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Annual Report 2013
KPJ HEALTHCARE BERHAD
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Directors’
Profiles
DATIN PADUKA SITI SA’DIAH SHEIKH BAKIR
Non-Independent Non-Executive Director and Corporate Advisor
Datin Paduka Siti Sa’diah Sheikh Bakir, aged 61, is the Non-Independent
Non-Executive Director and Corporate Advisor of KPJ, appointed since 1 January
2013. She is also the Chairman and Pro Chancellor of KPJ Healthcare University
College (KPJUC) since 1 August 2011. She served as the Managing Director of KPJ
from 1 March 1993 until her retirement on 31 December 2012.
She graduated with a Bachelor of Economics from University of Malaya and holds
an MBA from Henley Management College (currently known as Henley Business
School), University of Reading, London, United Kingdom.
Datin Paduka’s career with Johor Corporation (JCorp) commenced in 1974 and had
been directly involved in JCorp’s Healthcare Division since 1978. She was appointed as
the Chief Executive of Kumpulan Perubatan (Johor) Sdn Bhd (KPJSB), from 1989 until
the listing of KPJ in November 1994. During her tenure as the Managing Director, Datin
Paduka was directly involved in developing and implementing the transformational
strategies that made KPJ Malaysia’s leading private healthcare services provider
with 24 hospitals nationwide, 4 hospitals and 1 aged care facility overseas, as well
as more in the making. Datin Paduka is the Chairman of Jeta Gardens (Qld) Pty Ltd, a
company involved in managing the Jeta Gardens and Residential Aged Care Facility,
in Brisbane, Australia,
Datin Paduka currently sits as a Director of Kulim (Malaysia) Berhad and Damansara
REIT Managers Sdn Berhad, the Manager for Al-‘Aqar Healthcare REIT. She was
a Board member of KFC (Holdings) Bhd and QSR Brands from 2010 until they were
privatized and delisted from Bursa Malaysia in February 2013. Datin Paduka was
a Board member of MATRADE from 1999 to 2010 and was an Independent Non-
Executive Director of Bursa Malaysia from 2004 to April 2012.
Committed to promoting excellence in healthcare, Datin Paduka is the President of
the Malaysian Society for Quality in Health (MSQH), the national accreditation body
for healthcare services, elected since its inception in 1997 to date. Currently, she also
sits on many other councils and committees at the national level.
In 2010, Datin Paduka was named the ‘CEO of the Year 2009’ by the New Straits Times
Press and the American Express. She has also received many more awards and
accolades from 2011 to 2014, due to her contributions to the healthcare industry in
Malaysia.
Datin Paduka had also launched her book entitled “Siti Sa’diah : Driven by Vision,
Mission and Passion”, penned by Professor Rokiah Talib, Penerbitan Universiti
Kebangsaan Malaysia in 2013.
In February 2014, Datin Paduka was appointed both as a Member of the Academic
Committee of the Razak School of Government (RSOG), and as a Member of the
University of Reading Malaysia (UoRM) Advisory Board.
In April 2014, she was appointed as a member of the Centre for University-Industry
Collaboration (CUIC) Advisory Council of Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM).