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. Datin Seri Raihanah is a Member of the Audit &
Governance Committee, Risk & Sustainability Committee and Nomination &
Remuneration Committee of the Company.
On 27 May 2021, Datin Seri Raihanah was redesignated as Chairman of the
Risk & Sustainability Committee of the Company. 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, Esso (now known as 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 who conducted short courses for those in the
insurance industry 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.