Change In Boardroom

25 April 2008

Date of change

25/04/2008
Type of change Resignation
Designation Non-Executive Director
Directorate Independent & Non Executive
Name Dato’ Ir Dr Abdul Rahim Daud
Age 59
Nationality Malaysian
Qualifications B.Eng (Hons) Electronic, Liverpool;
M.Sc(Eng) Communication, Birmingham;
PhD (Eng), University of Bath, United Kingdom;
MBA(Ohio), USA;
P.ENG - Member of Professional Engineer Malaysia; and
FIEM - Fellow of Institution of Engineers Malaysia.
Working experience and occupation He joined Jabatan Telekom Malaysia in 1973. He has been in various senior positions in TM and in 1996, he was appointed as Chief Operating Officer of Telco. In July 1998, he was appointed as Executive Director of TM Group and remained as the Chief Operating Officer of TelCo until 1 February 2001 when he assumed the position of Executive Director, Corporate Strategy and Development. He was then appointed as the Group Deputy Chief Executive/Executive Director of TM from 29 May 2001 until his retirement on 30 June 2004, and remained as an Independent Non-Executive Director.

He was the first Malaysian to be elected as Chairman of Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) in London for 3 terms from September 1999 to November 2002. He also joined the Board of Governor of Intelsat (International Satellite Consortium in Washington DC) for 2 years until its privatisation in 2002. He has completed the Advanced Management Program (AMP) from the Harvard Business School and Senior Executive Development Program from the Wharton School of Business, Pennsylvania, USA. He is an Adjunct Professor of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.
Directorship of public companies (if any) Nil
Family relationship with any director and/or major shareholder of the listed issuer Nil
Details of any interest in the securities of the listed issuer or its subsidiaries 1.Holds 145,000 ordinary shares in TM; and
2. Holds 30,000 ordinary shares in VADS Berhad

Remarks :
Consequently, Dato' Ir Dr Abdul Rahim ceased to be a member of TM's Board Tender Committee with immediate effect.


Announcement Info

Company Name TELEKOM MALAYSIA BERHAD
Stock Name TM
Date Announced 25 Apr 2008
Category Change in Boardroom
Reference No TM-080424-44C35