Board of Directors of Bursa Malaysia Bhd
Tan Sri Abdul Wahid bin Omar
Chairman, Public Interest Director* and Independent Non-Executive Director
| Nationality / Age / Gender | Malaysian / 57 / Male |
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| Date of Appointment | 1 May 2020 |
Length of Service (as at 31 January 2021)
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Datuk Muhamad Umar Swift
Chief Executive Officer, Non-Independent Executive Director
| Nationality / Age / Gender | Australian / 56 / Male Permanent Resident of Malaysia |
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| Date of Appointment | 11 February 2019 |
| Length of Service (as at 31 January 2021) | 1 year 11 ½ months |
| Date of Last Re-election | 28 March 2019 |
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Dato’ Anad Krishnan a/l Muthusamy
Public Interest Director* and Independent Non-Executive Director
| Nationality / Age / Gender | Malaysian / 66 / Male |
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| Date of Appointment | 23 April 2020 |
| Length of Service (as at 31 January 2021) | 9 months |
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Sharifatu Laila binti Syed Ali
Public Interest Director* and Independent Non-Executive Director
| Nationality / Age / Gender | Malaysian / 58 / Female |
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| Date of Appointment | 1 October 2020 |
| Length of Service (as at 31 January 2021) | 4 months |
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Datin Azlina binti Mahmad
Public Interest Director* and Independent Non-Executive Director
| Nationality / Age / Gender | Malaysian / 54 / Female |
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| Date of Appointment | 16 March 2021 |
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Datuk Karownakaran @ Karunakaran Ramasamy
Senior Independent Non-Executive Director
| Nationality / Age / Gender | Malaysian / 70 / Male |
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| Date of Appointment | 28 March 2013 |
| Length of Service (as at 31 January 2021) | 7 years 10 months |
| Date of Last Re-election | 28 March 2018 |
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Pushpanathan S.A. Kanagarayar
Independent Non-Executive Director
| Nationality / Age / Gender | Malaysian / 69 / Male |
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| Date of Appointment | 23 June 2014 |
| Length of Service (as at 31 January 2021) | 6 years 7 months |
| Date of Last Re-election | 28 March 2018 |
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Chong Chye Neo
Independent Non-Executive Director
| Nationality / Age / Gender | Malaysian / 58 / Female |
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| Date of Appointment | 21 December 2018 |
| Length of Service (as at 31 January 2021) | 2 years 1 month |
| Date of Last Re-election | 28 March 2019 |
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Uji Sherina binti Abdullah
Independent Non-Executive Director
| Nationality / Age / Gender | Malaysian / 59 / Female |
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| Date of Appointment | 18 November 2019 |
| Length of Service (as at 31 January 2021): | 1 year 2 ½ months |
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Datuk Bazlan bin Osman
Independent Non-Executive Director
| Nationality / Age / Gender | Malaysian / 56 / Male |
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| Date of Appointment | 16 November 2020 |
| Length of Service (as at 31 January 2021) | 2 ½ months |
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Syed Ari Azhar bin Syed Mohamed Adlan
Independent Non-Executive Director
| Nationality / Age / Gender | Malaysian / 47 / Male |
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| Date of Appointment | 16 November 2020 |
| Length of Service (as at 31 January 2021) | 2 ½ months |
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Notes:
* appointed by the Minister of Finance in consultation with the securities commission pursuant to Section 10(i)(a) of the Capital Markets and Services Act 2007
Save as disclosed, the above Directors have no family relationship with any Director and/or major shareholder of Bursa Malaysia, have no conflict of interest with Bursa Malaysia, have not been convicted of any offence within the past 5 years.
Save for the Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director, all the Non-Executive Directors satisfy the criteria of an independent director as defined under Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad Main Market Listing Requirements, which include being independent of management, free from any business or other relationship which could interfere with the exercise of independent judgement, objectivity or the ability to act in the best interests of the Company, and also being independent of its major shareholders.