Dato’ Ikmal Hijaz Hashim was appointed to our Board on 1 March 2009. He is the Chairman of Faber Group Berhad and a director of EPMB and Mutiara Goodyear Development Berhad, all of which are listed in Bursa Malaysia. He has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Iskandar Regional Development Authority (IRDA) from February 2007 until end of February 2009. Prior to that he was the CEO of Pos Malaysia Berhad and his last position was the Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Pos Malaysia & Services Holdings Bhd. He began his career by serving in the Administrative and Diplomatic Service of the Government from 1976 to 1990. He then joined United Engineers (Malaysia) Berhad as the General Manager of the Malaysian-Singapore Second Crossing Project. On 1 January 1993, he became the Chief Operating Officer of Projek Lebuhraya Utara-Selatan Berhad and subsequently as its Managing Director from January 1995 to June 1999 and remained as a Director until November 2001. He was appointed as the Managing Director of Prolink Development Sdn Bhd (“Prolink”) in July 1999. In February 2000, he was appointed President of the Property Division of the Renong Group while maintaining his position as Managing Director of Prolink. He held the position of Managing Director at Renong Berhad from 2002 until October 2003. He holds a Master of Philosophy (Land Management) from University of Reading, U.K., and Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from Universiti Malaya.