
- Independent, Non-Executive Director
- Chairman of the Audit Committee
- Member of the Nomination and Compensation Committee
- Malaysian, 67 years of age
Dato’ Mohd. Rafik Bin Shah Mohamad has been a Director of the Company since 1 June 2007, first as a Non-Independent Non- Executive Director and from 7 August 2008 as an Independent Non-Executive Director. He is the Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Nomination and Compensation Committee.
Dato’ Mohd. Rafik commenced his career in 1973 as an Analyst with Esso Malaysia Bhd. He joined Nestlé in 1981 and during a tenure spanning 25 years, held various significant management positions within the Nestlé group of companies both locally and overseas until his retirement in 2006. Previously, Dato’ Mohd. Rafik was an Independent Non-Executive Director at Handal Resources Bhd., and a director of Felda Global Ventures Holdings Sdn. Bhd.
Dato’ Mohd. Rafik is currently the Chairman of Malaysian AgriFood Corp. Bhd., Cold Chain Network Sdn. Bhd. (a subsidiary of Malaysian AgriFood Corp. Bhd.) and Biotropics Malaysia Berhad. He is also a Director of AgriFood Resources Holdings Sdn. Bhd. and Sanicare Hygiene Services Sdn. Bhd. Biotropics Malaysia Berhad wholly owns Phytes Biotek Sdn. Bhd., which is one of the current suppliers of raw materials to a subsidiary of the Company. Regardless of that, Phytes Biotek Sdn. Bhd. carries on business with the subsidiary of the Company on the same terms as other suppliers.
Dato’ Mohd. Rafik is a qualified Chartered Accountant from the Malaysian Institute of Accountants and a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, United Kingdom. He had also attended the Executive Development Programme at the International Institute for Management Development (IMD) in Lausanne, Switzerland.
In the financial year ended 31 December 2017, he attended all five meetings of the Board of Directors.*
* Additional information on the Board of Directors:
i. Except for Dato’ Frits van Dijk, who holds 8,000 ordinary shares in Nestlé (Malaysia) Berhad, none of the other Directors own any shares in the Group.
ii. None of the Directors have any family relationship with any other Director and/or major Shareholder of the Group.
iii. None of the Directors have any conflict of interest or any personal interest in any business arrangement involving the Group.
iv. None of the Directors have been convicted of any offence within the past 10 years, other than traffic offences, if any.