Tan Sri Dato’ Mohd Sheriff Bin Mohd Kassim, a Malaysian, male, aged 81, is a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Company. He was appointed to the Board as Independent Non-Executive Chairman on 20 June 2003 and was re-designated as Non-Independent Non-Executive Chairman on 22 March 2018. He is also a member of the Board’s Nomination and Remuneration Committee.
Tan Sri Dato’ Mohd Sheriff graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Economics degree from University of Malaya in 1963 and a Diploma in Economic Development from Oxford University, United Kingdom in 1969. He graduated with a Master of Arts in Economics from Vanderbilt University, USA in 1974.
He served as the Secretary General of Treasury, Ministry of Finance for three years from 1991 to 1994 and as Managing Director of Khazanah Nasional Berhad for nine years from 1994 to 2003. He was a former Director of United Engineers (Malaysia) Berhad, RHB Bank Berhad and former Chairman of Renong Berhad, Projek Penyelenggaraan Lebuhraya Berhad, PLUS Expressways Berhad, PLUS Malaysia Berhad, Malaysian Institute of Economic Research, Manulife Holdings Berhad, Standard Chartered Bank Malaysia Berhad and Standard Chartered Saadiq Berhad. He was also a former President of the Malaysian Economic Association.
He sits on the Board of Trustee of Yayasan UEM. He is also a Non-Executive Chairman of Warisan Pinang Sdn Bhd, a property development company.