Board of Directors

YBhg Dato' Mohamed Khadar Merican ("YBhg Dato' Mohamed Khadar") was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director of RHB Capital on 1 January 2008 and was appointed as the Independent Non-Executive Chairman on 12 May 2009. He also serves as a member of the Group Nominating Committee and Group Remuneration and Human Resource Committee.

YBhg Dato' Mohamed Khadar has had more than 25 years of experience in financial and general management. He served as an auditor and a consultant in an international accounting firm, before joining a financial services group in 1986. YBhg Dato' Mohamed Khadar has held various senior management positions in Pernas International Holdings Berhad (now known as Tradewinds Corporation Berhad) between 1988 and April 2003, including that of President and Chief Operating Officer.

YBhg Dato' Mohamed Khadar is a Member of Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales and Member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants.

YBhg Dato' Mohamed Khadar's other directorships in public companies include Rashid Hussain Berhad (in Members' Voluntary Liquidation), RHB Investment Bank Berhad, AirAsia Berhad and Astro All Asia Networks Plc.

YBhg Tan Sri Azlan Zainol ("YBhg Tan Sri Azlan") was appointed as a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of RHB Capital on 27 July 2005. He also serves as a Member of the Group Nominating Committee, Group Remuneration and Human Resource Committee as well as the Audit Committee.

YBhg Tan Sri Azlan is currently the Chief Executive Officer of the Employees Provident Fund Board ("EPF"). He has more than 29 years of experience in the financial sector, having been appointed as the Managing Director of AmBank Berhad and prior to that, as the Managing Director of AmFinance Berhad.

YBhg Tan Sri Azlan is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales, Member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants and Member of the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

YBhg Tan Sri Azlan's other directorships in public companies include Malaysian Resources Corporation Berhad (Chairman), Rashid Hussain Berhad (in Members' Voluntary Liquidation), RHB Bank Berhad (Chairman), RHB Investment Bank Berhad, Jardine Cycle & Carriage Limited, MCL Land Limited, ASIA Limited and Commonwealth Africa Investments Limited.

Encik Johari Abdul Muid ("Encik Johari") was appointed as a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of RHB Capital on 1 April 2005. He also serves as a Member of the Group Nominating Committee, Group Remuneration and Human Resource Committee and Group Risk Management Committee.

Encik Johari has more than 29 years of experience in the financial sector. He started his career as a Money Market Dealer with Asian International Merchant Bankers Berhad in 1981. From 1983 to 1994, he was with Commerce International Merchant Bankers Berhad, working in the Treasury Division and was made the Head of Treasury in 1988.

He became the Senior Vice President of Institutional Sales in 1995, within a year of joining CIMB Securities Sdn Bhd ("CIMB Securities"), where he was responsible in setting up the Institutional Sales Team of CIMB Securities. Prior to joining EPF in August 2004, he was the Chief Investment Officer of ValueCap Sdn Bhd, which he joined in February 2003.

Encik Johari joined the EPF as the Chief Investment Officer heading the Equity Investment and Equity Research Department. In 2007, he was promoted to Deputy Chief Executive Officer in charge of the Investment Division. He is currently the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of EPF overseeing Policy & Corporate Planning, Training and Human Resource.

Encik Johari is an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, United Kingdom.

Encik Johari's other directorships in public companies include Rashid Hussain Berhad (in Members' Voluntary Liquidation), RHB Bank Berhad and RHB Islamic Bank Berhad

YBhg Datuk Haji Faisal Siraj ("YBhg Datuk Faisal") was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director of RHB Capital on 24 May 2007. YBhg Datuk Faisal also serves as the Chairman of the Group Nominating Committee and Group Remuneration and Human Resource Committee as well as the Member of the Audit Committee.

YBhg Datuk Faisal started his career in 1968 with KPMG, London. On his transfer from KPMG, London to KPMG, Kuala Lumpur, he was posted to KPMG Kota Kinabalu until 1976. YBhg Datuk Faisal joined the Malaysia Mining Corporation ("MMC") Group in 1976. He was the Group Executive Director and a Member of the MMC Board from 1981 to 1994. In 1995, he joined DRB-HICOM Berhad ("DRB-HICOM") as the Group Chief Financial Officer in the capacity of Senior Group Director, Financial Services and Treasury Division and was a member of DRB-HICOM Board, before his retirement in 2005.

YBhg Datuk Faisal is a Fellow of Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales, Member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants and Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

YBhg Datuk Faisal's other directorships in public companies include RHB Islamic Bank Berhad (Chairman) and RHB Insurance Berhad.

Mr Mohamed Ali Ahmed Hamad Al Dhaheri ("Mr Al Dhaheri") was appointed as a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of RHB Capital on 19 June 2009.

Mr Al Dhaheri is currently the Executive Director of Abu Dhabi Investment Council, responsible in overseeing the Accounting and Financial Services Department. He is also a Member of the Investment Committee and Administrative Committee of Abu Dhabi Investment Council. Prior to this, Mr Al Dhaheri has held various positions in the Treasury Department of Abu Dhabi Investment Authority since May 1997. His last position in Abu Dhabi Investment Authority was as a Chief Operating Officer of Treasury Department.

Mr Al Dhaheri holds a Bachelor in Business Administration from International University of America in 1997.

Mr Al Dhaheri's other directorships include RHB Bank Berhad, Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank, Abu Dhabi Investment Company and Al Hilal Takaful.

Mr Arul Kanda Kandasamy ("Mr Arul") was appointed as a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of RHB Capital on 20 July 2009.

Mr Arul is currently the Executive Vice-President, Head of Investment Banking Group and Head of Corporate Finance Division, Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank. Prior to this, Mr Arul was the Head of Islamic Financing Solutions at Barclays Capital, based in Dubai. He previously held various senior positions in CALYON, both in London and Bahrain, among others, as Director-Head of Islamic Banking, Director-Capital Markets, Calyon Bahrain and Associate Director-Securitisation, Calyon London.

Mr Arul holds an LL.B from the London School of Economics, an LL.M (with distinction in Corporate & Commercial Law) from University College London and is a UK qualified Barrister. Mr Arul's other directorships include RHB Investment Bank Berhad and RHB Islamic Bank Berhad.

YBhg Dato’ Teo Chiang Liang (“YBhg Dato’ Teo”) was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director of RHB Capital on 20 May 2010. 

YBhg Dato’ Teo holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree in Business Studies awarded by the Council for National Academic Awards, United Kingdom and Bachelor of Science in Management Studies from University of Bradford, United Kingdom.   He was appointed as a Visiting Professor of Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom in 1998 and conferred with an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Business Administration in 2001.

YBhg Dato’ Teo joined and served the See Hoy Chan Holdings Group, a well-diversified group of companies, in different levels of management since 1975.  He was the Secretary General of the Malaysian Association of Private Colleges & Universities from 1997 to March 2003 and is currently its Vice President.  YBhg Dato Teo’ was appointed as a member of the MSC Education advisory Panel in 1998 and a Life Member of the Malaysian Red Crescent Society since 1983.  He was elected as an Executive Council Member of Malaysia Crime Prevention Foundation since 2006.

YBhg Dato’ Teo’s other directorship in public company includes Ajinomoto (Malaysia) Berhad.

YBhg Dato’ Saw Choo Boon (“YBhg Dato’ Saw”) was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director of RHB Capital on 20 May 2010. 

YBhg Dato’ Saw holds a Bachelor of Science (Chemistry) from the University of Malaya.  He joined Shell in 1970 as a Refinery Technologist in Shell Refining Company (Federation of Malaya) Berhad. He then served in various capacities in manufacturing, supply, trading and planning in Malaysia, Singapore and Netherlands.  In 1996, YBhg Dato’ Saw was appointed Managing Director of Shell MDS (Malaysia) Sendirian Berhad.  In 1998 – 1999, he assumed the positions of Managing Director for Oil Products (Downstream) Shell Malaysia and Managing Director of Shell Refining Company (Federation of Malaya) Berhad.  In 1999, with the globalisation of the Shell Oil Products business, he was appointed the Vice-President of the commercial business in the Asia-Pacific region and in 2004 he became the President of Shell Oil Product East.  Since 2006, he has been managing the global marine business and special projects. 

YBhg Dato’ Saw was appointed the Chairman of Shell Malaysia on 1 March 2006.  He was also the Vice President Business Development Asia Pacific responsible for the developing of commercial businesses in new market entries in Asia – China, India, Indonesia and Vietnam.

YBhg Dato’ Tajuddin Atan (“YBhg Dato’ Tajuddin”) was appointed as the Group Managing Director of RHB Capital on 1 July 2009.

YBhg Dato’ Tajuddin holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Science (Agribusiness) from Universiti Putra Malaysia and a Masters Degree in Business Administration from  Ohio University, USA.

YBhg Dato’ Tajuddin commenced his career with Bank Bumiputra (M) Berhad (BBMB) holding various senior positions over a period of more than sixteen years including a stint at the bank’s New York Branch. His last designation with Bumiputra Commerce Bank, the merged banking entities of Bank of Commerce Berhad and BBMB, was as Senior Vice President, Treasury Division. He spent the next few years in the corporate arena where he gained valuable experience in financial restructuring, corporate strategic management and improvement of operational efficiency in various public listed companies in the areas of shipping, property development and construction and electronics. YBhg Dato’ Tajuddin was subsequently appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of Bank Simpanan Nasional in October 2004 where he successfully led the transformation of BSN into a sustainable, profitable and efficiently governed community bank. Thereafter, he joined Bank Pembangunan Malaysia Berhad as its President/Group Managing Director and initiated a business improvement process to bring about operational finesse.

YBhg Dato’ Tajuddin currently also serves as the Managing Director of RHB Bank Berhad since May 2009. His other directorships in public companies include Bursa Malaysia Berhad, RHB Bank (L) Ltd and RHB International Trust (L) (Chairman). He is a Board Member of Amanah Ikhtiar Malaysia and he currently chairs the Special Committee for the Urban Poor Micro Finance Program. He is also a Corporate Member of SME Corporation Malaysia and is an Adjunct Professor in Universiti Putra Malaysia as well as Universiti Utara Malaysia. He is a Council Member of the Association of Banks in Malaysia and the Institut Bank-Bank Malaysia.