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Datasonic Group Berhad
(Company No. 809759-X)
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS’ PROFILE
Jeneral Tan Sri (Dr) Mohamed Hashim bin Mohd Ali (Rtd)
Independent Non-Executive Chairman
Nationality/Age: Malaysian/81
Gender: Male
Length of Service: 5 years
Jeneral Tan Sri (Dr) Mohamed Hashim bin Mohd Ali (Rtd) joined the Board on 27 June 2011. He holds a
Diploma in Advance Business Management from Harvard Business School. He was conferred the Honorary
Doctorate by the University of Salford, United Kingdom in 1999 and the Honorary Doctorate by theMalaysian
National Defence University in October 2012. He is a member of the Selangor Royal Court (Ahli Dewan
DiRaja Selangor) since 1 January 2005.
Prior to his entry into the corporate world, Jeneral Tan Sri (Dr) Mohamed Hashim bin Mohd Ali (Rtd) was the
Chief of Defence Forces in theMalaysian Armed Forces where he chalked up 40 years of dedicated service.
During his tenure in the Malaysian Armed Forces, he had initiated the re-organisation and modernisation
of the Army.
He is the Chairman of Ajinomoto (Malaysia) Berhad. He is currently the Chairman of Regional Committee of
Glutamate Science Southeast Asia/South Asia. The member countries are Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines,
Vietnam and Malaysia. He is also Chairman of some private listed companies namely National Aerospace
& Defence Industries Sdn Bhd and Chiyoda Malaysia Sdn Bhd. He also sits on the Board of Institute of
Strategic and International Studies (ISIS Malaysia) as well as some other private companies.
Dato’ Wan Mohd Safiain bin Wan Hasan
Independent Non-Executive Deputy Chairman, Chairman of the Nomination Committee,
member of the Audit Committee and the Remuneration Committee
Nationality/Age: Malaysian/69
Gender: Male
Length of Service: 5 years
Dato’ Wan Mohd Safiain bin Wan Hasan joined the Board on 27 June 2011. He was appointed as Deputy
Chairman of Datasonic on 29 November 2013. He holds a Diploma in Business Administration from the
Cambridge International University, United States.
He began his career in 1974 as a Government Security Officer, and held this position till 1986, while working
with the Malaysian Ministry of Home Affairs and the Prime Minister’s Department. In 1986 he assumed the
position of Deputy Chief Government Security Officer of the PrimeMinister’s Department and was promoted
to Chief Government Security Officer in 1996. He was responsible in providing advisory on protective security
measures to the Federal Government Ministries and Departments and also at the State level. He retired
from civil service in December 2002 and joined PQM Consultancy and Management Services Sdn Bhd as
Chief Executive Officer (2003-2006). He was also responsible in overseeing the collaboration of training
programmes between the Government of New South Wales, Australia and the Open University of Malaysia.
He also held the position of the Honorary Member of the Royal Council of Terengganu (2006-2009) and
the Comptroller of the Royal Household, Istana Negara (2006-2008).
In 2010, he was made the Director of Dibena Enterprise Sdn Bhd, the promoter and substantial shareholder
of Datasonic. He also holds directorships in several private limited companies.