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Executive Chairman Dato' Izham Bin Mahmud

Dato' Izham Bin Mahmud, DPMP, DSM, aged 68, is the Executive Chairman of Deleum Berhad, having being appointed to the Board of Directors on 21 December 2005. He obtained a Bachelor of Science Degree (Honours) in Economics in 1965 from Queen's University in Belfast, Northern Ireland. In 1971, he obtained a Master of Arts (Economics Development) from Vanderbilt University, USA.

He started his career in 1965 as a civil servant at the Federal Treasury, Malaysia. In 1970, he attained the level of Principal Assistant Secretary to the Federal Treasury. He was seconded to the Malacca State Development Corporation in 1972 as General Manager and in 1974; he left the Government service to join a leading merchant bank, Aseambankers Malaysia Berhad. In 1975 he was promoted as its General Manager and became the Managing Director of Aseambankers in 1979. He retired from the bank in 1996 after being the Managing Director for over 17 years.

He joined Delcom Services Sdn. Bhd in 1996 as its Chairman and assumed the position of Executive Chairman in 2000. His earlier involvement with the Deleum Group was through his family holding company, IM Holdings Sdn. Bhd which was one of the co-founders of Delcom Services Sdn. Bhd. He has been instrumental in the growth and development of the Deleum Group. He is primarily responsible for the overall strategic direction of the Deleum Group.

Dato' Izham sits on the boards of AMMB Holdings Berhad and AmInvestment Bank Berhad as an independent non-executive director.

 
 
Deputy Executive Chairman Datuk Vivekananthan a/l M.V. Nathan

Datuk Vivekananthan a/l M. V. Nathan, JSM, PJN, aged 67, is a co-founder of Delcom Services Sdn. Bhd and the Deputy Executive Chairman of Deleum, having been appointed to its Board of Directors on 21 December 2005. He has over 45 years extensive background and experience in the oil and gas industry. This is further complemented with extensive training he attended in the fields of instrumentation, electrical engineering and process controls in the early part of his career with ESSO and Mobil (then separate entities, currently ExxonMobil) and in programmes in the USA, Europe, Japan and Australia.

He started his career in 1958 with Perak River Hydro Electric Power Company under an apprenticeship programme in Electrical Engineering. He subsequently joined ESSO Malaysia in 1962 in the Instrumentation and Electrical Engineering Services Department and undertook assignments at ESSO refineries in Malaysia and Thailand.

In 1965, he joined the Mobil Refinery in Jurong, Singapore. He subsequently joined Avery Laurence (S) Pte Ltd, Singapore, an offshore oil and gas industry engineering company as a Project Engineer in 1969 where he worked on various projects in Brunei, Thailand and Indonesia, and also attended training in Japan with Yokogawa Electric Works.

He later joined Teledyne Inc in 1971 and was based in USA for training in management as well as being orientated on the global operations before being posted as the Marketing Director of the Far East Operations. In 1976, he was appointed as Marketing Director of Serply Sdn Bhd and subsequently joined ASIE Sdn. Bhd in 1980. These companies provided specialized equipment and services to the oil and gas industry in Malaysia.

In 1982, together with his founding partners he spearheaded Delcom Services Sdn. Bhd's venture into the oil and gas industry and was appointed as its Managing Director. He was re-designated as its President in 1998.

He is also director of Malaysia Deepwater Production Contractors Sdn. Bhd. and Malaysia Deepwater Floating Terminal (Kikeh) Ltd.

 
 
Group Managing Director Chandran Aloysius Rajadurai

Chandran Aloysius Rajadurai, aged 54, is the Group Managing Director of Deleum Berhad, having been appointed to its Board of Directors on 21 December 2005. He is a Chartered Management Accountant, and was admitted as an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, UK (“CIMA”), in 1980, and was subsequently admitted as a Member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (“MIA” in 1993.

In 1977, he started his career in London with LRC International PLC (“LRC”), UK, a Home, Healthcare and Leisure Group, and was appointed as its Divisional Accountant in 1979 with LRC Overseas Ltd. Subsequently in 1981 he was promoted to Group Financial Analyst of LRC. In January 1983, he took up an assignment with W. Woodward ( Pakistan ) Ltd., a subsidiary of LRC., as a Financial Controller, based in Karachi, Pakistan.

He subsequently returned to Malaysia and joined Esso Production Malaysia Inc (currently known as ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Malaysia Inc) in November 1983. During his tenure with Esso, he held various positions in the Controllers Department including Attest Manager, PETRONAS Reporting and Co-ordination Manager.

He then joined Delcom Services Sdn. Bhd in 1992 as the Director of Finance and Administration. He was subsequently appointed the Senior Executive Director in 1997, and later in that year, re-designated as Executive Vice President, Support and Operations. He was promoted to the position of Group Managing Director in 2006.

He has extensive experience overseas and locally, coupled with over 24 years experience in the oil and gas industry.


 

 
Profile of Independent Director Datuk Ishak Bin Imam Abas
Datuk Ishak Bin Imam Abas , aged 63, is the Independent Director of Deleum Berhad. He is a Fellow Member of CIMA and a member of MIA. He was admitted as an Associate and Fellow Member of CIMA in 1974 and 2002 respectively.

Prior to joining PETRONAS in 1981, he worked, amongst others, as Finance Director of Pfizer (M) Sdn Bhd, Bursar of the National University of Malaysia, Finance Director of Western Digital (M) Sdn Bhd and as an Accountant in Pernas International Holdings Berhad.

During his tenure at PETRONAS, he held various senior positions including Deputy General Manager Commercial of PETRONAS Dagangan Berhad, Senior General Manager Finance of PETRONAS, Senior Vice-President Finance of PETRONAS, Chief Executive Officer of KLCC (Holdings) Sdn Bhd and KLCC Property Holdings Berhad. He was also a member of the PETRONAS Board of Directors of Petronas and board member of several of its subsidiaries. He retired from PETRONAS as the Senior Vice President in April 2006 but continued to be the Chief Executive Officer of KLCC (Holdings) Sdn Bhd and KLCC Property Holdings Berhad. He subsequently retired from the above said executive positions in April 2007.

He is currently non-executive chairman of Putrajaya Holdings Sdn Bhd, Suria KLCC Sdn Bhd, Convex Malaysia Sdn Bhd as well as non-executive director of KLCC Property Holdings Berhad and Kuala Lumpur City Park Berhad, all of which are subsidiaries of Petronas.
He was appointed as an independent non-executive director of Standard Chartered Bank Malaysia Berhad on 6th February 2009.
 
Profile of Independent Director Dato' Kamaruddin Bin Ahmad
Dato' Kamaruddin Bin Ahmad, aged 69, is the Independent Director of Deleum Berhad. He is a chartered accountant and a member of MIA. He obtained his accountancy qualification from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Australia in 1965. He is a member of the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants (“MICPA”) and fellow of the Certified Public Accountants of Australia. He also attended the Advance Management Programme at the Harvard Business School, Harvard University, US in 1984.

He started his career in the civil service in 1966. He joined Malaysian Airlines System Berhad in 1974 as an Accounts Manager and held various senior management positions there, including Director of Finance, Senior Director (Operations) and Chief Executive Officer before assuming the position of Managing Director in 1991. He retired as its Managing Director in August 1994.

He currently sits on the board of Intelligent Edge Technologist Berhad, a company listed on MESDAQ and also sits on the board of Penerbangan Malaysia Berhad and Himpunan Seri Sdn Bhd.
 
 
Profile of Independent Director – Chin Kwai Yoong

Chin Kwai Yoong, aged 60, is a proposed Independent Director of Deleum Berhad. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and a member of the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants (MICPA) and the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA).

He started his career with Price Waterhouse (currently known as PricewaterhouseCoopers) as an Audit Senior in 1974 and was promoted to Audit Manager in 1978. He was Audit Partner in the firm from 1982 until his retirement in 2003. During his tenure as Partner, he was the Executive Director in charge of the Consumer and Industrial Products and Services Group and was the Director-in-charge of the Audit and Business Advisory Services and Management Consulting Services division.

He has extensive experience in the audits of major companies in banking, oil and gas, automobile, heavy equipment, manufacturing, construction and property development industries. He was also involved in the corporate advisory services covering investigations, mergers and acquisitions and share valuations.

He sits on the board of Astro All Asia Networks Plc, Genting Berhad and Rangkaian Pengangkutan Integrasi Deras Sdn Bhd ("RAPID").

He was a director of Tractors Malaysia Holdings Berhad until February 2006.

 

 

Profile of Independent Director - LT General (R) Dato’ Seri Abdul Ghani Bin Abdul Aziz RMAF

Lt General (R) Dato’ Seri Abdul Ghani Bin Abdul Aziz, 65 years old, a Malaysian, is the Managing Director of Penaga Dresser Sdn Bhd.  He holds a Master of Arts Degree in International Relations and Strategic Studies from the University of Lancaster, UK, and a Master of Human Sciences (History and Civilization) from the International Islamic University, Malaysia.

He joined the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) in 1964 and graduated as a qualified pilot in 1965. He served in RMAF for 32 years and attained the position of the Chief of the Air Force in 1993 before retiring in November 1996.

He is the Independent Non-Executive Chairman of C.I. Holdings Berhad, a beverage manufacturing company.

 

 



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