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Dato’ Mohamed Khadar Bin Merican (Male), aged 61, was
appointed an Independent Non-Executive Director of AirAsia
Group Berhad (AAGB) on 30 March 2018. He is the Chairman of
the Audit Committee and a member of the Safety Review Board of
AAGB.
He was appointed an Independent Non-Executive Director of
AirAsia Berhad (AAB) on 16 February 2016. He is the Chairman of
the Audit Committee and a member of the Safety Review Board
of AAB. Prior to this, he served as an Independent Non-Executive
Director of AAB from 10 September 2007 to 20 August 2014.
Dato’ Mohamed Khadar is a Member of the Institute of Chartered
Accountants in England and Wales and is also a Member of the
Malaysian Institute of Accountants.
Dato’ Mohamed Khadar has had more than 40 years of
experience in financial and general management. He served as
an auditor and a consultant in an international accounting firm,
before joining a financial services group in 1986. Dato’ Mohamed
Khadar has held various senior management positions in the
then Pernas International Holdings Berhad, a company listed
on Bursa Malaysia, between 1988 and April 2003, including
those of President and Chief Operating Officer. In 2013, Dato’
Mohamed Khadar, in his capacity as the Chairman of RHB
Capital, was named as the “Chairman of The Year” by the
Minority Shareholders Watchdog Group at its Asean Corporate
Governance Index Awards 2013.
Dato’ Mohamed Khadar’s other directorships in public companies
are Sona Petroleum Berhad (In Members’ Voluntary Liquidation)
and Rashid Hussain Berhad (In Members’ Voluntary Liquidation).
DATO’ MOHAMED KHADAR
BIN MERICAN
Independent Non-Executive Director
Malaysian
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AirAsia Group Berhad
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