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Datin Paduka Siti Sa’diah Sheikh Bakir, aged 58, is the Managing Director of KPJ Healthcare Berhad (KPJ) since 1 March 1993. She graduated with a Bachelor of Economics from University of Malaya in 1974 and holds an MBA from Henley Management College, University Reading, London.

Her career with Johor Corporation (JCorp) commenced in 1974 and she is directly involved with JCorp’s Healthcare Division since 1978. Datin Paduka was appointed as the Chief Executive of Kumpulan Perubatan (Johor) Sdn Bhd (KPJSB) from 1989 until the listing of KPJ in November 1994.

Datin Paduka is the Chairman of various hospitals and companies in the KPJ Group, as well as MIT Insurance Brokers Sdn Bhd. She also sits as a Director of Kulim (Malaysia) Bhd, KFC Holdings (Malaysia) Bhd, QSR Brands Bhd and Damansara REIT Managers Sdn Bhd. Further, Datin Paduka is also a Director of Waqaf An-Nur Corporation Bhd, a non-governmental organisation dedicated to the provision of healthcare services to the less fortunate.

Datin Paduka is an Independent Non-Executive Director of Bursa Malaysia, elected since 2004.

Committed to promoting excellence in healthcare, Datin Paduka is the President of the Malaysian Society for Quality in Health (MSQH), elected since its inception in 1997 to date.

She is a member of the Malaysia Productivity Council (MPC) Consultative Panel on Healthcare since 2001 and a member of the National Patient Safety Council, Ministry of Health since 2003. In 2009, she was appointed as a member of the Malaysian Healthcare Travel Council, Ministry of Health.

She was a Board member of MATRADE from 1999 to 2010.

In 2010, Datin Paduka was named the ‘CEO of The Year 2009’ by The New Straits Times Press and American Express. Datin Paduka was named ‘Asia’s Leading Woman CEO of the Year’ at the Women in Leadership (WIL) Forum Asia on 22 February 2011.

Datin Paduka Siti Sa’diah Sheikh Bakir