Board Of Directors And Team (19)
Datuk Ishak bin Imam Abas
Independent Non-Executive Director
Datuk Ishak bin Imam Abas (Malaysian, aged 75, Male) was appointed to the Board on 21 March 2007. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants.
He was the Finance Director of Pfizer (M) Sdn. Bhd., Bursar of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Finance Director of Western Digital (M) Sdn. Bhd. and Accountant in Pernas International Holdings Berhad prior to joining PETRONAS in 1981.
During his tenure at PETRONAS, he held various senior positions including Deputy General Manager (GM) Commercial of PETRONAS Dagangan Berhad, Senior GM Finance of PETRONAS, Senior Vice President (VP) Finance of PETRONAS, CEO of KLCC (Holdings) Sdn. Bhd. and KLCC Property Holdings Berhad. He was also a member of the Board of Directors of PETRONAS and several of its subsidiaries. In April 2006, he retired from PETRONAS as Senior VP. He continued to be CEO of KLCC (Holdings) Sdn. Bhd. and KLCC Property Holdings Berhad until his retirement in April 2007.He also served on the Board of KLCC Property Holdings Berhad, Kuala Lumpur City Park Berhad, KLCC REIT Management Sdn.Bhd. and Putrajaya Holdings Sdn.Bhd. until his retirement on 1 January 2020.
He is currently a Non-Executive Director of Integrated Petroleum Services Sdn.Bhd.
Datuk Vivekananthan a/l M.V. Nathan
Non-Independent Non-Executive Deputy Chairman
Datuk Vivekananthan a/l M.V. Nathan (Malaysian, aged 82, Male) was appointed to the Board on 21 December 2005. He is one of the co-founders of Deleum Services.
He joined ESSO Malaysia in the Instrumentation and Electrical Engineering Services Department in 1962 and undertook assignments at ESSO refineries in Malaysia and Thailand. He then worked for Mobil Refinery, Singapore and subsequently was the Project Engineer with Avery Laurence (S) Pte. Ltd. on various first ever offshore projects in Brunei, Thailand and Indonesia. He had also attended training with Yokogawa Electric Works in Japan. He later joined Teledyne Inc. and was based in USA for training in management before being promoted as Marketing Director of its Far East Operations.
In 1982, together with his founding partners, Datuk Vivekananthan successfully spearheaded Deleum Services’ venture into the oil and gas industry. He was appointed as the Managing Director and later re-designated as President of Deleum Services. He was the Deputy Executive Chairman of Deleum Berhad until his retirement on 31 May 2010 and subsequently became the Non-Executive Deputy Chairman.
He is an Honorary Member of the Malaysian Gas Association since May 2016 after having served as its Council Member from 2004 until May 2016. Previously, he also served as a Director of Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra and a member of the Board of Trustees of Dewan Filharmonik PETRONAS since November 2014 until his resignation on 15 July 2022.
Other than the Company, he is not a Director of any other public company or listed issuer.
He has no conflicts of interest with the Group and has no family relationship with any Director and/or major shareholder of the Group.
He has not been convicted of any offences (other than traffic offences, if any) within the past five (5) years and has not been imposed of any public sanction or penalty by the relevant regulatory bodies during the year.
Datuk Noor Azian binti Shaari
Independent Non-Executive Director
Datuk Noor Azian binti Shaari (Malaysian, aged 72, Female) was appointed to the Board on 1 January 2015. She is a Barrister-At-Law of Lincoln’s Inn London having been called to the English Bar in May 1971.
Upon completing the Bar-at-Law, she joined the Malaysian Judicial and Legal Service and served for over 33 years until her retirement in July 2004. During her tenure with the said service, she held various positions, amongst them being Deputy Parliamentary Draftsman, Official Assignee Malaysia, Treasury Solicitor, Sessions Court Judge, Deputy Head of Civil Division, Chairman of the Special Commissioners for Income Tax and Chairman of Tribunal for Consumer Claims.
After her retirement from the Malaysian Judicial and Legal Service, she was appointed as a Judge of the High Court of Malaya and she presided over cases in the Commercial, Civil and Criminal Divisions. She retired from her position as High Court Judge of Malaya in July 2014.
She is currently an Independent Non-Executive Director of Affin Hwang Investment Bank Berhad and she is a member of the Affin Bank Group Nomination and Remurenation Committee and Group Compliance Committee. She is a member of the Board Risk Management Committee of Affin Hwang Investment Bank Berhad.
Datuk Noor Azian is an Independent Non-Executive Director of Mesiniaga Berhad and she is a member of the Board Joint Audit and Risk Management Committee.
Datuk Noor Azian is a Registered Arbitrator with the Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC).
Jayanthi A/P Gunaratnam
Group Chief Financial Officer
NATIONALITY / AGE /GENDER
Malaysian / 51 / Female
DATE OF APPOINTMENT
1 January 2015
ACADEMIC / PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor of Accountancy (Honours), Universiti Utara Malaysia
- Member of Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA)
WORKING EXPERIENCE
Joined Deleum in 2001, and has held various positions, the last being General Manager of Finance, Administration and Procurement
PRESENT DIRECTORSHIP
(i) Listed Entity: Nil
(ii) Other Public Companies: Nil
Dato' Izham bin Mahmud
Non-Independent Non-Executive Director
Dato’ Izham bin Mahmud (Malaysian, aged 83, Male) was appointed to the Board on 21 December 2005. On 1 June 2023, he was redesignated from Chairman of the Board
to Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company.
He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree (Honours) in Economics from Queen’s University Belfast, UK and a Master of Arts (Economics Development) from Vanderbilt University, USA. He is one of the cofounders of Deleum Services Sdn. Bhd. (“Deleum Services”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Deleum Berhad via his family holding company, IM Holdings Sdn. Bhd.
Dato’ Izham joined the Federal Treasury in 1965 and attained the level of Principal Assistant Secretary and was subsequently seconded to the Malacca State Development Corporation as General Manager in 1972. In 1974, he embarked on his banking career and joined Aseambankers Malaysia Berhad as General Manager and was later promoted to Managing Director in 1979, a position he held until his retirement in 1996. During this period, he served as a Director of various subsidiaries of the Maybank Group and Cagamas Berhad.
He joined Deleum Services as its Chairman upon retirement and was subsequently appointed Executive Chairman in 2000. He was the Executive Chairman of Deleum Berhad until his retirement on 31 May 2010 and subsequently became the Non-Executive Chairman. He previously also served on the Boards of RHB Capital Berhad, RHB Bank Berhad, Renong Berhad, Opus Berhad, AMMB Holdings Berhad and AmInvestment Bank Berhad.
Other than the Company, he is not a Director of any other public company or listed issuer.
Dato’ Izham is the husband of Datin Che Bashah @ Zaiton binti Mustaffa and the father of Farid Riza Izham, Faidz Raziff Izham and Hana Sakina Izham, who are major shareholders of the Company. He has no conflict of interest with the Company, has not been convicted for any offences (other than traffic offences, if any) within the past 5 years, and has not been imposed of any public sanction or penalty by the relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year.