Raja Datuk Zaharaton binti Raja Zainal Abidin

Senior Independent Non-Executive Director at Taliworks Corporation Bhd

Raja Datuk Zaharaton Binti Raja Dato’ Zainal Abidin (“Raja Datuk Zaharaton”) serves as the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and the Nominating Committee of the Company.

She holds a Bachelor's Degree in Economics from the University of Malaya and a Masters's in Economics in 1979 from the University of Leuven, Belgium.

Raja Datuk Zaharaton has served the Government of Malaysia in various capacities for 34 years from 1971 to 2005. Principally her main task has been policy analyses and financial evaluation. Her last post in the Government was the Director-General of the Economic Planning Unit (EPU), Prime Minister’s Department.

Upon her retirement, the Government of Malaysia appointed her as Chairman of Technology Park Malaysia Corporation Sdn. Bhd. from January 2006 to December 2008. Subsequent to that, the Government appointed her as Chairman of Ninebio Sdn. Bhd. from January 2009 for a two-year period. Beginning 24 June 2014, she was appointed as Chairman of Global Maritime Ventures Berhad, a subsidiary of Bank Pembangunan Malaysia Berhad.

Raja Datuk Zaharaton also currently sits on the board of Media Prima Berhad and Yinson Holdings Berhad as well as Areca Capital Sdn. Bhd. She is also a Director of her family-owned company Kumpulan RZA Sdn. Bhd. and it's subsidiary Raza Sdn. Bhd.

She has no family relationship with any directors and/ or major shareholders of the listed issuer and has no conflict of interests with the listed issuer. She has not been convicted for any offences within the past 5 years and no public sanction or penalty imposed by the relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year.

She has attended all the Board meetings of the Company held during the financial year.