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Datuk Karownakaran @ Karunakaran Ramasamy
Independent Non-Executive Director
Nationality/ Age:
Malaysian/ 63
Date of Appointment:
28 March 2013
Length of Service:
(as at 27 February 2014)
11 months
Academic/ Professional
Qualification(s):
• Bachelor of Economics (Hon) in Accounting,
University of Malaya
Present Directorship(s):
• Maybank Investment Bank Berhad
• Maybank Asset Management Group Berhad
• Etiqa Insurance Berhad
Other PLC(s):
• Chairman, Integrated Logistics Berhad
• Chemical Company of Malaysia Berhad
• IOI Corporation Berhad
Past Directorship(s)
and/ or Appointment(s):
• Director-General of Malaysian Industrial Development
Authority (MIDA) (2004-2008)
• Deputy Director-General of MIDA (2001-2003)
• Director of Industrial Promotion Division overseeing 16
MIDA overseas offices (1996-2000)
• Director of MIDA in Singapore, Germany and London
(1978-1995)
Tan Sri Datuk Dr. Abdul Samad Haji Alias
Independent Non-Executive Director
Nationality/ Age:
Malaysian/ 71
Date of Appointment:
7 July 2011
Length of Service:
(as at 27 February 2014)
2 years 8 months
Date of Last Re-appointment:
28 March 2013
Academic/ Professional
Qualification(s):
• Bachelor of Commerce, University of Western Australia
• Honorary Doctorate of Philosophy (Accounting),
Universiti Utara Malaysia
• Institute of Chartered Accountants,Australia (Fellow)
• Malaysian Institute of Accountants (Member)
• Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants
(Member)
Present Directorship(s):
• Chairman, Malaysia Venture Capital Management
Berhad
• Chairman, Malaysia Deposit Insurance Corporation
Other PLC(s):
• TH Plantations Berhad
Past Directorship(s)
and/ or Appointment(s):
• Chairman, Malaysia Debt Venture Berhad (2002-2013)
• Chairman, Bank Pembangunan Malaysia Berhad (2008-
2011)
• Non-Executive Chairman, Ernst & Young Malaysia
(2005-2008)
• Board Member, International Federation of Accountants
(2004-2007)
• President (1999-2001) and Council Member (2002-
2007) MICPA
• President, MIA (2000-2005)
Board of Directors’ Profiles
From the Board of Directors and Senior Management
