Datuk Seri Johari Bin Abdul Ghani, male, aged 58, a Malaysian, was appointed to the Board on 6 March 2019. He was re-designated as Non- Independent Non-Executive Chairman on 30 May 2019. He is currently a member of Remuneration Comittee. Datuk Seri Johari is a substantial shareholder of the Company via JAG Capital Holdings Sdn Bhd. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant under the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants, United Kingdom. Datuk Seri Johari was a former Minister of Finance II from 27 July 2016 until 9 May 2018.

Datuk Seri Johari began his career at an international accounting firm, Peat Marwick & Co. (now known as KPMG). He has been involved in the corporate world for more than 27 years where he held senior positions in various companies both listed and unlisted. He is also shareholder of several companies listed on the Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad which are involved in various industries.

Datuk Seri Johari is currently the Chairman and substantial shareholder of KUB Malaysia Berhad. Further, he is also a substantial shareholder of Media Prima Berhad, which is listed on Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad and Central Cables Berhad, an unlisted public company.

Datuk Seri Johari previously served on a number of Boards including amongst others, as the Chairman of Langkawi Development Authority (LADA), as a Director of Khazanah Nasional Berhad, a Trustee of Yayasan Pelaburan Bumiputera and a member of the National Productivity & Export Council.

He does not have any family relationship with any Director and/ or major shareholder of the Company and there is no business arrangement with the Company in which he has personal interest.

Other than traffic offences, Datuk Seri Johari does not have any convictions for offences within the past 5 years and was not subject of any public sanction or penalty imposed by the relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year, if any.

YBhg Dato’ Sukumaran s/ o Ramasamy (“Dato Kumar”), male, aged 65, a Malaysian was appointed to the Board on 10 June 2015 as Non-Independent Non-Executive Director. On 28 October 2022, he was redesigned from Non-Independent Diector to Deputy Chairman.

After completing his secondary education, Dato’ Kumar began his career in 1981 as a Plant Manager in Ngo Chew Hong Edible Oil Pte Ltd (subsidiary of Mewah International, a listed company in the Singapore Stock Exchange) and advanced in several positions in the company before becoming the Chief Executive Officer of the company. This equipped him with extensive knowledge on the daily operations of the company including production, finance and consumer marketing.

Dato’ Kumar left the company in 2011 and was appointed Managing Director of Saber Pte Ltd. Dato’ Kumar has 40 years of experience in the palm oil industries, specifically in the consumer pack segment. He is now the Managing Director of Palmtop Vegeoil Products Sdn Bhd. He is a well-known and respected figure in the industry with good relationships built with edible oil producers and suppliers.

Dato’ Kumar possesses vast knowledge in the palm oil industry which he had successfully distributed edible oils and fats in retail packings to over 120 countries in Asia, Middle East, Australasia and Pacific Islands, Indian sub-continents, Africa, Caribbean Islands, Commonwealth of Independent States region and Europe.

He has no directorships in other public companies and listed issuers. He does not have any family relationship with any Director and/ or major shareholder of the Company and there is no business arrangement with the Company in which he has personal interest.

Other than traffic offences, Dato’ Kumar does not have any convictions for offences within the past 5 years and particulars of any public sanction or penalty imposed by the relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year, if any.

Encik Mohammad bin Alwi, male, aged 59, a Malaysian, was appointed to the Board on 3 January 2023 as Group Managing Director of the Company. He is currently a member of the Risk Management Committee.

Encik Mohammad bin Alwi is a qualified Chartered Accountant and is a fellow member of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants (ACCA), United Kingdom. He is also a member of the Malaysia Institute of Accountants (MIA).

Encik Mohammad has more than 30 years of extensive experience in the area of finance, accounting, strategic management and corporate governance.

He has held various senior positions during his tenure in Johor Corporation (“JCorp”) from 1992 to 2013 which included Finance Director of KFC Holdings (Malaysia) Berhad/ QSR Brands Berhad and Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) of KFCH Restaurants Pvt Ltd (KFC Mumbai). During his tenure in JCorp, he has served on various Boards including public listed companies such as Sindora Berhad, Pica Malaysia Berhad, Wonderful Wire & Cable Berhad and Damansara Realty Berhad. Previously, he has also served as CEO of Malaysian Kuwaiti Investment Co. Sdn Bhd and Chief Financial Officer of Tradewinds Plantation Berhad.

He has no directorships in other public companies and listed issuers. He does not have any family relationship with any Director and/ or major shareholder of the Company and there is no business arrangement with the Company in which he has personal interest.

Other than traffic offences, Encik Mohammad does not have any convictions for offences within the past 5 years and particulars of any public sanction or penalty imposed by the relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year, if any.

YBhg Datin Mariam Prudence Binti Yusof, female, aged 69, a Malaysian was appointed to the Board on 27 July 2005 as Non-Independent Non-Executive Director.

She is currently a member of Nomiation Committee. She graduated with BA (Honours), University of Malaya in 1974. She started her career in the field of human resource and organisational development with multinational companies, namely Motorola (M) Sdn Bhd, Intel (M) Sdn Bhd, Shell Malaysia Sdn Bhd and Nestle (M) Sdn Bhd. In 1984, she entered the field of stockbroking and was the Executive Director of Equity Market of MIDF Amanah Investment Bank Bhd, until her retirement.

Datin Mariam Prudence Yusof other previous appointments include being a Member of the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Committee (KLSE), a Director of Labuan International Financial Exchange Inc. (LFX), a Director of Securities Clearing Automated Network Services Sdn Bhd (SCANS) and a Director of Research Institute & Investment Analyst Malaysia (RIIAM) and Trustee of the Bumiputera Training Fund of the Securities Commission. She was also the Chairman of the Membership Committee of the KLSE. She retired from the Board of KLSE and its subsidiaries on 10 April 2004.

In year 2002, she was elected as Chairman of the Association of Stockbroking Companies of Malaysia (ASCM) with the primary role of spearheading the demutualization of KLSE to its new entity, Bursa Malaysia Berhad.

In 2017, Datin Mariam Prudence Yusof was appointed as a Board member of Bursa Malaysia Berhad, Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Berhad, Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Clearing Berhad and resigned from the Board on 1 May 2020. She also serves on the Board of RAM Rating Services Berhad and iFast Capital Sdn Bhd.

She is the mother of Encik Azril Akmar Bin Attan Akmar. Save as disclosed, she does not have any family relationship with any Director and/ or major shareholder of the Company and there is no business arrangement with the Company in which she has personal interest.

Other than traffic offences, she does not have any convictions for offences within the past 5 years and particulars of any public sanction or penalty imposed by the relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year.

Ms. Lee Cheang Mei (“Joyce Lee”), female, aged 63, a Malaysian, was appointed to the Board on 7 May 2014 as an Alternate Director to Mr. Fung Heen Choon. She was redesignated as Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company on 28 February 2018.

She is the co-founder and Managing Director of Continental Resources Sdn Bhd (173543-U) (“CRSB”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. She obtained her Certificate of Administrative Management from the administration and business management professional body, Institute of Administrative Management, in 1983. She has more than 31 years of experience in the edible oils industry where her core competency is in the marketing and sales of edible oils.

Ms. Joyce Lee began her career as a marketing executive in Felda Marketing Services Sdn Bhd (“Felda”) in 1981 where she was responsible for the export sales of palm oil and its downstream products. During her 7 years tenure with Felda, she successfully developed the export market for 2 regions, namely Asia (including Australasia) and the Middle East. Ms. Joyce Lee then joined Seacourt Pty Ltd, Australia in 1988 as Marketing Director where she was responsible to explore and create business opportunities as well as marketing of Malaysia’s palm oil and other liquid oil products to Australian consumers. In 1990, Ms. Joyce Lee left Seacourt Pty Ltd and co-founded CRSB where she was appointed Managing Director of CRSB.

Ms. Joyce Lee’s current position as Executive Director of CRSB is responsible for identifying, developing and directing the implementation of CRSB’s business strategies to ensure growth and progress in expanding market presence in the Asia (including Australasia), Middle East and Africa regions. She is also responsible for product development, brand and company positioning as well as ensuring a positive culture and working environment to achieve optimum employee productivity.

She has no directorships in other public companies and listed issuers. She does not have any family relationship with any Director and/ or major shareholder of the Company and there is no business arrangement with the Company in which she has personal interest.

Other than traffic offences, Ms. Joyce Lee does not have any convictions for offences within the past 5 years and particulars of any public sanction or penalty imposed by the relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year, if any.

Encik Megat Joha Bin Megat Abdul Rahman, male, aged 59, a Malaysian, was appointed to the Board on 18 April 2013 as an Executive Director. Subsequently, he was re-designated as Director on 4 Jan 2023.

He is a USA trained and qualified accountant who graduated from Boston University, Massachusetts with a Degree in Accounting & Finance in 1986 and started his career with Peat Marwick Mitchell, Chicago, USA. Having passed the USA CPA examination in 1987 in Chicago he returned to join the KPMG Kuala Lumpur office in 1988.

In 1991, he joined Kumpulan FIMA Berhad where he served in various capacities as Vice President for the Agro-based group and Business development and as Executive Director/ Chief Executive Officer for Percetakan Keselamatan Nasional and Security Printers (M) Sdn Bhd, of FIMA Berhad.

In 1998, Encik Megat Joha joined the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (“KLSE”) (now known as Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad) as Investigations Senior Manager for Market Supervision. In 1999, he led the project team in establishing the Labuan International Financial Exchange (“LFX”) for the KLSE, and held the post of Assistant General Manager at LFX till 2002.

In early 2002, he assumed the post of Chief Operating Officer/ Executive Director (Operations) at Mayban Securities Sdn Bhd until late 2005.

His various other stints included being the Group CEO of Majuperak Holdings Berhad and General Manager of Boustead Sissons Paints Sdn Bhd.

He is currently a Board member of KUB Malaysia Berhad and Central Cable Berhad. He does not have any family relationship with any Director and/ or major shareholder of the Company and there is no business arrangement with the Company in which he has personal interest.

Other than traffic offences, Encik Megat Joha does not have any convictions for offences within the past 5 years and particulars of any public sanction or penalty imposed by the relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year, if any.

Cik Sharina Binti Saidon, female, aged 62, a Malaysian, Senior Independent Non-Executive Director, she was appointed to the Board on 28 October 2022. Currently, She is a Chairman of Nomination Committee, and the Remuneration Comittee, she is also a member of Audit Committee, and Risk Management Committee.

She graduated with Degree in Business Law from London Metropolitan University. Besides, she also has Diploma in Law from MARA University of Technology.

Cik Sharina Binti Saidon, who has vast experience in law, company secretarial and corporate governance was admitted to the Malaysian Bar as an Advocate and Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya in 1991 and spent 6 years in private legal practice before joining a public listed company in the publication and printing industry in 1996.

She has no directorships in other public companies and listed issuers. She does not have any family relationship with any Director and/ or major shareholder of the Company and there is no business arrangement with the Company in which she has personal interest.

Other than traffic offences, Cik Sharina does not have any convictions for offences within the past 5 years and particulars of any public sanction or penalty imposed by the relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year, if any.

YBhg Dato’ Sivananthan a/ l Shanmugam, male, aged 54, a Malaysian, was appointed to the Board on 3 January 2023 as an Independent Non-Executive Director. Currently, he is the member of the Audit Committee and the Nomination Committee.

Dato’ Sivananthan holds a Bachelor’s Degree of Arts from the University of Malaya.

He was the Managing Director of Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Maldives for Nokia, a role in which he oversees the operations of the three Asian markets. An experienced veteran of over three decades within the IT and Telecommunications field, Dato’ Sivananthan throughout his career had developed a deep understanding of technologies i.e Industry IR 4.0. namely the internet of things (IoT), managed services, cloud technology, artificial intelligence (AI), digital transformation, e-commerce, automation and 5G.

Prior to his role at Nokia, Dato’ Sivananthan was the Chairman and Country Vice President of Tech Mahindra and before that he held senior leadership roles at major IT firms such as IBM Malaysia and Sapura as well as at leading telco firms including Swedtel Southeast Asia, Alcatel Network and Maxis. From 2017 till 2019, he has been a Committee Member of Outsourcing Malaysia, an outsourcing initiative coordinated by Malaysia’s national ICT industry association, PIKOM.

Dato’ Sivananthan areas of expertise are in technology, business management, startup, leadership, strategic planning, digital transformation and corporate turnaround.

He is currently a Board member of Media Prima Berhad. He does not have any family relationship with any Director and/ or major shareholder of the Company and there is no business arrangement with the Company in which he has personal interest.

Other than traffic offences, YBhg Dato’ Sivananthan does not have any convictions for offences within the past 5 years and particulars of any public sanction or penalty imposed by the relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year, if any.

Encik Mohammad Farish Nizar bin Othman, male, aged 51, a Malaysian, was appointed to the Board on 3 January 2023 as an Independent Non-Executive Director. He is the Chairman of Audit Committee and also a member of the Remuneration Committee and the Risk Management Committee.

Encik Mohammad Farish is a Chartered Accountant with Member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants. He is also a Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants having graduated with Bachelor of Accounting from International Islamic University Malaysia.

He began his career from 1995 to 2003 with PricewaterhouseCoopers Kuala Lumpur and subsequently with KPMG Kuala Lumpur, both in the Assurance and Business Advisory practice, covering multiple assignments on various industries.

He then joined Malaysian Technology Development Corporation (MTDC) for 6 years before moving on to Scomi Engineering Berhad as General Manager in Business Development and Tender Coordination.

He is currently the Director of Technology Development of Malaysian Technology Development Corporation (MTDC) having re-joined MTDC in 2014 and has held various position prior to being appointed to his current position.

He is also currently a Board member of TT Vision Holdings Berhad. He does not have any family relationship with any Director and/ or major shareholder of the Company and there is no business arrangement with the Company in which he has personal interest.

Other than traffic offences, Encik Mohammad Farish does not have any convictions for offences within the past 5 years and particulars of any public sanction or penalty imposed by the relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year, if any.