Prospectus - Manulife Insurance Berhad

chapter6 MANAGEMENT COMPANYpage366.3 The Board of Directors as at 14 March 2013Datuk Seri Panglima Mohd Annuar bin Zaini (Chairman and Independent Director) wasappointed to the Board on 5 th July 2011. He holds a Master of Arts in Law & Diplomacy from TheFletcher School of Laws & Diplomacy, Tufts University, USA and a Bachelor of Arts with honoursin Economics from University Kebangsaan Malaysia.He began his career as an Administrative and Diplomatic Officer in 1977. He served the Malaysiangovernment at various ministries and departments and also the Perak State Government until hechose to take an optional retirement from the government service in 1999.He was the Chairman of Malaysian National News Agency (BERNAMA) from February 2004to January 2010. In February 2004, HRH The Sultan of Perak consented his appointment asMember of the Council of Elders to HRH Sultan of Perak. He was Advisor and Chief Executive ofNorthern Corridor Implementation Authority from 2007 to 2009. He is a Member of the PerakCouncil of Islamic Religion and Malay Customs and the Board Member to the Perak State IslamicEconomic Development Corporation. He is also a Distinguished Fellow to the Institute of Strategicand International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia and Adjunct Professor of Northern Corridor EconomicRegion Research Centre, Universiti Utara Malaysia and Honorary Consultant to Office of ViceChancellor, Universiti Teknologi Mara.He sits on the Board of Dijaya Corporation Berhad and a few private limited companies.Dato’ Md Agil bin Mohd Natt (Independent Director) was appointed to the board on 29 June2012. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics (Hons) degree from Brunel University, Londonand a Master of Science in Finance degree from the CASS Business School, London. He also attendedthe Advanced Management Program, Harvard Business School in the United States of America.He started his career in Corporate Finance with Bumiputra Merchant Bankers Berhad in 1977 beforeserving as Senior General Manager (Finance) at Island & Peninsular Bhd in 1982. He was also theRegional Chief Representative of Kleinwort Benson Ltd before joining Malayan Banking Berhad(Maybank). Dato’ Agil Natt served the Maybank Group in various capacities including as Senior GeneralManager, Corporate Banking, Chief Executive Officer of Aseambankers Malaysia Berhad (now knownas Maybank Investment Bank Berhad) and Executive Director/Deputy President of Maybank.From 2006 until his retirement in 2011, Dato’Agil Natt served as President and Chief ExecutiveOfficer of the International Centre for Education in Islamic Finance (INCEIF), The Global Universityof Islamic Finance, set up by Bank Negara Malaysia.He currently sits on the Boards of Cagamas Berhad, Sogo (KL) Department Store Sdn Bhd andSogo (KL) Sdn Bhd. He is also a Member of the Board of Trustees of Yayasan Tun Abdul Razak.Dato’ Agil Natt was appointed as a Director of EXIM Bank in February 2012.Mr. Edward Ooi Tee Hee (Chief Executive Officer/Executive Director/Non-Independent Director)joined the Manager in November 2010 as Chief Distribution Officer. Edward was subsequentlyappointed as CEO of the Manager on 4 January 2011. He has over 12 years wealth managementexperience covering the sales, marketing and distribution development. Prior to joining the Manager,Edward was the Chief Officer, Channel Marketing and Distribution of one of the top asset managementcompanies since 2007. Edward joined the Manager with his immense experience in managingdistribution channels covering Institutional Sales, Agency Distribution, Regional Distribution, AgencyAdmin and Development. He is well-known in the market and has worked with most of the banks,independent financial advisers (IFA) and tied unit trust (UT) agencies in the market.Prospectus in respect of the Manulife Shariah - Dana Ekuiti