En. Azmi Bin Arshad was appointed as an Independent and Non-Executive Director of the Company on 1 October 2019. He was subsequently appointed as Chairman of the Audit Committee, member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee and member of the Risk Management Committee on 1 December 2019. Subsequently, he has relinquished his positions as Chairman of the Audit Committee and member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee following his redesignation as Executive Vice Chairman on 17 October 2023.

En. Azmi graduated with an honours degree in accountancy from the University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK in 1986. He then underwent articleship with KPMG Peat Marwick McLintock, London and completed the professional examinations of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales (ICAEW) in 1990. He then continued his career in Malaysia with KPMG Kuala Lumpur in charge of audits of various public listed companies and advisory work.

He was Head of the Funds Management and Budget Department at Malaysia Building Society Berhad, Corporate Finance Manager at Usaha Tegas Sdn Bhd, Vice President at the Sapura Group, Senior General Manager of Finance at Crest Petroleum Berhad in 2003 and Chief Financial Officer of SapuraCrest Petroleum Berhad until 2011, after which he was Chief Operating Officer of Sapura Resources Berhad until 2012. He then moved on to become one of the founding members of Reach Energy Berhad in 2012). He was Chief Financial Officer of Reach Energy Berhad until 2018. He also sat on the board of LBI Capital Berhad 1991-1996.

He has more than 30 years’ experience in accounting, financial management, risk management, corporate finance, joint ventures, acquisitions, business rationalisation and corporate restructuring and has served in companies involved in financing, manufacturing, property development, property investments, broadcasting, oil and gas services and aviation.

He also presently sits on the Board of Trustees of Lembaga Pemegang Amanah Kolej Islam Malaysia (LAKIM) Berdaftar. He is also on the Board of Governors of and adjunct professor at Universiti Islam Malaysia.

He is a GRI (Global Reporting Initiative) Certified Sustainability Professional, Certified Sustainability/ESG Practitioner (Center of Sustainability and Excellence / Chartered Management Institute) and HRDC certified trainer.

En Azmi has no family relationship with any Director and/or major shareholder of the Group. He does not hold directorship in any other public companies and listed issuers. There is no conflict of interest in respect of his involvement with the Group and he has not been convicted of any offence, other than traffic offences within the past 5 years.