Profile of Board of Directors Mr. Low Teng Lum Senior Independent Non-Executive Director Board Meeting Attendance in the Financial Year Board Meeting Attendance in the Financial Year 69 6/6 70 6/6 Mr. Low Teng Lum, aged 69, male, Malaysian, was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company on 30 August 2019. He is also a Chairman of the Audit, Nominating, Remuneration and Risk Management Committees. He was then appointed as the Senior Independent Non-Executive Director on 25 February 2021. On 1 December 2022, he resigned as Chairman and member of the Remuneration Committee and was redesignated as a member of the Risk Management Committee. Datin Paduka Setia Dato’ Dr. Aini Binti Ideris, aged 70, female, Malaysian, was appointed as an Independent NonExecutive Director of the Company on 1 January 2016. She is also a member of the Audit and Risk Management Committees. On 1 December 2022, she resigned as a member of the Audit Committee and was appointed as a member of the Remuneration Committee. Dato’ Dr. Aini graduated with Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) degree in 1979 from Universiti Pertanian Malaysia (UPM) (currently, Universiti Putra Malaysia), Masters in Veterinary Science (MVSc) Degree in Avian Medicine from University of Liverpool, England (1981), and PhD Degree Datin Paduka Setia Dato’ Dr. Aini Binti Ideris Independent NonExecutive Director Profile of Board of Directors Mr. Low obtained his qualifications from the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators, both of the United Kingdom, in 1977. He attended the Applied Management Programme of Swedish Institute of Management in 1990. In 1996, he obtained his Master in Public Administration from the John Fitzgerald Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. He is a Chartered Accountant of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants, a Fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (“ACCA”) and a Fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators. He has been a member of the Taxation and Trade committees of the Malaysian International Chamber of Commerce and Industry since 2002 and 2005 respectively. He was a founding committee member of Confederation of Malaysian Brewers. Over the course of his career, he has held various accounting and financial positions in Arthur Young & Company (presently known as Ernst & Young), Guthrie Malaysia Holdings Berhad, Palmco Holdings Berhad, Guinness Anchor Berhad and General Corporation Berhad. During his 14 year tenure with Southern Steel Berhad, he was promoted from Finance Manager to General Manager (Commercial), Senior General Manager (Rod Division) and Chief Operating Officer (Steel Business Unit). He retired from Guinness Anchor Berhad (presently known as Heineken Malaysia Berhad) in April 2011, as both the Finance Director and member of the Board of Director, after 10 years of service. He served as a member of the Task Force on the formation of an Audit Oversight Board chaired by the Securities Commission (SC). Mr. Low currently sits on the Board of Salutica Berhad. Mr. Low does not have any family relationship with any director and/or major shareholder of the Company. He has no conflict of interest or potential conflict of interest, including interest in any competing business, with the Company or its subsidiaries and he has no convictions for any offences within the past five years (other than traffic offences, if any), nor any public sanction or penalty imposed by the relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year. from UPM (1989). She continued to do post-doctoral training at the University of California Davis, USA (1990-1992) and was awarded Asian Development Bank Fellowship in 1993 for further post-doctoral training at Cornell University, USA. Dato’ Dr. Aini held various administrative positions in UPM, such as Chairman of Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Deputy Dean Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Dean School of Graduate Studies, Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic and International), the Founding Director for Corporate Strategy & Communications Office, and the 8th Vice-Chancellor of Universiti Putra Malaysia. She was also the Coordinator for the National Centre of Excellence for Swiftlets, under the Ministry of Agriculture, Vice President of Global World Veterinary Poultry Association (WVPA), President of WVPA Malaysia, member of Board of Directors of Yayasan Putra Business School, the Founding Chairman Board of Directors of UPM Holdings Sdn. Bhd., Board Member of UPM Holdings Education & Training, and member of International Advisors of Women Issues, under the Minister at Prime Minister’s Department. She finished her contract with UPM in January 2021 and currently, she is the Pro-Chancellor of International Medical University (IMU). She is also the EXCO member of Global WVPA. Dato’ Dr. Aini is a Senior Fellow and EXCO of Academy of Sciences Malaysia, Fellow and Council member of the World Islamic Academy of Sciences, Founding Fellow and Council member of Malaysian College of Veterinary Specialists, Fellow of the World Academy of Sciences, Fellow and Council member of Malaysian Science Association, Fellow of Malaysian Institute of Marketing, member of Board of Governance of International Medical University (IMU) and International Medical College (IMC), member of Board of Trustees Yayasan Inovasi Malaysia (YIM), EXCO Member of National Cancer Council (MAKNA) and member of Investigating Tribunal Panel for the Advocates and Solicitors Disciplinary Board of the Bar Council Malaysia. Dato’ Dr. Aini has no family relationship with any director and/or major shareholder of the Company. She is the Independent Non-Executive Director of Malayan Flour Mills Berhad. Besides this, she has no other conflict of interest or potential conflict of interest, including interest in any competing business, with the Company or its subsidiaries. She has no convictions for any offences within the past five years (other than traffic offences, if any), nor any public sanction or penalty imposed by the relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year. QL RESOURCES BERHAD INTEGRATED ANNUAL REPORT 2023 SEC. L E A D E R S H I P & G OVERNANCE 6 087 086 PG. PG.
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