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Annual Report 2013
KPJ HEALTHCARE BERHAD
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Directors’
Profiles
DATO’ KAMARUZZAMAN ABU KASSIM
Chairman
Aged 50, Dato’ Kamaruzzaman Abu Kassim was appointed as a Non-Independent
Non-Executive Director of KPJ on 3 January 2011 and subsequently as Chairman of
KPJ on 12 January 2011.
He graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce majoring in Accountancy from the
University of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia in 1987.
Dato’ Kamaruzzaman 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 1989. In December 1992, he left the rm and joined
Perbadanan Kemajuan Ekonomi Negeri Johor (currently known as Johor Corporation)
as a Deputy Manager in the Corporate Finance Department and later promoted to
General Manager in 1999.
Dato’ Kamaruzzaman is currently the President and Chief Executive of Johor
Corporation with effect from 1 December 2010. Prior to that, he had served as the
Chief Operating Of cer of Johor Corporation beginning 1 August 2006 and was later
appointed as the Senior Vice President, Corporate Services & Finance of Johor
Corporation beginning 1 January 2009.
Dato’ Kamaruzzaman sits as the Chairman of Damansara REIT Managers Sdn Berhad,
the Manager for Al-`Aqar Healthcare REIT commencing 12 January 2011. He is also
the Chairman of Kulim (Malaysia) Berhad and Damansara Realty Berhad, companies
under Johor Corporation Group listed on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia
Securities Berhad. He is also the Chairman of Johor Land Berhad as well as Waqaf
An- Nur Corporation Berhad, an Islamic endowment institution which spearheads
Johor Corporation’s Corporate Responsibility programmes. In addition, he sits as
Chairman and Director of several other companies within Johor Corporation Group.