Tengku Tan Sri Dr. Mahaleel bin Tengku Ariff was appointed as an Independent, Non-Executive Director of the Company on 30 April 2003. He is also a member of the Audit Committee. Tengku Tan Sri Dr. Mahaleel bin Tengku Ariff graduated with a Bachelor of Arts [Honours] from the University of Malaya in 1970 and has attended courses conducted by Harvard, London School of Economics & Manchester Business School on Strategy, Strategic Management and Marketing. He has had a very diverse career background, having commenced his career in the Marketing and Sales Department of Nestlé, then in 1974 he joined Shell Malaysia for 20 years before leaving to serve New Toyo, Mofaz, with his last position as the Group Chief Executive Officer of Proton Holdings Berhad. Currently he is also the Executive Chairman of Tien Wah Press Holdings Berhad, a visiting Professor of the School of Management, University Sains Malaysia and a member of the London Business School Regional Advisory Board. He does not own any shares in the Company, has no conflict of interest with the Group, does not have any personal interest in any business arrangement involving the Group, has no family relationship with any other director and/or major shareholder of the Group and has not been convicted of any offence within the past 10 years other than traffic offences, if any. Tengku Tan Sri Dr. Mahaleel bin Tengku Ariff has attended 3 [three] meetings of the Board of Directors held for the financial year ended 31 December 2008.