KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 — Pharmaniaga Bhd has announced the appointment of Datuk Seri Zainal Abidin Mohd Rafique as its non-independent and non-executive chairman, effective on February 1, 2022.
In filings with Bursa Malaysia today, the integrated pharmaceutical group said Zainal Abidin will replace Datuk Seri Mohamed Shazalli Ramly, who will be redesignated as a non-independent director of the company.
Currently, Zainal Abidin, 63, holds the position as a non-executive director of Boustead Petroleum Marketing Sdn Bhd, which he has held since 2020, and a director of Clock Tower Hotel Sdn Bhd since 2013.
He has vast experience in the corporate world with stints in Putera Capital Bhd as non-executive director from 2006 until 2009, and was also the non-executive director of Epe Power Bhd from 2000 until 2004.
Zainal Abidin graduated with a Bachelor (Hons) degree in Building Economics and Measurement from the University of Aston.
— Bernama
