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Datasonic Group Berhad
(Company No. 809759-X)
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS’ PROFILE
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Datuk Haji Abu Hanifah bin Noordin
Managing Director
Nationality/Age: Malaysian/64
Gender: Male
Length of Service: 8 years
Datuk Haji Hanifah bin Noordin is the Managing Director/Chief Executive Director of the Company and has
been on the Board since 13 March 2008. He graduated from University Malaya with an Honours Degree in
Economics in 1973 and subsequently qualified as a Chartered Accountant and Certified Public Accountant
in 1976. He was a practising accountant for more than 20 years and was the Chairman and Managing
Partner of Ernst & Whinney (now known as Ernst & Young) for 9 years.
He also served as the President of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (“MIA”) in 1987 and led the
Institute for 13 years until 2000. In that capacity, he also served as a Board member of the International
Accounting Standards Committee (“IASC”).
He had also served on the boards of several public limited companies and government-linked companies.
Mr Chew Ben Ben
Deputy Managing Director, member of the Remuneration Committee
Nationality/Age: Malaysian/59
Gender: Male
Length of Service: 5 years
Mr Chew Ben Ben joined the Board since 27 June 2011. He served as a teacher between 1980 and 1983. He
graduated from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia in 1988 with a Bachelor of Business Administration (Hons).
He began his career when he joined KL Mutual Fund Berhad as an Investment Officer and a member of the
Fund Management Committee in 1989. In 1990, he became a dealer’s representative in TA Securities Sdn
Bhd and subsequently joined Inter-Pacific Securities Sdn Bhd as dealer’s representative from 1991 to 2002.
He joined Mentiga Corporation Berhad as a Non-Executive Director in 2003 and was later promoted to
Executive Director in 2004. He joined Dibena Enterprise Sdn Bhd, the promoter and substantial shareholder of
the Company as a Consultant in 2005, and was later appointed as a Director of Datasonic Corporation Sdn
Bhd (“Datasonic Corporation”) which was the subsidiary company of the Company, in 2006. Subsequently,
he assumed the position of Executive Director in Datasonic Corporation in 2008 and later became its
Managing Director in June 2011. He involves in the corporate planning and strategic development and is
assisting the Managing Director in the overall management and business development of the Company.
Mr Chew is a substantial shareholder of the Company.