DATO' MOHAMMED BIN HAJI CHE HUSSEIN

Dato’ Mohammed Bin Haji Che Hussein, male, a Malaysian, aged 73, is an independent non-executive chairman of Hap Seng Plantations Holdings Berhad and was appointed to this position on 31 May 2019. He is also a member of the Audit Committee, Remuneration Committee and Nominating Committee.

Dato’ Mohammed Hussein is also the independent non-executive chairman of Syarikat Takaful Malaysia Keluarga Berhad and Credit Guarantee Corporation Malaysia Berhad.

Dato’ Mohammed Hussein obtained a Bachelor of Commerce degree majoring in Accounting from the University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. He is an alumnus of the Advanced Management Program, Harvard Business School, Boston, USA and attended several management programmes in Wharton Business School (Philadelphia, USA), IMD (Lausanne, Switzerland) and INSEAD (Fontainebleau, France). He is also a Fellow of the Asian Institute of Chartered Bankers and a Professor of Practice at The International Center for Education in Islamic Finance (INCEIF) University, Kuala Lumpur.

During his 31-year career in the Malayan Banking Berhad (Maybank) Group, Dato’ Mohammed Hussein held various senior management positions including Head of Corporate Banking, Head of Commercial Banking, Head of Malaysian Operations, Managing Director of Aseambankers Malaysia Berhad (currently known as Maybank Investment Bank Berhad) and Executive Director (Business Group). The last position held prior to his retirement on 30 January 2008 was Deputy President/Executive Director/Chief Financial Officer of Maybank Group.

Dato’ Mohammed Hussein does not have any family relationship with any director and/or major shareholder nor does he have any conflict of interests with the Company. He has not been convicted of any offence in the past five years and there was no public sanction or penalty imposed by the relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year ended 31 December 2023.

He attended five out of the six board meetings held during the financial year ended 31 December 2023.