| Qualifications |
Bachelor of Business Administration (Finance and Corporate Investment) from University of North Texas, Denton, United States of America in May 1990 and Master in Business Administration from Arizona State University in Chandler, Arizona, United States of America in December 2007.
Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, United Kingdom as well as Malaysian Institute of Accountants. |
| Working experience and occupation |
Azhar joined UEM Sunrise Berhad on 10 July 2012. Prior to this, he was with Proton Holdings Berhad from June 2009 to July 2012 as Group Chief Financial Officer where apart from finance leadership roles, he was also responsible for the Information Technology, Supply Chain and Group Asset Management Divisions of the company. He championed the enterprise resource planning end-to-end system project implementation and served as a board member on key subsidiaries of the company.
Prior to that, he spent 19 years in the semiconductor industry with companies like Spansion, On Semiconductors and Motorola in various senior positions in finance, eight of which was in a corporate office in Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America. He has extensive and diversified experience in statutory financial requirements, financial strategy, planning and analysis, cost reduction strategy, performance and profit improvement in various industries ranging from manufacturing, information technology, supply chain and business operations. |
| Details of any interest in the securities of the listed issuer or its subsidiaries |
3,325,400 options over ordinary shares under UEM Sunrise Berhad's Employees Share Option Scheme. |