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Kamaruzzaman Abu Kassim
Chairman
Kamaruzzaman Abu Kassim, aged 47, was appointed as a Non-
Independent Non-Executive Director of KPJ Healthcare Berhad
(KPJ) on 3 January 2011 and subsequently as Chairman of KPJ on
12 January 2011. He is currently the President & Chief Executive
Officer of Johor Corporation (JCorp).
He graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce majoring in
Accountancy from the University of Wollongong, New South
Wales, Australia in 1987. He embarked his career as an Audit
Assistant with Messrs K.E Chen & Associates in May 1988
and later joined Coopers & Lybrand (currently known as
PricewaterhouseCoopers) in Johor Bahru.
In December 1992, he left the firm to join JCorp as Deputy
Manager, Corporate Finance Department. He was later promoted
to become the Executive Director at Damansara Realty Berhad
(a company of which JCorp is the majority shareholder) in 1999
until September 2006.
He was appointed as the Chief Operating Officer of JCorp on
1 August 2006 and was later appointed as the Senior Vice
President of JCorp on 1 January 2009.
He was appointed as the President & Chief Executive Officer of
JCorp on 1 December 2010.
He is also the Chairman of Damansara Realty Berhad, Kulim
(Malaysia) Berhad, Sindora Berhad and Director of Waqaf An-
Nur Corporation Berhad. He also sits as Chairman and Director
of several other JCorp Group of Companies.
Directors’ Profile
35 ANNUAL REPORT 2011