Dato' Mohd Izzaddin Idris was appointed to our Board on 7 July 2009. He is also the Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of UEM Group Berhad and the Deputy Chairman of PLUS Expressways Berhad. Dato’ Izzaddin holds a Bachelor of Commerce Degree (First Class Honours in Finance) from University of New South Wales, Australia and is a Fellow of CPA Australia and a member of Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA). He has over 20 years of experience in the fields of investment banking, financial and general management and was previously the Chief Financial Officer/Senior Vice President (Group Finance) of Tenaga Nasional Berhad, a position he held from September 2004 to June 2009.

He was formerly a Senior Vice President (Corporate Finance) of Southern Bank Berhad and the Chief Financial Officer of Ranhill Berhad. He also held the position of Chief Operating Officer of Malaysian Resources Corporation Berhad in the late 1990s. After graduating in June 1985, Dato' Izzaddin served the Malaysian International Merchant Bankers Berhad for almost 11 years which included a 3-year secondment in the late 1980s to Barclays de Zoete Wedd Limited, a London-based investment bank and a subsidiary of Barclays Bank PLC then.

Dato’ Izzaddin currently sits on the Board of Projek Lebuhraya Utara-Selatan Berhad, Cement Industries of Malaysia Berhad, TIME Engineering Berhad, Opus Group Berhad, and UEM Builders Berhad and has served on the Boards of Proton Holdings Berhad and Kumpulan Wang Persaraan (Diperbadankan).