2009 Annual Report - ChartNexus

Tuan Haji Abdul Jabbar Bin
Abdul Majid
Independent Non-Executive Director
Aged 64, Malaysian
Tuan Haji Abdul Jabbar Bin Abdul Majid was appointed as a
Director of PROTON on 12 April 2004. He is a Fellow Member
of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Australia, as well
as a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants. He
is also a member of the Executive Council of the Malaysian
Institute of Certified Public Accountants (“MICPA”).
Tuan Haji Abdul Jabbar began his career in 1974 as Senior
Manager in the Internal Audit and Organisation
Department of Bank Pertanian Malaysia. In 1977, he
joined KPMG Malaysia as Manager and was admitted
to the partnership two years later. In 1993, he was promoted
to Deputy Senior Partner and was made Senior Partner in
1995, a position he held until his retirement in 2000.
Tuan Haji Abdul Jabbar then joined Malaysia Derivatives
Exchange Berhad in 2001 and retired as Executive Chairman
on 28 February 2004. He was a past president of MICPA.
He was an Adjunct Professor of the Faculty of Economics
and Accounting of the International Islamic University and
a member of the Senate of the Open University Malaysia
Board.
He is currently a member of the Board Audit Committee of
the Company. Apart from PROTON, he also sits on the Boards
of Tradewinds Corporation Berhad (“Tradewinds”), Opcom
Holdings Berhad and Bank Muamalat Malaysia Berhad
(“Bank Muamalat”). He is Chairman of the respective Board
Audit Committees of Tradewinds and Bank Muamalat.
Tuan Haji Abdul Jabbar has attended 8 out of 9 Board
Meetings held during the Financial Year. He has no conflict
of interest with the Company and has no family relationships
with any other director and/or major shareholders of the
Company. He has had no conviction for any offences within
the past ten (10) years.
Profile of Directors
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