.
He has extensive experience in general management, project
management, hospitality, tourism, cultural and arts management
and health and medical administration. He was appointed Director
and a member of the Audit Committee of S P Setia Berhad on
19 December 2001. On 21 September 2005, he was appointed
as a member of the Remuneration Committee. Subsequently
on 2 October 2006, he was appointed as a Chairman of the
Nomination Committee.
He does not have any family relationship with any Director and/or
major shareholder, nor any conflict of interest with the Company.
He has no convictions for any offences over the past 10 years.
Mr Ng had several years of experience in the accounting
profession with Coopers & Lybrand in London and Kuala Lumpur
before moving on to the financial sector in 1980. Prior to joining
Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad in July 1991 as General Manager
of Credit, he had served in various positions in a leading local
merchant bank and a finance company.
He was appointed as Chief Executive Director of Alliance Bank
Malaysia Berhad on 21 January 1994 and to the Board of Alliance
Merchant Bank Berhad on 22 July 2002 until his resignation on
31 August 2005. He was appointed a Director, a member of the
Audit Committee and a member of the Nomination Committee of
S P Setia Berhad on 21 September 2005.
He also sits on the Boards of Deutsche Bank (M) Berhad and
Unico-Desa Plantations Berhad.
He does not have any family relationship with any Director and/or
major shareholder, nor any conflict of interest with the Company.
He has no convictions for any offences over the past 10 years.