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.