Wira Zainal Abidin Bin Mahamad Zain

Independent Non-Executive Director at Malayan Flour Mills

Dato’ Wira Zainal Abidin bin Mahamad Zain (Male), aged 70, a Malaysian, was appointed to the Board of the Company on 1 September 2009 and is presently the Chairman of the Nomination Committee and a member of the Audit & Risk Management Committee of the Company. He holds a Bachelor of Arts (Hons-International Relations) Degree from University of Malaya.

He has a distinguished career in the Malaysian Civil Service. His past appointments include being appointed to the Administrative and Diplomatic Service of Malaysia as Assistant Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1973), Second Secretary of the Embassy of Malaysia in Jakarta, Indonesia (1974), Assistant Secretary of Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1977), Charge d’Affaires of the Embassy of Malaysia in Tehran, Iran (1979-1982), Principal Assistant Secretary of Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1982), Charge d’Affaires of Embassy of Malaysia in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (1984), Consul General of the Consulate General Malaysia in Jeddah (1986), Under Secretary (West Asia, Africa & OIC) of Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1989), Consul General of the Consulate General Malaysia in Vancouver, Canada (1991), Ambassador of Malaysia to Brazil (1995), Ambassador of Malaysia to Vietnam (1998), Under Secretary (South East Asia & Pacific) of Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2001), Malaysia’s First Director General [Southeast Asia Regional Centre for Counter Terrorism (SEARCCT)], Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2003-2005), Ambassador of Malaysia to the Republic of Indonesia (2005-2009), Malaysia’s First ASEAN Permanent Representative ad-interim Republic of Indonesia (March 2009-July 2009) and Special Envoy of the Prime Minister of Malaysia to The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (2010-2014).

He has retired as the Independent Non-Executive Chairman of CIMB Bank (Vietnam) Ltd and CIMB Bank PLC in Cambodia on 20 March 2020 pursuant to the policy that the maximum tenure of an Independent Non-Executive Director shall be 9 years as well as the retirement age of 70 years old as set by Bank Negara Malaysia.

He has attended all the 6 Board meetings held during the financial year. He has no family relationship with any Director and/or major shareholder of the Company. He has no conflict of interest with the Company.


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Malayan Flour Mills

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Malayan Flour Mills Berhad is a Malaysia-based company engaged in the business of milling and selling wheat flour and trading in grains and other allied products. The Company's segments include Flour and trading in grains and other allied products, and Poultry integration. The Flour and trading in grains and other allied products segment is engaged in milling and selling wheat flour and trading in grains and other allied products. The Poultry integration segment is engaged in manufacture and sale of animal feeds, processing and sale of poultry products, poultry grow-out farm, breeding and sale of day-old-chicks and contract farming activities. The Company is involved in activities within the food manufacturing and livestock industries. The Company's subsidiaries include MFM Feedmill Sdn. Bhd., Dindings Soya & Multifeeds Sdn. Berhad, Dindings Poultry Development Centre Sdn. Bhd., Dindings Poultry Processing Sdn. Bhd. and Vimaflour Limited.


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