Date of change 24 Jan 2017
Name DATO JAAFAR BIN ABDUL HAMID
Age 63
Gender Male
Nationality Malaysia
Designation Non Executive Chairman
Directorate Non Independent and Non Executive
Type of change Demised
Qualifications Dato' Jaafar holds a Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Engineering Production from the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Working experience and occupation Dato' Jaafar is the founder and principal shareholder of the Hektar Group of companies. Previously, he was the Managing Director of United Engineers Malaysia Berhad ("UEM") and during his tenure he was responsible for undertaking numerous privatisation projects including the North-South Expressway (Plus), the Malaysia-Singapore Second Crossing (Linkedua), Integrated Schedule Waste Management (Kualiti Alam) and the National Sports Complex. After his UEM stint, he assumed the chairmanship of an international engineering and construction group, Costain Group PLC until 2000.
Family relationship with any director and/or major shareholder of the listed issuer Nil
Any conflict of interests that he/she has with the listed issuer Nil
Details of any interest in the securities of the listed issuer or its subsidiaries 162,185,867 ordinary shares in Hektar REIT - Indirect