SYED HAMADAH APPOINTED NEW TH GROUP MANAGING DIRECTOR, CEO

Former Retirement Fund (Incorporated) (KWAP) chief executive officer (CEO) Syed Hamadah Syed Othman has been appointed as the new TH group managing director and CEO.

His appointment, which takes effect tomorrow, was announced by Minister in Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs) Datuk Mohd Na'im Mokhtar, TH said.

In a statement released by TH today, its chairman Tan Sri Azman Mokhtar expressed his confidence that Syed Hamadah’s expertise and experience would enable TH to continue efforts to strengthen its administration and operations to a higher level.

He also thanked Datuk Seri Amrin Awaluddin, Syed Hamadah’s predecessor who completed his two-year tenure in both positions, for his commitment and effort in spurring the management of haj activities, financial operations and investments to ensure that TH remained competitive and sustainable.

A well-known corporate figure, Syed Hamadah has over 25 years of experience as an expert in negotiations involving multinational and local organisations on the subjects of pensions, financing, pension funds, mergers and acquisitions.

He is a director and partner of Actuarial Partners Consulting Sdn Bhd, and has an honours degree in actuarial mathematics and statistics from Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh. He is also a fellow at the Actuary Faculty and in the Actuarial Society of Malaysia.

Source: BERNAMA News Agency