Datuk Seri Haji Mohamed Iqbal Bin Kuppa Pitchai Rawther

He obtained a Certificate in Education from the University of Birmingham in 1964. Subsequently, he obtained his Bachelor of Economics Degree (Honours) and a Masters Degree in Business Administration in 1971 and 1973 respectively, both from the University of Malaya. He then furthered his studies and obtained the International Management Teacher’s Programme certificate from the joint programme organised by the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration and the Centre D’ Enseignment Superior Des Affairs, Paris, France in 1978.

Currently, he is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers, London, and a Fellow Executive of the Malaysian Institute of Management.

He started his career with the Ministry of Education from 1965 to 1969. During this period, he also served as the National Education Officer of the National Union of Teaching Professionals. In 1971, he joined Malaysian International Merchant Bank Berhad as Corporate Finance Officer during which he pioneered leasing and produced a research volume on “Leasing in Malaysia” before leaving in 1974. In 1974 when the University of Malaya implemented the policy of using Bahasa Malaysia for tertiary education, he responded to a call from the University and joined the Faculty of Economics and Administration as a lecturer. Among his many achievements include being awarded the Sir Frederick Gallahan Memorial Award by the Australian-Malaysian Association of Australia in 1976 in recognition of his entrepreneurial management in Malaysia. Also, a team led by him to promote entrepreneurial management in Malaysia won the Malaysian Young Managers Competition in 1997 and subsequently, the Asian Young Managers Competition in the same year. When Bank Negara Malaysia set up the Institute of Bankers in 1979, he took up the appointment as Executive Director. He relinquished the position in 1985 and has since been involved in the private sector, including his current commitments to Farlim Group (Malaysia) Bhd. He also served on the Council of the Malaysian Institute of Management (“MIM”) from 1984 to 1991 and concurrently held the positions of MIM’s Vice-Chairman and Chairman of its Management Committee from 1989 to 1991. He has also served as an Adviser to the Peace and Happiness through Prosperity Institute in Japan from 1984 to 1990 and Japan’s Foundation for Asian Management Development from 1989 to 1992. Currently, he is the Deputy Chairman and Group Executive Director of Farlim Group (Malaysia) Bhd.

He joined Farlim Group (Malaysia) Bhd. as a Director on 4 May 1982. He sits on the Executive Committee comprising Members of the Board and is the Chairman of Employees’ Share Option Scheme Committee of the Company. He holds 12,000 shares in Farlim Group (Malaysia) Bhd. He does not hold any shares in the subsidiaries of Farlim Group (Malaysia) Bhd. He does not hold any Directorship in other public companies. He does not have any family relationship with any Director and major/substantial shareholder of Farlim Group (Malaysia) Bhd.

He does not have any conflict of interest with the Company other than that, if any, set out in the Statement on Additional Compliance Information and/or the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2021. He has no convictions for offences within the past five years other than traffic offences, if any and no public sanction or penalty imposed by the relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year.

He attended all of the six Board Meetings held during the financial year ended 31 December 2021. He is not among the Independent Directors who make up one-third of the total number of Directors.