Datin Seri Raihanah Begum binti
Abdul Rahman, was appointed to the
Board of Directors of the Company on
8 April 2019 as an Independent Non-Executive Director.
She currently sits on the Boards
of MAA Group Berhad, Melewar
Industrial Group Berhad, Tuju Setia
Berhad and several other private
limited companies.
Datin Seri Raihanah is an Associate
of the Chartered Insurance Institute
(UK) and the Malaysian Insurance
Institute. As a scholar of American
Malaysian Insurance Sdn Bhd (later
known as CIMB Bank Insurance)
she started her insurance career
with the company immediately after
successfully completing her course in
1984 and has held various positions
in the Underwriting and Marketing
Departments before leaving in 1988
to join Malene Insurance Brokers Sdn
Bhd ("Malene").
During her 10-year service at
Malene, she was exposed to various
aspects of the oil and gas industry
and was involved in the Insurance
programmes for Petronas, Shell,
Exxon-Mobil and various other oil
and gas related companies such as
Gas Malaysia Sdn Bhd and MISC
Berhad. Her experience also included
an attachment with a London-based
Lloyds broker.
She left Malene in 1997 when she was
the Acting Chief Executive Officer,
to dedicate more time in bringing
up her three young children. To
ensure that she was in touch with the
insurance industry and coupled with
her experience and knowledge in
insurance underwriting and broking,
she made time, from 1998 to 1999,
while being a homemaker, to be a
part-time lecturer with the Malaysian
Insurance Institute for insurance
industry practitioners to obtain a more
in-depth knowledge of the business.
In August 2005, Datin Seri Raihanah
was appointed as a Non-Executive
Director to the board of a public listed
fibre-based manufacturing company
called Wang Zheng Berhad ("Wang
Zheng"). She served as an active
board member at Wang Zheng for 8
years.
She was also appointed as a member
of the Board of Trustees for the
Malaysian Medical Association
("MMA") Foundation for a three-year
term from 2007. MMA Foundation
is a non-profit organisation which
provides financial assistance for
undergraduate medical students,
continuing professional development,
public health education and donations
to charities.
Datin Seri Raihanah has no family ties
with any of the Directors and/or major
shareholders of the Company nor any
shareholding in the Company.
Datin Seri Raihanah does not have
any personal interest in any business
arrangements involving the Company.
Datin Seri Raihanah does not have any
conflict of interest with the Company
and she has had no convictions for
any offences within the past five (5)
years, other than traffic offences, if
any, and no public sanction or penalty
imposed by the relevant regulatory
bodies during the financial year.