KPJ Healthcare Berhad - Annual Report 2014 - page 70

Dato’ Kamaruzzaman Abu Kassim, aged
51, was appointed as a Non-Independent
Non-Executive Director 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 on 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 firm and
joined Perbadanan Kemajuan Ekonomi
Negeri Johor (currently known as Johor
Corporation) as a Deputy Manager in the
Corporate Finance Department and was
later promoted to General Manager in
1999.
Dato’ Kamaruzzaman was appointed as
the President and Chief Executive of
Johor Corporation (JCorp), effective
1 December 2010. Prior to that, he had
served as the Chief Operating Officer of
JCorp beginning 1 August 2006 and was
later appointed as the Senior Vice
President, Corporate Services & Finance
of JCorp on 1 January 2009.
Dato’ Kamaruzzaman sits as the
Chairman of Damansara REIT Managers
Sdn Berhad, the Manager for Al-`Aqar
Healthcare REIT. He is also the
Chairman of Kulim (Malaysia) Berhad, a
company listed on the Main Market of
Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad.
Further, he is also the Chairman of
several companies within the JCorp
Group which includes, amongst others,
Johor Land Berhad, QSR Brands (M)
Holdings Sdn Bhd as well as Waqaf
An-Nur Corporation Berhad, an Islamic
endowment institution which spearheads
Johor Corporation’s Corporate
Responsibility programmes.
Other than as disclosed, he does not
have family relationships with any
Director and/or major shareholder of
KPJ. He has no personal interest in any
business arrangement involving KPJ and
has not been convicted for any offences.
Dato’ Kamaruzzaman Abu Kassim
Chairman
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KPJ Healthcare Berhad annual report
2014
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