DATUK SERI UTAMA RAJA NONG CHIK BIN DATO' RAJA ZAINAL ABIDIN

Malaysia

Male

65

Chairman of Nomination Committee

Independent and Non Executive

1. Bachelor of Economics (Honours) degree from the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth; 2. Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants; 3. Associate member of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators; and 4. Member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants.

Dato’ Raja Nong Chik started his career as an accountant at FELCRA (Federal Land Consolidation and Rehabilitation Authority) in 1978 and thereafter moved on to become Assistant Financial Controller and Manager, Corporate Planning at Kumpulan FIMA Bhd. In 1982, he went into the private sector by starting his own business and thereafter joined the OYL Group as Executive Director. In the OYL Group, he was instrumental in setting a joint venture company, Razatec Sdn Bhd, which pioneered a local brand of air conditioners and fridge name ACSON which is now exported throughout the world. In 1986, he was instrumental in getting OYL Industries Bhd listed on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (now Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad). In 1991, he left the OYL Group after disposing a strategic stake to the Hong Leong Group to promote his own RASMA Group of Companies to be what it is today in the field of engineering and manufacturing. Until April 2009, he was also on the Board of Pharmaniaga Bhd and iCapital.biz Bhd. He also served as a committee member of the Selangor Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers for a number of years and before becoming a Minister, was a President of the Bumiputra Manufacturers and Services Industry Association, President of Persatuan Kontraktor Jentera Melayu Malaysia (PKJMM) and member of National Innovation Council of Malaysia. In April 2009, he was appointed as Senator and Minister of Federal Territories and Urban Well-being by the Prime Minister. He resigned as Minister and Senator in May 2013.

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