Dato Sri Mahmud Abu Bekir Taib, aged 51, was appointed to the Board of Sarawak Cable as Non-Independent Non-Executive Chairman on 9 September 2009.
Having pursued his tertiary education in USA and Canada, he started his career as the founding member and Director of SSSB Management Services Sdn Bhd (formerly known as Sarawak Securities Sdn Bhd), Sarawak’s first stock-broking company, which is now merged with K&N Kenanga Holdings Berhad. During his tenure, he acquired extensive experience in the stock-broking and corporate sectors.
He is currently the Deputy Group Chairman of Cahya Mata Sarawak Berhad (“CMSB”) and a major shareholder of CMSB. He is primarily responsible for overseeing the infrastructure development arm of the CMSB group of companies and sits on the Board of Directors of several key subsidiary companies of CMSB.
He is also a director of several other private companies.